They were in a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper and what these six friends got instead was a Destin Fishing Rodeo record 844 pound, 11 foot mako shark instead.

Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Adlee Bruner and five friends took over an hour to get the shark to the 52 foot charter boat they were in.

So what was it like to land a big shark? “It was tense,” said Bruner, “I’ve fished for 40 years. I’ve never see one that big.”

The fisherman aboard the charter boat, captained by Robert Hill, noticed the shark eating the grouper they had hooked. Capt. Hill commented, “It was like ‘Jaws,”‘

Capt. Hill baited a hook with a 2 foot amberine and launched it over the side. The big mako couldn’t resist.

Over and hour later the shark was gaffed and when its tail was roped it finally surrendered. The fisherman still couldn’t get the long 800 plus pound shark in the boat so they tied it to the stern and started back towards shore.

Four hours later, the shark was hoisted before the crowd and weighed in at a whopping 844.4 pounds.

After the mako was gutted it still broke the previous shark division record by 338 pounds, weighing in still at 638 pounds.

“He seems to have the Midas touch and if his supporters encourage him to stand he may shake up the whole race,” at least that is what Ladbrokes spokesman Robin Hutchison said.

Bookmakers are sweating Al Gore now over a 100-1 bet they offered on Gore if he met three conditions.

Players win the bet if Al Gore wins an Oscar, becomes a Nobel laureate and takes up residence in the White House.

An Inconvenient Truth, a movie about climate change put together by Gore won an Oscar this year and Friday Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Price.

Prior to Friday, bookmakers had Gore 10-1 to win the Presidency, now those odds have dropped to 8-1. Hilary Clinton is still the odds on favorite at 4-7.

—Just goes to show you, never bet against a man who invented the internet.

Remember this woman when you are looking for that good deal. Beauty is a “depreciating asset”. At least that is one opinion a 25 year old woman got in a response to her Craigslist ad. This woman was looking for a husband who earns more than $500,000 a year and posted her request in the New York community area of the popular online classified site.

The anonymous woman described herself as, “spectacularly beautiful” and quite honestly, “superficial.” Adding, “I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.”

She asked questions about where to find rich single men and proclaimed that she had reached a limit in her ability to finding more financially successful men, “I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. $250,000 won’t get me to Central Park West.”

Then came the possible answer to her troubles, according to a mystery banker, it was “plain and simple a crappy business deal.”

Her business proposition was analyzed and according to the banker’s answer to her post, “Your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity … in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won’t be getting any more beautiful!”

He went on to explain, “So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset. Let me explain, you’re 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!”

He also added he had a solution for her, “It doesn’t make good business sense to “buy you” (which is what you’re asking) so I’d rather lease.”

The mystery banker response has been credited to JPMorgan Chase , but the popular banking company says that is a mistake and that one of its bankers email signatures mistakenly got attached at the story has been wildly circulating around the internet.

—– So I guess all the years I thought that age was like a fine wine, you only got better and worth more, is just a pipe dream. You can stick a fork in me, I was done 5 years ago!