A group of anglers in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., caught what’s believed to be a tiger shark measuring more than 3.5 metres in length.
Owen Prior, one of the anglers who made the big catch, told U.S. media, “One of my friends heard the reel going and they were like, ‘Yo Owen, you’re on.'”
The shark was hooked about 365 metres out from the shoreline at the Jacksonville Pier. It took them roughly 20 minutes to reel in the monster fish. “Every step closer I took she got bigger,” Prior said. “You come across sharks like that, not often, but they’re out there.”
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, tiger sharks are classified as a prohibited species, which means you cannot specifically…
