It was the biggest shark I’ve ever seen in my life,” he said. “We tried to pulling it into the boat, and we almost passed out ...

This week, while fishing rod and reel, my husband had a lengthy encounter with a thresher shark. It appeared to be a juvenile, about 6 feet, with an additional 3-foot tail fin.

Two fishermen had the catch of a lifetime when they found a 700-pound thresher shark off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut.