Fishermen hook 6-foot shark off Long Beach Island

Monday, July 1, 2019
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. -- A group of guys fishing off Long Beach Island in New Jersey on Sunday afternoon hooked a six-foot shark.

"Mark G" of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, said it took over an hour to pull the shark onto shore, hold it down, remove the hook and release it.
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The group took a picture with the shark before letting it go.

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