Angler hooks 'taxman' but then a much larger shark comes calling

A fishing-themed Instagram page on Sunday posted a “viral alert” image showing an angler posing with the head of a large shark and asked followers: “What did this?”

A little research reveals that the image was captured off Mozambique, in southeast Africa, in 2022.

Back then the charter company Fish Bazaruto  described the chain of events, via Instagram, that explains the image: “On a recent session we hooked into a Yellowspotted Trevally that was taken by this shark, which was eventually taxed by an even bigger one.”

A shark is often referred to as the taxman, or tax collector, if it devours all or part of a hooked game fish.

There was speculation in the comments, including by Fish Bazaruto, that the larger shark, which was not seen, was either a bull shark or tiger shark.

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