June 8, 2013 — Rostron and fellow fisherman Clint Simek of Brielle were in Rostron's boat the TNT. The two were shark fishing 2½ hours east of Manasquan Inlet on Tuesday when the shark leaped out of the water and landed in the bow of their boat.
It then proceeded to eat through a broom stick, seat cushions, and the fiberglass decking before the two men were able to subdue it with a gaff and rope.
Three days after the brush with the shark, Rostron and Simek showed the broom stick – now in two pieces – and where the teeth gash marks, some as long as three inches, occurred in their boat. They also held onto the head of the shark, and intend to preserve the jawbone and teeth.
"It's missing a few teeth," said Simek. "We found one in the boat that was an inch and a half long."
Rostron said the damage to his boat, which he docks at the Glimmer Glass in Manasquan, will cost $5,000 for a professional to fix.
"I would like to leave the teeth marks in, like a badge of honor," he said. "But the floor marks have to be fixed or water will leak through. They have to be filled and fiberglass has to be re-applied."
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