Two fishermen in Western Australia spent 10 days fishing on a beach north of Carnarvon and reported catching and releasing 30 sharks, including two “mega sharks” that captured international attention, The West Australian reported. Joshua Butterworth and Jethro Bonnichta of Esperance, Australia, posed for photos of a massive hammerhead shark and an equally huge tiger shark
that were estimated to weigh between 770 and 880 pounds, according to the Daily Mail.This week, Butterworth shared the photos with Rogue Offshore, a U.S.-based fishing company, and soon they gained worldwide attention by going viral on Facebook.
Bonnichta, who spent an hour and a half battling the 13.5-foot hammerhead, which stripped out 2,600 feet of line three times, collapsed from exhaustion afterward. The tiger shark took 30 to 40 minutes to land, presumably by Bonnichta (it was unclear who caught it), and was also over 13-feet long. Read more at http://www.grindtv.com/fishing/two-mega-sharks-caught-from-australian-beach-gain-worldwide-attention/#uAAHjPXc1MseyMxa.99
(Pictured – Joshua Butterworth, left, and Jethro Bonnichta with the 13.5-foot hammerhead shark caught from the beach. Photo: Courtesy of Joshua Butterworth/Rogue Offshore)