I have been here now for over 5 weeks and loving every minute of my experience here, but the last week has probably been the most awesome week of my entire Life. We started the week by going out on my first open water dive at Tunnel Rock which is a huge coral outcropping that has a crack through it that you are able to swim through. Doing the dive was unbelievable- it’s a whole other world and being able to breathe under water and get up close to all the marine wildlife was so cool, it was nothing like a swimming pool which I had dove in for my dive class. We saw an abundance of fish just like I did when I snorkeled but this time I could swim up close and get a good look. The week continued by with our first long line of the season where we caught a 6 foot nurse shark which was so insane being able to get that up close and personal with such a large mighty animal! The next few long line sets were a little disappointing due to yellow tail snapper coming and stealing our bait so we had 3 whole lone line sets with no sharks but all that changed on Wednesday May 6 2009 which is currently as of right now the most incredible exciting best day of my life so far. We started off the day early leaving a little after 7 and headed for wall zone three. It was a spectacular day with blue skies with large cumulus clouds and water that looked like a glass mirror with no wave except those made by the boat. When we got to the site we saw a large Mahi dolphin jump out of the water a good 7-8 times. I had a feeling that today was going to be a good day. So Edd is pulling up the line and he shouts out “looks like we got a shark” and so I go and look over and I see this gigantic 6 foot reef shark and I go absolutely bananas!!!!!! I was so excited it was one of the coolest things ever. So I then stand on the opposite side of the boat so that Edd, Jazz and Alannah could secure it measure it and tag it. Edd then calls me over so that I could hold the pectoral fins while he removed the hook and then he showed me how to release it and off it went. We went down the line and caught 2 more reef sharks right in a row. We were out long lining all day and it was so fantastic we were mostly catching nurse sharks but then all of a sudden we saw a really dark shadow and it didn't look like a nurse and as we pulled up we could see the stripes of a tiger shark I literally went ballistic Edd had to calm me down but it was freaking awesome !!!!! We then measured and tagged as usual and then Edd called me to come and look up close and hold it. It was a dream come true to be holding this awesome predator that I have loved my whole life- a truly memorable moment. So basically I am having the best day of my life and I’m on the biggest high of my life- I felt on top of the world and my adrenalin was pumping from how awesome the day had been. We go to pick up the last line and were hauling it in and we’re not seeing any sharks and I start thinking in my head well it’s ok if we don’t have a shark on this line because we have all ready caught 3 reef sharks, 4 nurse sharks and a baby tiger shark so it would be okay if we didn't have a shark. But then as were pulling on the last buoy we see a huge dark shadow in the water and I go up to the bow and look over and I can see this gigantic shark shaped figure and every one on the boat goes this is going to be a big one we pull it up and its another tiger shark and I felt like my life was complete I could have died a happy man after the day I had. So we get it up and I’m standing on the other side so I don’t tip the boat while they are measuring and they read off the total length and it was a 10 and ½ foot shark. I was basically like jumping up and down like a kid on Christmas morning thank god every one was able to calm me down. Edd then called me over and let me hold his pectoral fins as he took the hook out. When I bent down and held him I looked at the tiger shark and I had a flash back of every time I had seen a tiger shark in a book, on the TV, in a national Geographic. I thought to myself - I am holding a 10 foot tiger shark in tonic immobility, this is the best moment in my entire living life and that moment is indescribable. I have never felt like that! I sadly only have a few weeks left here but the whole time were going to be long lining and it’s going to be fantastic. - Adam Baugh