SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA — "When we looked over the edge, there it was…its head was fully out of the water, its mouth was open. It was just like something out of a movie," said Orange County resident Penny Novak who filmed a video on January 18, 2016 showing a great white shark attempting to free itself from a fisherman's hook.
The unidentified fisherman who cast his line off the pier at San Clemente, California that afternoon was likely briefly pleased as his fishing pole began to strain against the weight of a large fish. But it quickly became clear the fish on his line was no ordinary fish.
Novick says the fisherman tried for 15 minutes to free the shark from the hook lodged in its mouth. The shark thrashed about but finally changed strategies and leapt out of the water while chomping down so hard it is audible in the video.
The fishing line then snapped and the shark was free, much of the light of the fisherman and no doubt the shark as well. Luckily for all concerned — human or otherwise — no one was injured in the incident.
Great white sharks are commonly spotted in waters off the coast of Northern California, but one theory says weather phenomenon El Niño could be encouraging sharks to move south into the warmer waters.
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