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2012 Madfin Shark Tournament
By Mike Holliday, OutdoorChannel.com
BOKEELIA, Fla. -- Less than 30 minutes after wetting their lines during the final day of the three-day 2012 Madfin Shark Tournament, Capt. Bo Johnson of Team Tenacity went for an intentional swim. It was the first time a competitor decided to jump overboard to try to keep a shark from breaking off.
“Well, that’s a first for me,” said Johnson, who had jumped out of his boat alongside a rock jetty at Captiva Pass to try to untangle his line from the rocks. “I really wanted that fish. I want those bonus points.”
Johnson was hoping to score 250 bonus points for landing the first shark of the day to go along with the catch and...