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{{Infobox Item
|name = Big shark
|image = [[File:Big shark.png]]
|release = [[31 May]] [[2006]]
|update = PLAYER-OWNED HOUSES!
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = No
|placeholder = Yes
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|noteable = No
|options = Drop
|examine = It's a monster! I should get this stuffed!
|value = 5000
|weight = 0.700
|id = 7993
|leagueRegion = Misthalin,Fremennik,Kandarin,Morytania,Tirannwn,Kourend
}}
[[File:Big shark detail.png|left|130px]]
A '''big shark''' is a large [[raw shark|shark]] caught while harpoon [[fishing]] at any [[Fishing spot (big net, harpoon)|harpoon/big net fishing spot]]. Since players can only get it while fishing for sharks, it requires 76 [[Fishing]] to catch. Players have a 1/5,000 chance per shark caught to instead receive a big shark.{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/587574469616476162|date=13 April 2015|archiveurl=https://archive.fo/n49Su|archivedate=26 March 2019|quote=Bass = 1/1000. Swordfish = 1/2500. Shark = 1/5000.}} Catching one prompts the message {{mes|You catch an enormous shark!}} instead of the usual {{mes|You catch a shark!}}. If fishing with a [[fish barrel]], a big shark caught will be placed into your inventory.{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1534513342680907777|date=8 June 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/PCsrN|archivedate=9 July 2022|quote=You can still receive the big fish, and it'd have to go to your inventory.}}

It can be [[Mounted shark|mounted]] in a [[skill hall]] in a [[player-owned house]] at 76 [[Construction]]. Before it can be mounted, it must be stuffed by the [[Taxidermist]] in [[Canifis]], where she will charge 5,000 coins and return a [[stuffed big shark]] to the player. They can then mount the fish using 2 [[mahogany plank]]s. When players take it to the Taxidermist, she will exclaim ''"That's quite a fearsome shark! You have done everyone a service by removing it from the sea!"''

A big shark may be cooked into a regular [[shark]] for the standard [[Cooking]] experience. Catching a big shark '''will''' complete the [[Clue scroll (elite)|elite clue scroll]] step given by [[Sherlock]].

The benefits of [[Rada's blessing]] and [[spirit flakes]] will cause two big sharks to be caught at once if either item activates.{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1631336896247865348|date=2 March 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/EZ6Gc|archivedate=2 March 2023|quote=[Does the fishing boost from both Rada's Blessing 4 and Spirit Flakes apply towards the chance to get a Big Fish (Shark/Swordfish/Tuna) while fishing?] I believe they can double the big fish these days. Originally they wouldn't, but there was a rewrite since then that applied the bonus more widely.}}

==Fishing info==
{{Fishing info
|name = Big shark
|level = 76
|xp = 110
|spot = [[Fishing spot (big net, harpoon)]]
|tool = {{plink|Harpoon}}
|bait = No
}}

==Products==
{{Uses material list|Big shark}}

==Item sources==
{{Drop sources|Big shark}}

==Changes==
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{{Subject changes
|daterange = 24 March 2020 – 23 September 2021{{nbsp}}{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1561268894987345921|date=21 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.is/W3bT3|archivedate=29 August 2023|quote=Yeah, the answer to that question changed since March 2020 - I think we did a rewrite of the core fishing code during the installation of a League.|notes=The earliest occurence of a player reporting a catch of two big fish took place on 23 September 2021.{{CiteReddit|author=Emperor95|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/ptwywb/you_can_get_two_big_bass_via_radas_blessing/|title=You can get two Big Bass via Rada's blessing, despite what the wiki/Mod Ash states|quote=|date=23 September 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/2PeMj|archivedate=01 November 2022|notes=Note the multiplication message in the chatbox.}} The rewrite in question likely dates from the implemention of [[Trailblazer League (2020)|Trailblazer League]].}}
|update = 
|change = The benefits of Rada's blessing and spirit flakes now allow players to receive two big fish at once on activation.
}}
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==References==
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{{Skill Hall trophies}}
{{Fish}}
[[Category:Collection log items]]