“I just used normal fishing techniques,” Rutledge said. “We caught seven sharks this morning and this happened to be the biggest.”
“That would be pretty cool if it sets a new state record,” he said.
Rutledge’s catch does beat the current state record for a tiger shark, according to Southeastern Outdoors. The previous mark was set over 30 years ago at 988 pounds.Copyright 2023 WALA via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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