Md. fisherman pulls 8-foot shark from Potomac River
Category Video | Monday, September 6th, 2010
A St. Mary’s County fisherman says he pulled an 8-foot shark from the mouth of the Potomac River.
Willy Dean says he caught the shark Tuesday morning in a net he set the day before at Cornfield Harbor, about three miles north of Point Lookout, where the river enters the Chesapeake Bay.
Deans says he was hoping to catch cow-nosed rays for a Solomons Island Marina biologist, and was surprised to find the shark, which gave him quite a fight. Dean says he may have the head mounted, but for now, the shark is in his freezer.