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.

The group took a picture with the shark before letting it go.

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