The shark pictured a few times in this great collection of pics from the very early 70s, kindly posted by Ted Beck, was caught from the wooden boat in the background at 2.44. It was a Norwegian built Rana, with larch planking, measuring 16'6" x 5'5", and on the evening in question there were a total of 4 people in it. The printed material authored by Clive Sandground, featured a couple of times in the slide, is an interesting blend of fact and fiction. Contrary to the view expressed, it was for example well known that there were shark to be caught in the vicinity of the Mull of Galloway well before the capture of the first one in August 1970, but all prior efforts to hook and get one to the boat had failed, though several had been engaged at length, including one by Bob Hogg (hooked initially by Henry Marczinkowski, who immediately handed the rod over when it was obvious he was hooked into something very large and anti-social) that was likely to have been a Mako - it took to the air on three occasions when being played just off the Snib at the Mull of Galloway. Shown in the photos, amongst others, are several anglers who'd been chasing sharks and other specimens from the mid 60s, including Joe Kontrimas (Oxley Road, Preston), Bryan Hewitt (angling journalist), Roger Reynolds, Bob Hogg and several of his sons.
The shark pictured a few times in this great collection of pics from the very early 70s, kindly posted by Ted Beck, was caught from the wooden boat in the background at 2.44. It was a Norwegian built Rana, with larch planking, measuring 16'6" x 5'5", and on the evening in question there were a total of 4 people in it. The printed material authored by Clive Sandground, featured a couple of times in the slide, is an interesting blend of fact and fiction. Contrary to the view expressed, it was for example well known that there were shark to be caught in the vicinity of the Mull of Galloway well before the capture of the first one in August 1970, but all prior efforts to hook and get one to the boat had failed, though several had been engaged at length, including one by Bob Hogg (hooked initially by Henry Marczinkowski, who immediately handed the rod over when it was obvious he was hooked into something very large and anti-social) that was likely to have been a Mako - it took to the air on three occasions when being played just off the Snib at the Mull of Galloway. Shown in the photos, amongst others, are several anglers who'd been chasing sharks and other specimens from the mid 60s, including Joe Kontrimas (Oxley Road, Preston), Bryan Hewitt (angling journalist), Roger Reynolds, Bob Hogg and several of his sons.