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Boy, 12, reels in 551-pound bull shark

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A 12-year-old Connecticut boy may be the new Florida state record holder for catching the heaviest bull shark. Aidan Murray Medley had a spent a half day at sea Tuesday when he reeled in the 551-pound bull shark just north of the Palm Beach Inlet.

The seventh-grader at Eagle Hill School in Greenwich was in Palm Beach County on vacation with his family. They plan to submit his catch for a new state record.

Florida wildlife officials say the current record set in 1981 was a 517-pound catch at Panama City Beach.

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[quote name="bullets13" post="315849" timestamp="1200392832"]
whatever.  when i was vacationing in florida this summer i caught and released that shark's great grandpa.  :)

all jokes aside, that's one heck of a shark.
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Yeah, but bullets13, that youngster is 12 - so you have to spot him a few pounds.  Unless, of course, you are 12 years old also.  ;D
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