FLORIDA KEYS—Fishing captain and adventure guide Nate Weinbaum was in the final hour of a full-day charter in Florida Bay when his clients landed their first and only fish of the day.
The couple was visiting the Florida Keys for the first time, and the wife delivered what was supposed to be the highlight of their saltwater fly-fishing adventure: a redfish nearly three feet long.
It was too big to keep, according to Florida regulations. So they carefully released the fish back into the bay.
Moments later, the water churned. Then it turned red.
“A shark was trailing us along the edge of the channel,” Weinbaum said. It “just devoured the redfish.”…