Fisherman runs down Galveston beach to haul in 6-foot-long shark

Monday, June 25, 2018
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Galveston man was about to wrap up fishing for the day when he felt a big tug on his line.

Rudy Campos reeled in this Black Tip shark early Sunday morning in Galveston.
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Campos says he had to run 300 yards down the beach in order to reel it in.

He told Eyewitness News that the shark was 72 inches long-- that's 6 feet.
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"I thought it was going to be bigger. I measured it out," he said.

But Campos said that wasn't the biggest shark that he caught. He said he has caught a 9-foot-8 inch Lemon shark before.
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