(Editor’s note: The video above contains strong language.)
As they say: There are plenty of fish in the sea. But a group of people aboard a fishing charter boat off Ocean City, Maryland, this week never expected to get up close and personal with the most dangerous predator in the ocean.
Steven White, 48, of Frederick was aboard the “Fish Finder” charter boat with his son Monday, when they said a great white shark showed up.
White captured video of the encounter and posted it on YouTube, where it has hundreds of thousands of views.
鈥淓verybody on the boat was like, 鈥榃ow, did that really just happen?鈥欌�� White said.
White said his son just caught a hammerhead shark moments before they spotted the great white in the water.
鈥淎ll we saw is this big fish coming up through the slick. We thought, at first, it might be a mako [shark] and then we鈥檙e like, 鈥楴o that is a [great] white shark.’ That鈥檚 a really big [great] white shark.鈥�
White said the boat鈥檚 captain estimated the shark was 15 to 18 feet long, weighing up to 3,000 pounds.
鈥淚 kind of felt for my son because he kind of became the sideshow as we鈥檙e watching the shark,鈥� said White. 鈥淏ut he got to watch it because it swam right if front of him three times, so it was really cool.鈥�
White didn鈥檛 express any fear while it passed by and does not have any apprehension about going back out there to fish, which he has done his whole life.
鈥淚鈥檒l be back. I鈥檇 go tomorrow if I could,鈥� White said. 鈥淚f it did anything, it made me more addicted to fishing.鈥�
