TRIP OF A LIFETIME
WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A charter trip of a lifetime produced eight porbeagle sharks to 243lb. The big fish (right) fell to Paul Mailman, of Brixham, Devon, while fishing 60 miles offshore from Minehead, Somerset. The same trip produced porbeagles of 88lb and 80lb for Harry Temple, of Newton Abbott.
“On the first day we went to look for porbeagle and blue sharks. We had a three-hour steam out to the mark around 60 miles offshore,” said Harry. “Within 15 minutes of arriving at the mark we got the chum going and, boom!, there were sharks around the boat. We
