Simon Silvester shows off a 37lb 8oz tope that he beached at a local rock mark near Ilfracombe in Devon.
The 40-year-old groundworker from Barnstaple, Devon, mounted a fillet of mackerel to an 8/0 Sakuma circle hook attached to a pulley rig when the shark struck during a late night session.
“The fish put up a great fight and was quickly released after we weighed it,” said Simon.
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