Oh my God, put the rod down. That’s what I thought it was too. Dude, you guys got *** giant, great white. The keenan family has quite the tale to tell. Visiting Fort Lauderdale from massachusetts. They decided to go fishing. Campbell keenan loves to fish. Well, it was *** pretty slow day. We were just catching some bait fish and then all of *** sudden something big bit their line when he first started reeling it in, it took out drag. I was like, is this thing gonna pull me in? Because I was just scared. We had to hold on to him. We had to make sure he wasn’t going to go off the boat and he had to hold onto the reel and he was strapped in, but not really. So it was just, that was scary. Campbell, just 12 years old, sat and continued to fight with the help of Captain paul, Paolucci and David Jackson. It took *** while, it took 45 minutes or an hour to catch it. We knew we had something pretty substantial from the initial bite. It took about 300 yards out. We were going to fight until the fight was over. You know, just so happened, It was *** great white guys. This is *** great white. This is like, this is like *** hole in one in golf. I was so excited for him because he loves fishing so much and this is like the best you could ever imagine. And once we found out it was *** great way, it was just, we were through the roof Guys, I’ve been doing this since 2003 is only the second one of these I’ve ever caught. The fisherman reeling it in to take the line out of its mouth, then to measure and then tag it. It’s *** little under 1130 inches long. It was about £450 and absolutely beautiful female. We’re gonna let her go, she’s still pretty lively. We got the tag, they tagged her so experts can study her migration patterns. Then they let her go. There she goes, guys, There she goes, feels very accomplishing. I mean like the biggest fish I’ve ever caught before. This was *** 25 inch striper. This is 130 inch great white shark. Little guy did *** great job catching. It happened to be *** great way. It was an awesome experience.
VIDEO: 12-year-old boy catches great white shark off Florida coast
Updated: 6:38 AM CST Jan 20, 2023
The Keenan family now has quite the tale to tell. The family was visiting Fort Lauderdale from Massachusetts when they decided to go deep-sea fishing. Twelve-year-old Campbell Keenan loves to fish. He told WSVN that it was a pretty slow day fishing, when all of a sudden, something big bit his line. “When he first started reeling it in, it took out drag, and I was like, ‘Is this thing going to pull me in?’ Because I was just scared,” Keenan said.Campbell’s mother, Colleen Keenan, said the experience was scary at first.”We had to hold onto him. We had to make sure he wasn’t going to go off the boat. He had to hold on to the reel, and he was strapped in, but not really,” Campbell’s mother said.Campbell sat and continued to fight to reel it in, with the help of the boat’s captains. They then realized it was a great white shark. “I was so excited for him because he loves fishing so much, and this is like the best we could ever imagine,” Campbell’s mother said. The fisherman reeled it in to take the line out of its mouth. They then measured it and tagged it, so that experts can study its migration pattern. The shark was a 130-inch-long female great white, weighing about 450 pounds. They then released the shark back into the ocean. “It feels very accomplishing. The biggest fish that I ever caught before this was a 25-inch striper. This is a 130-inch great white shark,” Campbell said.
The Keenan family now has quite the tale to tell.
The family was visiting Fort Lauderdale from Massachusetts when they decided to go deep-sea fishing.
Twelve-year-old Campbell Keenan loves to fish. He told WSVN that it was a pretty slow day fishing, when all of a sudden, something big bit his line.
“When he first started reeling it in, it took out drag, and I was like, ‘Is this thing going to pull me in?’ Because I was just scared,” Keenan said.
Campbell’s mother, Colleen Keenan, said the experience was scary at first.
“We had to hold onto him. We had to make sure he wasn’t going to go off the boat. He had to hold on to the reel, and he was strapped in, but not really,” Campbell’s mother said.
Campbell sat and continued to fight to reel it in, with the help of the boat’s captains.
They then realized it was a great white shark.
“I was so excited for him because he loves fishing so much, and this is like the best we could ever imagine,” Campbell’s mother said.
The fisherman reeled it in to take the line out of its mouth. They then measured it and tagged it, so that experts can study its migration pattern.
The shark was a 130-inch-long female great white, weighing about 450 pounds.
They then released the shark back into the ocean.
“It feels very accomplishing. The biggest fish that I ever caught before this was a 25-inch striper. This is a 130-inch great white shark,” Campbell said.
