I'm guessing something like this was on the other end of the line
 

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/fish...south-carolina

when after 45 minutes or more we decided to break it off in the wee hours aboard the Helen-H back in 2011.

We had thrown on a double hook shark rig and a big azz mackeral to see if we could break up a lull in the late night tuna bite. Niko had to pull with everything he had to break that thick mono I had on the rod. I remember someone said, "at least we know you know how to tie a knot". :-) Did you say that Paul?

That was an epic trip. It's still the first fishing report listed on the Helen-H site. Will never forget that trip. What a great time!

http://helen-h.com/category/reports/helenh/

Is tiger shark edible? Or did that fish end up in the dumpster ?
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Tiger Sharks are Yummy

I had no intent of breaking him off - that was the sharks idea

more like 90 min fight! That fish made a run there at the end which showed it wasn't in the least bit ready to roll over, more line out than at any time during the fight. Just outgunned on the fish with a Penn 50 :(

yeah, we were on that fish for a long time
I thought we used the guts/head out of a yellowfin

YUP, Keith isn't remembering too well :)

I remember walking out and and all you guys were on that fish and all I could think was that mf'er is WIDE! and no I dont want to strap in and fight it :)

I thought those NY guys were getting tired of watching us pass the rod and keeping all the tuna away so we had to break it off. I don't think we could have ever landed it against that gulf stream current anyway. It had a huge advantage over us.

We shoulda dropped a big squid or butterfish down 3 or 4 hundred feet with a lightstick and a couple pounds of lead. Maybe we woulda bagged a sword!

at one point I dropped a bait down deep on a swordfish leader. it got bit off pretty quick

more likely like this, 4-5 meters long :)

If we caught that thing in the OB monster shark tourney I think I would have been afraid to tail rope and tow it with my 21 Hydra-Sports. It looks like that thing might have been able to win a tug o war with a 175HP Johnson.