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The marine
game fish record for a Lemon Shark was recently shattered by a
visiting angler vacationing with his family from Illinois.
Stephen Liesen, of Quincy Illinois, caught a 380 pound lemon shark
on Thursday July 22, just outside Port Royal Sound in 35 feet of
water to claim the new state record. This shark beat the old record,
which was set back in 2002 by angler Ronald Price of Ladson, SC, by
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Liesen, 48, wanted to make the most of his vacation to Hilton Head
with his family, and planned an afternoon of fishing for him and his
son, Weston. Stephen, a dentist by trade, has always enjoyed fishing
and booked a charter trip aboard the vessel “Outcast”, owned and
captain by Reese “Chip” Michalove. Outcast Charters is known for its
big shark catches. Last June the twin outboard 26-foot Glacier Bay
Catamaran broke a forty-one year old Blacktip Shark record with a
163 pound 14 ounce fish. The female Lemon Shark put up a good fight
and it took Stephen over 30 minutes to get the fish to the boat,
leaving him exhausted. He was using a 6 ½-foot Shakespeare Ugly
Stick rod paired with a Shimano Tiagra reel, and had cut barracuda
filets for bait. Captain Chip thought she might be a record breaker,
so he called Amy Dukes, the Program Coordinator for the Record
Marine Game Fish Program. Based on estimated measurements of the
shark and comparing them to the previous record fish, Chip was
pretty sure she could beat the 370 pound record. The fish was taken
to Dopson’s Seafood on St. Helena Island where she was weighted on a
certified scale later that evening, and Amy Dukes verified the catch
of the potential new state record shark.
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