A Connecticut man caught an 8-foot shark while paddling in Long Island Sound.
Eddie Carroll, 30, of Northford, was participating in the Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth when he landed an 8-foot female sandbar on August 27.
It was the second day of the tournament when Carroll caught a fish, also called a brown shark, that was just a few feet shorter than his 12-foot paddle board.
He had caught smaller fish on the first day of the tournament and returned on the second day hoping to bring home the prize winner.
“I’m hooked on the biggest thing I’ve ever experienced online,” Carroll can be heard saying in the video he recorded.
His fishing pole bent sharply as he struggled to restrain the beast.
It was the second day of the tournament when Carroll caught a fish, also called a brown shark, that was just a few feet shorter than his 12-foot paddle board. Facebook/Eddie Carroll
“I’ve seen it, I think it’s a giant shark,” he said in the video.
Moments later, the shark appeared next to his board, swimming calmly beside him.
“That’s crazy,” Carroll said.
The shark pulled Carroll out further near Faulkner Island.Facebook/Eddie Carroll
After catching a glimpse of the animal, he realized he had been pulled by a shark. Facebook/Eddie Carroll
Carroll began his journey on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Connecticut, around 8 a.m., where he caught pigs as bait to help locate larger fish, according to the New Haven Register.
After he dropped the small anchor from his board, the shark quickly went to his line.
“I know it’s something really big,” he told the Register.
The shark pulled Carroll out further, near Faulkner Island.
The shark kept pulling him for an hour before the 30-year-old realized he hadn’t caught a bluefish.
After catching a glimpse of the animal, he realized he was being pulled by a shark.
Carroll finally cut the line and let the shark go.Facebook/Eddie Carroll
He finally cut the line and let the shark go on its own.
Regular fishermen have caught smaller sharks before, such as dogfish, but never a shark the size of a brown shark.
“They don’t have the girth or power that the brown shark has. It was quite extraordinary to feel the power of the brown shark,” he told a local outlet.
The brown shark is one of the largest shark breeds to be found in Long Island Sound.
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