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A group of anglers on a 48-hour beach fishing trip in Pensacola Beach, Florida just caught and released a massive great white shark. The shark was estimated to weigh around 1,000 pounds and measure 12-13 feet long.
These beach fishermen planned their trip wisely and booked the 48-hour guided fishing trip with Coastal Worldwide as this became the fourth year in a row they have caught a great white shark in this part of Florida!
Florida Fishermen Catch 1,000-Pound Great White Shark From The Beach
Great white sharks are no stranger to the Florida peninsula during the Winter months. Cape Cod is considered Ground Zero for Atlantic great white activity during the Summer with an abundance of seals in the water as prey but when the temperatures in the Northern Atlantic plummet in the colder months the sharks typically migrate south.
Even still, they are not that common here in Florida. Anecdotally speaking of course, I am a born and raised, multi-generational, native Floridian. Nobody in my immediate family has ever seen a white shark up close here in Florida and we all grew up on the water. But my experience is primarily SW Florida and this shark was caught in the Panhandle off Pensacola Beach where the water gets deeper a lot faster.
Dylan Wier and Blaine Kenny with Coastal Worldwide were fishing on the east side of Pensacola Beach when they caught this incredible shark. And they managed to capture all of the action on video.
Their footage is nearly 28 minutes long. If you want to skip ahead, they land the shark at the beach around the 16-minute mark. Check it out:
For most people, this would be the fishing experience of a lifetime. But Coastal Worldwide has now landed a great white shark in four consecutive years in Pensacola Beach, Florida.
This speaks volumes to the health of the fishery and this part of Florida. Great white sharks need a lot of food to sustain themselves!
The team from Coastal Worldwide shared additional photographs of their incredible catch:
For adventurous fishermen out there, you can book a fishing charter with Coastal Worldwide to try and catch a great white shark of your own. They have 6, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 72-hour charter options available on their website. Hit ’em up if you want to catch a legendary shark (and release it)!