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Shark Caught in Susquehanna – Revisited Every year around the first of April we are always reminded of the “Shark in the Caught in Susquehanna” story we ran in 2006. It is still one of the best stories we have done and certainly the best April Fool’s joke to date. We thought since we are coming out so close to April Fool’s Day now would be a good time to remind everyone of the story so please enjoy!
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ONTOURSVILLE — The unheard of…the impossible has happened. A shark has been caught in the Susquehanna River near here. Noted outdoorsman Ken Hunter caught a nine-foot Bull Shark in the West Branch of the Susquehanna between Muncy and Montoursville on Monday. It weighed about 400 pounds and is currently in cold storage at Helmrich’s Seafood in Williamsport. “I had been hearing rumors of shark sightings on the river in recent days,” Hunter told Webb Weekly. “It seemed impossible, but I had to check it out.” Hunter, who writes a weekly outdoors column for Webb Weekly, said he caught the bull shark in what is known as the Canon Hole. “I don’t want to go into a great many details of how, when and where my
fishing buddy and I first located the shark, and what I used to catch it,” Hunter said. “All that will come out in some future articles. We have notified Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. They will be picking up the shark and taking it back for study.” The Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas is also known as the cub shark, Ganges shark, Nicaragua shark, river shark, and various other names. Bull sharks grow from 7 to 11 feet and can weigh up to 500 pounds. They eat everything including other sharks, birds, dolphins, turtles and people. The Bull Shark is the only species known to be able to spend extended periods of time in fresh water. According to an article on the National Geographic website, sharks must retain salt inside their bodies, without it, their cells will rupture, resulting in death. When sharks enter fresh water, their internal salt levels become diluted. But bull sharks’ kidneys recycle the salt within their bodies. Bull sharks have traveled 1,750 miles up the Mississippi River and as far north as Illinois. Hunter’s catch is truly remarkable given the obstacles the shark must have encountered between the Chesapeake Bay and the West Branch of the Susquehanna. He estimated it must have taken two weeks for the shark to
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