Caught almost 13 feet of large white shark and released on the beach of Hatteras Island

A team of local fishermen made waves on Saturday when they exceeded themselves in a 12 to 13 -foot white shark from a coast of Hatteras Island.

Luke Beard, Jason Rosenfeld and Dan Rothermel have been fishing on the local beaches for years, and the £ 1,400-1,800 Great White was set up by Beard-Der at Frisco Rod & Gun-on a custom-made rod and a fluff out for unusually large fish.

“It jumped at a point when it was enthusiastic for the first time, and we were pretty sure that it was a great white, but soon afterwards we confirmed it with the shape and size of the dorsal fin,” said Rotothermel.

“It felt really difficult, and when it was connected for a few minutes, we found that this was another animal,” said Beard.

The shark took 35 minutes to interfere, but less than 90 seconds until the experienced team was released. “We didn't want to waste time,” said Beard. “It feels like an eternity, but for most fish in which we appear, we shoot after [releasing them] in 60 seconds or less. “

“It is a state -protected animal, so you have to release it as soon as possible,” added Bart, who caught and released hundreds of sharks for about 20 years of fishing. “You can't be afraid of the fish. At the next level it definitely fishes, so you need to know what you are doing, or people who know what you are doing. “

The team has all the devices available to publish Haie, including NOAA tags, the sharks that are at least 36 inches long, but there was no easy way to mark the great white on Saturday without bringing the animal to the beach completely and waste valuable time.

“We never took it out of the sea,” said Rothermel. “As soon as we have brought it so far that it no longer hovered, we started to bring it back into the deeper water.”

“It is an endangered and protected way, but it is just as important for us that it is a great animal,” said Rotothermel. “Although we do this for recovery, we don't want to make a shark die due to our relaxation, and it does not matter whether it is an endangered shark or a common black tip. The obligation to bring it back into the water overwrites the fear of getting a little. “

The team and a fourth friend Geoff Rouser, who caught a great white shark a few years before the catch on Saturday, had enough experience in catching and publishing sharks. They regularly help visitors to Cape Point and other local beaches who accidentally land a shark and may not have knowledge or equipment to bring it back into the water.

On Saturday, the crew had bolzen cutter, line cutter, knife, pliers and all tools. “You have to make sure that you have everything you need to reliably publish the shark. If you are afraid to take out the hook, you have a set of bolt cutters to get the hook out, ”said Rothermel.

Protecting the sharks and the safe reworked in the ocean is the constant priority of the group. It is a tutorial that you regularly share with newcomers on the coast. It is not an ability to be inherent and as Rotothermel emphasizes, in some areas-like florida new anglers you have to watch a 30-minute video before you can go sharply.

“We asked the NPS to do something similar because shark fishing picked up more than just one shark rod in the shop,” said Rotothermel. “It is about understanding how the animal react on the beach, has the right tools and brings it into the water and swimming as soon as possible.”

The great white shark on Saturday is now back in the sea, somewhere in front of Hattteras Island, like many local anglers, the group will not reveal its favorite fishing hole. “It is somewhere south of the Bonn Bridge and north of Hatteras Inlet,” said Rothermel.

And although the length and weight cannot be confirmed because the shark is brought home safely, there is a great chance that this is the biggest large white shark that has ever been drafted from the Hattteras Iceland's coast.

“I have never heard of another large, large white shark that was caught on this island,” said Rotothermel, “so this can be a premiere.”

For Bart, after almost two decades of outdoor banks, this was easy to catch a life. “We have certainly sought – we always wanted to catch and publish something so big.”