Surf City King & a shark

[Topsail Angler]

I had the pleasure of fishing with Al on his boat today and also with his friend, Gerald. We got some pogies back in the creek where we launch the boat and headed to the beach. We fished the southern half of Topsail Island with a few knockdowns but no landed fish. Then the long line went screaming. I thought for sure we had a smoker king on. Forty minutes later we saw that it was a Hammerhead shark. We brought him to the side of the boat for pictures then let him go. I'd say he was 6-7 feet long and weighed in around 100 pounds.



Later we moved out to an area known as the battle zone. Gerald landed his first ever King Mackerel. We had several other hook-ups including a few more sharks.



I wonder what all those sun bathers would think if they knew we caught a Hammerhead shark in 20 feet of water, less than 1/2 mile from the beach?