Boy catches shark off Cape Cod
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
EASTHAM, Mass. -- "We're going to need a bigger boat." That's what Lars White told his 6-year-old son, Blake, after the boy hooked a great white shark while fishing Saturday off Cape Cod. The Houston resident said the 10- to 12-foot-long shark swam into the hook and spent 90 minutes trying to free itself. When the shark surfaced, White's wife took some photos, and the family cut the fishing line to free it. State shark scientist Gregory Skomal confirmed Blake had caught a great white.
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