A Connecticut man caught an 8-foot shark while paddle boarding in Long Island Sound.
Eddie Carroll, 30, of Northford, was participating in the biggest bluefish tournament on Earth when he caught an 8-foot female sand shark on August 27.
It was the second day of the tournament when Carroll caught the fish, also called a brown shark, that was just a few feet shorter than his 12-foot paddleboard.
He had caught a much smaller fish on the first day of the tournament and returned on the second day hoping to bring back a winning prize.
“I’m hooked on the biggest game I’ve ever had,” Carroll can be heard saying in a video he filmed.
His fishing pole was badly bent as he struggled to rein in the beast.
It was the second day of the tournament when Carroll caught the fish, also called a brown shark, that was just a few feet shorter than his 12-foot paddleboard.Facebook/Eddie Carroll
“I saw it for a moment, I think it’s a giant shark,” he said in the video.
Seconds later, the shark surfaces next to her board, swimming calmly alongside her.
“That’s crazy,” Carroll said.
The shark pulled Carroll closer to Faulkner Island.Facebook/Eddie Carroll
After catching a glimpse of the animal, he realized that it had been swept away by a shark. Facebook/Eddie Carroll
Carroll began his trip on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Connecticut, around 8 a.m., where he caught snapper as bait to help track larger fish, according to the New Haven Register.
After dropping a small anchor from his board, the shark quickly took his line.
“I knew it was something really big,” he told the Register.
The shark dragged Carroll further away, near Faulkner Island.
The shark continued to pull him in for an hour before the 30-year-old realized he hadn’t caught any blue fish.
After catching a glimpse of the animal, he realized that a shark was dragging it away.
Carroll finally cut the line and released the shark. Facebook/Eddie Carroll
Finally he cut the line and let the shark go on its own.
This frequent angler has caught smaller sharks before, such as the dogfish, but has never caught a shark as large as the brown shark.
“They don’t have anywhere near the thickness or the power that the brown shark had. It was quite incredible to feel the power of the brown shark, ”he told the local media.
The brown shark is one of the largest shark breeds that can be found in Long Island Sound.
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