Marines on bachelor party lasso giant tiger shark Rare catch of 14-foot, 700-pound specimen made off South Carolina; 'We handled this shark with no gun, no harpoon. We tied a noose on her tail' August 23, 2013 by Pete Thomas 245 Crewman Brandon Scott poses with 14-foot tiger shark in both images. Photo courtesy of Capt. Richard Long Six marines visiting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as part of a bachelor party decided to celebrate the occasion by chartering a fishing boat. They returned with a 14-foot tiger shark weighing 700 pounds: a catch that an expert described as rare, because of its size. The marines, out of Camp LeJeune, didn’t just reel in the massive apex predator; they lassoed the beast, which had been cruising near the surface about three miles offshore. “We saw him swim by and we chased him with our boat for over 2 1/2 miles,” Capt. Richard Long told the Sun News . ”When we caught him, we actually handled this shark with no gun,