Of course I was only joking about it being a "small" fish!

Excellent.

Thanks for the story and photos.

The only shark I have caught was on a set line in a saltwater estuary in the Kymberleys of Northern Western Australia. Some other saltwater things were also caught.

The previous night we had been pissed and been pushing each other into the river at the same place. Live bait.

Of course that shark was a lot smaller than your very impressive one.