“Hey guys! Could you beer me that fish?”
We imagine the shark just wanted to join the fishing fun (and is a fan of The Office). But sadly, things didn’t turn out too well for the massive predator.
Jason Kresse, 29, of Freeport, and two crew members had been fishing for red snapper about 50 miles into the Gulf of Mexico and were dumping fish guts into the water about 3:45 a.m. Monday when they heard two big splashes in the distance.
“All of a sudden something hit the side of the boat. He ends up landing on the back of the boat.”
The mako shark had apparently been in a rush to feed.
It began thrashing around, and Kresse said he and his crew couldn’t get close to the 375-pound fish to toss it back in the water. It damaged the boat before dying several hours later.
The crew didn’t have a permit to catch sharks, so Kresse contacted federal fisheries officials on shore to get one.
A spokesman with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said there’s no violation because the shark’s death was an accident.
