You Won't Believe These Massive Hammerhead Sharks In Texas

Now that is a big shark.

Texas angler Rodrigo Rodriguez caught his largest shark yet after reeling in a massive hammerhead shark while fishing in Port Aransas in June. Rodriguez, a Houston resident, said the shark measured over 13 feet long.

Rodriguez said he has caught a couple of other big sharks that are closer to the size of the 13-foot beast but reached his personal best while at Port Aransas on June 8th,2024. The fight between the hammerhead shark and Rodriguez was about 35 minutes long, he said.

Rodrigo Rodriguez

Once he got it near the shore, Rodriguez measured it at 13 feet and 2 inches. He took his pictures and released the hammerhead back into the Texas Gulf. He called the fishing trip "epic" and added the ocean blessed them that day for offering up the huge hammerhead shark.

In Texas, shark fishing is common due to the plentiful shark species in the gulf.

According to the Coastal Fisheries Division with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, about 40 shark species are swimming around the Texas waters. However, the following five are abundant: bull sharks, Atlantic sharpnose sharks, blacktip sharks, bonnethead sharks, and spinner sharks.

Rodrigo Rodriguez

Great hammerheads are large, even by shark standards, growing to more than 15 feet long, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Large as they are, these sharks can turn quickly with the help of their broad, flat heads. Hammerheads' eyes and nostrils are at the outer ends of their odd-looking heads, making it easier to see and smell food.

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It's always a fun time looking up address or cities and seeing them from a satellite point of view. You start pointing out landmarks and things you recognize.

One thing you don't account for however is something looking bigger or smaller than you seemed to think it was. So we started grabbing a bunch of these satellite pictures of cities and towns around Amarillo.

As we looked at them, we thought to ourselves, "how fun would this be to actually have to GUESS what these places are?". So away we went.

Go ahead and try to see how many you can guess correctly!

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