Video shows angler freeing great white shark after surprise catch at Nantucket

Footage shows Elliot Sudal hauling the shark from the surf before releasing it within seconds, sparking online reaction

An angler who reeled in a rare great white shark at a Nantucket beach said he posted extraordinary video of the encounter to social media as an example of how to safely catch and release one of the ocean’s greatest predators.

Elliot Sudal said he was “testing the waters” off the Massachusetts beach he regularly uses when he inadvertently snagged the shark on Sunday.
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