# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLpyfc-v4zH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32057935-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-03T16:50:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

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“The tiger shark was four times heavier than the muscular stonemason who was bracing his 190-pound, six-foot body against the shark’s first run. His 16/0 big-game reel gave line grudgingly and his heavy rod bent in a tight arc as the shark surged away from the pier with a huge hook embedded in its jaw. A multi-strand wire leader and 130-pound-test line connected the shark with the man who was soon to set a world record that still stands — and do it from a fishing pier, not a well-equipped boat.” — Donald Millus⁠
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The story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Walter Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the coast of Ulladulla, Australia in March 2004). All but two line-class records for tiger sharks — including Maxwell’s fish and another caught in Florida — are out of Australia.⁠
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Illustration by: Ken Laager⁠
Story by: Donald Millus

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