He’s gonna need a bigger boat: Florida man hooks 11-foot shark from beach

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Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
After an hour-long battle, Joey Polk reeled in this 805-pound, 11-foot-long mako shark.Earnie Polk/Barcroft
Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
We're gonna need a bigger truck! The monster mako became dinner for 200 of Polk's friends and neighbors.Earnie Polk/Barcroft
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Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
Earnie Polk/Barcroft
Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
Earnie Polk/Barcroft
Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
Earnie Polk/Barcroft
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Man catches 11-foot, 805 lbs. shark
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A fisherman standing on the waterfront has caught a monster 805-pound, 11-foot-long mako shark in Florida, in what may be a record for land-based fishing.

Joey Polk reeled in the shark after an intense, hour-long workout in which the shark pulled out 2,700 feet of line. Makos are the fastest of all sharks and can swim at speeds up to 60 mph.

Polk, from Milton, Fla., told the Houston Chronicle: “She was pulling line out of my reel at easily 60 miles an hour. We call that ‘smokin’ the drag’ round here.”

We’re gonna need a bigger truck! The monster mako became dinner for 200 of Polk’s friends and neighbors.Earnie Polk/Barcroft

“When I saw it, I knew it was a big fish. I’ve been fishing since I was a little kid, but I thought it was maybe 700 pounds or so, then when we weighed it, it came in at 805! It was amazing,” said Polk.

The shark, which was too big to fit in the back of Polk’s truck, is not the largest catch for Polk, a third-generation shark fisherman. He also pulled in a 950-pound tiger shark in 2010.

Polk took the fish home and cooked it for his neighbors, providing food for around 200 people. He said he returns most of his catches to the sea, but that this one was too injured to be released.

This article originally appeared on News.com.au.