Shark Fisherman

Last Sunday, an 11-foot hammerhead shark took Adam Fisk, a Florida Atlantic University student, for a two-hour, 30mph afternoon tow along the Atlantic coast in his kayak. Fisk recorded the tag-along on a head-mounted GoPro camera and later posted the five minute video on YouTube so he could show his friends his adventure.

Fisk also accounted for the event on his Facebook profile with the following remarks:I took a South Florida sleigh ride today and I aint talkin Santa Claus, and Hooked a hammerhead in 50ft water and got drug out to 250ft.

As a member of Team Rebel Fishing, Fisk is accustomed to extreme angling, and according to his Facebook posts, he has caught many large sharks, as depicted in his profile pics. He set out Sunday with a few poles as usual, but he quickly realized his fishing trip was taking an unexpected turn. He said he suspected the hammerhead must have been sitting directly below his kayak. As he was going about a fisherman’s business of tossing out bait and untangling lines, the hammerhead attached to one of his dropped baits and started swimming. The shark picked up the line near Boynton Beach, Florida, and it is estimated Fisk and his kayak were led on a 12 mile tow out to sea, lasting nearly two hours.

“I’ve hooked sharks, but not that big and never on purpose,” Fisk told the Palm Beach Post. “It was about 11-foot and my kayak is about 12.”