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Baring Her Teeth

Tough to Bear when girlfriend outfishes experienced guide

Baring Her Teeth
Bear Holeman and Jen Hurst work to dehook a shark. (Courtesy Madfin)

Bryan “Bear” Holeman has spent most of his adult life pursuing and catching a variety of offshore fish – many of those being sharks in the clear waters off the Florida Keys.

Until the seventh annual Madfin Shark Series was held last month, his girlfriend Jen Hurst had never fished for sharks.

But there was little doubt which half of the couple performed best during the tournament.

“She did an excellent job, much better than me,” Holeman said. “I’m losing fish, missing fish, missing hooks. She was perfect.”

“Nope. I had never been shark fishing,” Hurst said, laughing. “I grew up fishing in San...

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