A fisherman hooked into a huge king mackerel off the pier on Pawleys Island in South Carolina, but before he could land it, the tax man paid a visit.
In this instance, the tax man was a big bull shark that ruined any chance of Jim landing his fish.
Why are sharks known as the tax man among the fishing community? It’s because of their tendency to collect a portion of their hard-earned catches, as seen in the video John Harrison provided to WPDE, which posted it on Facebook.
The video shows the angler bringing the king mackerel to the surface. You then hear Jim’s fishing buddy say, “Get the gaff, get the gaff, get the graff, nice king. Don’t mess this up, Jim.”
When someone finally lowered the gaff toward the fish, a bull shark came up and snatched it by the tail and swam off.
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Other anglers sympathized with Jim meeting the tax man. Among the comments:
“Tax man never takes a day off.”
“Gotta pay the tax man (shark).”
“The tax man always comes.”
“Pay the tax man.”
“The tax man shall always collect. Time to pay your dues.”
Unfortunately, this tax man took 100 percent of Jim’s catch.
