Group from Colfax catch the ‘Colfax Crusher’ in fishing story of a lifetime

COLFAX, N.D. — Being from a small, land-locked, Richland County city, it isn’t on daily basis one will get to see an ideal white shark, not to mention struggle one on the opposite finish of a line.

A bunch of household pals from Colfax, North Dakota, obtained the complete expertise whereas on trip in south Florida for spring break.

“Threw fishing in as a factor to do with our oldest boys and simply have a father-son factor and it changed into one thing fairly wonderful,” mentioned Shaun Jacobson, one of many fathers who introduced his household on trip to the Sunshine State.

The six-person father and son workforce hooked onto an 8-foot, 600-pound nice white shark off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

“I obtained connected on a fish. It was tugging and I used to be preventing that factor, and we simply hear the huge rod going,” mentioned 12-year-old Eli Reiger.

The dads jumped into motion, going toe-to toe with the nice white beast.

“My dad and Shaun began reeling as onerous as they may and each 30 cranks they’d change off,” mentioned 8-year-old Easton Moch.

After an hour of battling on the open ocean, a fish many will solely see within the film “Jaws,” was landed. They didn’t totally notice what that they had till their information’s jaw dropped.

“I have been doing this 20 years full time as a captain and that is the second that I’ve landed. The final one was about 15 years in the past,” mentioned Adam Reckert, the fishing information who took the group out.

The nice white was tagged and measured, however earlier than it was launched, there was one factor left to do. Give it a reputation.

“We first did a reputation and it was ‘Jaws,’ then it was the ‘Colfax Cruncher,’ then we did ‘Colfax Crusher,’” mentioned 6-year-old Gray Jacobson.

“As a result of we needed it to be a reputation that was distinctive to our city so nobody would actually have that title,” Moch mentioned.

The measurements will likely be utilized by a taxidermist to make replicas for the group of fishermen.

“Our greatest drawback now could be our wives are a little bit mad at us. They do not know the place we’re going to cling an 8-and-a-half foot fish in the home,” mentioned Easton Moch’s father Jesse Moch.

The group of pals mentioned it’ll be onerous to prime a visit like that they usually cannot wait to get to high school and inform their pals.