INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — A group of Florida fishermen caught a suspected Mako shark near Indian Rocks Beach, WTVT reported.
The excited fishermen were hoping to reel in the big one, but the shark had a different plan.
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After taking the bait, the shark gave the fishermen a 45-minute struggle, then finally jumped several feet out of the water, broke the line and set itself free. Kellen Keglor, one of the fisherman on the boat, shared his
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"It was honestly ridiculous to see a shark that big get that high in the air. That's why we were screaming like that," Taylor Danowski, who also was on the boat, told WTVT. "Pretty insane to see a shark get that much hang time."
"It was the most incredible thing I have ever seen," Keglor told WTVT.
Read more at WTVT.
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