JAWS - Biggest shark in UK!! - ORIGINAL FOOTAGE - Graeme Pullen & Wayne Comben - TAFishing 

I was very impressed with the genuine concern of this magnificent beast. Thank you for releasing and for getting the hook out. All Life Matters!

for all UK residents worried about swimming, the porbeagle shark is zero threat to humans as there are no recorded cases of them biting or attacking a human. With our size alone we dont fall into their prey bracket as they dont possess the teeth for biting a taring. They are a member of the mackrel shark family, so similar to mako's, and are only an incredibly distant relation to the great white. So dont worry :) How these chaps handled the shark was wonderful and the fact they tagged him and swam him out before releasing was perfect. Very sadly they are on the endangered species list because they were heavily fished for that stupid chinese cuisine, shark fin soup. Keep up the good work lads, you were extremely fortunate in your fishing to have hooked him, thankyou for not hurting him x

I was fishing off Newhaven arm, East Sussex in 1996, and a group of marine biologists were fishing on the inside of the arm (Where families swim when the tide is in) I must have been 14" on the top of the wall fishing on the outside the arm in deeper water, we heard a huge splash of water where the marine biologists were and could see the huge mouth of a Porbeagle Shark, since then I have trained as a qualified SCUBA diver, and have dived in some of the greatest shark hot spots in the world, both freestyle and caged diving. I am an avid supporter and spokesperson for shark preservation. Recently we managed to sign an agreement with the Indonesian government, in which they have declared the southern part of the Indian Ocean south of Indonesia as a protected wildlife reserve where it is illegal to hunt, kill or poach for any species of shark, whale or dolphin.

Porbeagle Sharks are beautiful creature

Haha ...!! @ 9:10 anyone else notice ? The signwriting on side of boat is spelled wrongly as ' AWSOMEFISHING ' - you've dropped an 'e' Graeme, haha !! Great vids by the way mate -.thanx

A very rare catch indeed, Makos never usually venture in British waters. Not the largest fish in our native seas though as Basking sharks dwell here too and they are the only dwarfed by Whale Sharks :)

Reading the comments its unbelievable how many times you have to tell people that you never said it was a great white , and its not a mako its a porbeagle do people watch these videos on silent

You have to kill sharks to weigh them and we were not prepared to do that as we wanted to fit it with a dart tag.It was in my estimation 5/550lbs,and I have caught sharks more than three times that size so can guage weights pretty well.It was a Porbeagle shark.

Indian Ocean (Whitetips)had recaps there) Pacific(Roosters, Sail ,Blacktips and Striped marlin(No recaps),Atlantic-Blue marlin, blue shark(plenty recaps, longest 2000+ miles) Porbeagles, tope,Smoothhound, Bull Huss, Stingrays,Bonnethead sharks,Nurse Sharks, Blacktips ,Monkfish, Common Skate.etc. Enough anyway. Had good recap rate. Also one Portuguese blue recap within 48 hours !!

here in the USA on Atlantic ocean and love watching ur videos. funny how fishing brings real guys together.

Hats off to Graeme and Wayne. Well deserved fish. Maybe if we had released more Porbeagles off the Isle of Wight back in the 60's and 70's we would still have a Shark fishery there.

Thank you for releasing him. I am not a fan of these testosterone overloaded idiots like Vic Hislop hauling these amazing creatures out of the water and carving out their Jaws. For no reason at all. The fish is fighting for its life. No different to what you'd do. I would rather see one of these amazing creatures in their natural habitat than hanging on a dock

What a beast, incredible that a line and rod can hold it. I cant believe you talked to the camara with your hand 2cm from its teeth.

Makes me very happy to see such a good shark and a conscientious release. Let's hope there's many more of those puppies around our shores :)

I was windsurfing in West Sussex when one of these came up next to me. Not as big as this but still the biggest wild animal I've ever encountered. Thank you for letting it go.

As the English themselves would say,"BLOODY HELL!!!" That looked like a Porbagle Shark.They are related to the Great White and the Mako.

This is a large Porbeagle Shark. They're Mackerel Sharks. They're closely related to the Salmon Shark, which is also of a genetic line called Mackerel Sharks. Both the Porbeagle & Salmon Shark are related to Mako Sharks & it is thought Great White Sharks are also distant descendants of Mako or Mackerel Sharks. Porbeagle Sharks are now an endangered species. They're not considered dangerous to humans, unless provoked or frightened by them. There is no recorded fatality caused by humans interacting with Porbeagle Sharks. They generally live in cooler, deep water where they hunt fish. Their range in the North Atlantic is as far north as Newfoundland & south to the Caribbean. A baby Porbeagle Shark tagged off of New England, U S. traveled all the way to the Caribbean (Aruba) & back to the New England coast, U S & exactly to where it was tagged. Female Porbeagle Sharks max out at a length of around 7-8 ft., while the males reach 5-7 ft. long. These sharks can be readily recognized by the white markings (patch) at the base of their dorsal fin, at the bottom back of it. The same white patch this one has. These sharks are viviparous with the females hatching eggs internally & delivering live pups. They're one of only 4 currently known shark species that are considered warm blooded, as they can regulate their body temperature in relation to water temperature similar to mammals. The Great White Shark, Salmon Shark & Mako Shark are the other 3 shark species that are considered warm blooded. They were considered threatened but are now an endangered species due to overfishing by fisheries & sports fisherman. They have also been mistaken for the Smooth Dog Fish & baby Sand Tiger, as juveniles. Consequently the babies have frequently been killed as a nuisance by fishermen resulting in even fewer mature sharks. Since they're endangered, they're now also a protected species, as most shark species today, hopefully soon will be. They & all sharks are being slaughtered at an alarming rate (1 million plus a yr) primarily for their fins so someone can have shark fin soup. A disgusting concoction (I had some many yrs ago in Japan) purchased as a status symbol, since it's very expensive but not very good to eat. It's actually like eating rubber bands that have no flavor, since sharks' fins are cartilage & skin. No meat.

I am thinking maybe 5/550lbs as it was so fat we couldn't roll it on its side for the camera. Pretty difficult in a 17 foot boat. Angler on the rod, and I have to sort the boat/leader etc so we have to do best we can.Had plenty of 1000lb sharks so I know how big 500 is though. Most big sharks carry gut weight so you never see it from the surface. Only way to really know was kill it, and we weren't prepared to do that.

Beautifully managed guys and a nice bit of luck too with the hook removal, nice one!!.

The biggest shark in the UK is the basking shark at 40 foot.

great catch guys, that's how we fish in the uk, we put back! don't kill any fish unless you are going to eat it.

real guys get out and do things other guys talk about doing

episodes on the way soon! As you can see, we have had a lot going on recently! Coarse episode will be up in the next week!

I know all the science says Great Whites should be visitors to UK waters and I don't doubt that they are, but this makes me realise how sitings by the uninformed can be deceptive. The average person who's never heard of a Porbeagle or a Shortfin Mako would look at either species and conclude it was a GWS.

Incredible shark Porbeagle I believe? You caught the biggest shark i the UK you tagged it and removed the hook oh my god does it get much better than that?

Well that's an end to my diving hobby

i think your moaning at the wrong people .i'd rather be tagged in the water in the uk than hauled on board and have my fins hacked off somewhere else.

I would rather eat black lug Graeme, than your shorts mate..tight lines.

Great Beagle. Very lucky the angler didn't lose a hand or more with his handling skills, way to close to that sharks mouth and leaning over in full range of his ability to surge up and take him down was not very smart. Lucky Man

I think I'll give up swimming on this island of ours!! Record broken twice last week out of Pembroke both well over 200lb thresher sharks 😵

Of course our sharks come wearing suit and tie and can be fpund in a courtroom.

How will they learn about fish movements /growths otherwise ? But I guess its OK for cattle/sheep etc to have their ears tagged ? And what about everyone's pets ? They have chips inserted under their skin so they can be tracked and if lost, returned to their owners. And tags in sharks have been returned over 27 YEARS LATER ??? so they don't harm them at all.

You really want a challenge and an undisputed record. Scuttle on over to the Sea of Hebrides. You could've used the largest UK shark for chum and bait landing a big ol' 15-18ft Great White during seal pupping season.

No,it really is a Porbeagle. Basal cusps on teeth, white smudge on Dorsal, plus I've caught plenty of both. Mind you, I wish it was a Mako !! The ultimate catch in British waters.

Nice. Here in New England, our porbeagles are larger. I caught one that size last year. It's about the average female size here, and they can get even bigger

I like to use 50lb mono .You could go lighter for blue sharks, but with the area we work for Porbeagles,and time of year they run, the average is around 300lbs.Not worth all the investment of effort and then break off the shark of a lifetime.

What a beautiful creature! I don't agree with fishing - I think it's cruel and causes totally unnecessary stress and suffering to the animals. I only watched to see this legendary fish for myself. At least they did release it instead of killing it.

It's not unusual that you might get the odd great white up in that area, but if the seal population was attracting their attention I imagine sightings would be much more frequent, like they are in South Africa, Australia and California. We just had a woman attacked and critically injured (not sure if she survived, was in critical condition still a week after the attack) here in Southern California. A week later a beach patrol helicopter counted 15 great white "juveniles" around 10 ft long in the same area in one afternoon (they assume the attacking shark was a larger adult). If great whites start picking UK as a favorite feeding ground, you'll know it.

Porbeagle shark i live in norway full of mackerell fish and sharks

Your gonna need a bigger boat Graham seriously that's some old kipper for that little banana skiff.Holy cow Batman!just cheering me up bless you both.Kind regards Tony

We have porbeagle in the North Sea. I remember a few years ago walking up the coast I found a seal with a bite out of it, must have been about 12-15 inches..I suspect there are big sharks all around our coasts, tourist industries that rely on holiday makers wouldn’t be very vocal about it for fear of putting people off beach holidays.

I love your videos Graham keep doing great work. I love how you catch and release also that means a lot to me.💓

Could it have been a portbeagle sighting on your video about suspicious great white sightings in the Solent?

Nicely done guys. I caught a couple of pro beagle shore fishing for striped bass in the bay of Fundy🇨🇦. Nothing like that fish he was awesome. Mine were around a hundred lbs. Great fight!!! I always release mine, sharks keep our ocean healthy. Had to chuckle about your tide. We have to deal with 12 to 15 meter tide. Keep up your great videos and keep safe these days. Cheers mate 🍻🇨🇦

We're going to need a bigger boat !!

Congratulations on that fish, Wayne! Holy sh*t!

I like rock.Sorry,always going to be more on the way.

Great effort chaps, well done for releasing the shark!

I think there are very likely to be great whites in UK waters now that they are pollution free and seal colonies are flourishing. We know great whites roam the oceans when one large female named Nicole was found to travel from South Africa to Australia and back again covering 11,000 kilometres . They can also raise their internal temperature above that of the surrounding cold water so there's no reason why they shouldn't be in UK waters

wheres the unhooking mat chaps !!

North Cornish Coast, UK

How heavy do you reckon that monster was? I am thinking 350-380lbs

these makeral family of sharks like the G whites and makos and porbeagles all look like bigger and smaller versions of themselves to the everyday normal sunbathing sea swimmer and im sure alot of them would say i saw a g white today while going for a swim when it was probabley one of these,but i would not be surprised if G whites are in UK waters theres plenty of pinapeds for them to snack on ,but well done for releasing this beautiful creature ,SHARKS LIVES MATTER

He catches everything and he is a great bloke.

Awesome porgy my pleasure is a baby at 240lb off St Catherines Point Isle of White 1986

world record line caught porbeagle is 507lb caught by chris bennet at dunnet head Scotland I see your fish estimate went from 350 to 550 mmmmm nice fish anyway.congrats.

Stan lee

I know him well. He can be a pain at times.

Shark tagging is done for conservation purposes. The tags contain a microchip that records the Sharks movements recording information like what depth it has been swimming at, what speed it swims at and other information like that. We know very little about Sharks and tagging is currently the best way to learn more about them and their natural behaviour. To understand how important tagging is to us for learning about Sharks check out a docu called The whale that ate Jaws with Dr Ingrid N. Visser

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Totally awesome!!! I do enjoy your videos so much. Hopefully i go fishing in the Uk next year! Greetz from Germany

Look like mini great white, luckily not as keen on biting hands.

Ok dollies do your dealings, higher than a 10?

That’s not the biggest shark.

its not a Mako its snout is to short im sure that there is a Pobeagle

Come boys it only a baby ha ha ha 😄😄🙏🏻

PLEASE PLEASE put the subtitles on and have a read LMAO XD

Was that a mako..not surprising all big preditory fish migrate around all oceans..

Bit him !!! Guys a muppet !!!!

Biggest shark in UK is the Basking shark

"It ain't coming in the boat" 😂😅🐟😅

Great I eat every ones shorts. Lol

In Cornwall I’ve heard because of temperature rise there are now whale sharks in Cornwall

Haha British humour....terrible.

Still great To watch

not the largest predatory shark species in the UK . whites have been seen , but that almost looks like a salmon shark beautiful fish regardless

“Eat my shorts”? 😂

Awesome

North Devon coast

Seems like a salmon shark, much smaller than a great white, not sure if it will attack humans but a machine of a fish none the less.

Looks like a sardine

Great catch guy!

Your title says this is the biggest shark in the uk to be filmed. Have you ever heard of the Basking Shark? Either way, nice catch.

Mr Hooper, the drag was too tight ....and off he went..shakin', tenderizin' .and off he go, we had two barrels on Wayne the last last we saw of him two barrels Chief! ...Last we seen Wayne he was water-skiing behind a B* shark right past MONTAUK!!! 😆 ... Two barrels as he past Montauk! two barrels Chief.... farewell and audios to ya fair Spanish Mackerels .... " 😆😆😆.... love yoooooz fellas.. great freaking catch Wayne!!!!

Wowzers monster 😱

Nearly spooled!

What was the weight

Holy s**** that’s off the uk coast my god that’s mental

It's just a baby

So close to land

Nice sized Porbeagle (obviously, looks nothing like a Mako). Looked about a 7-footer?

Well done

He’s gone under, I think he’s gone under the boat............ he’s gone under the boat, he’s a smart big fish he’s gone under the boat

The north Devon coast of Cornwall??

I Just had to rewatch this video, i will never get tierd of seeing this awesome shark 7 years on.

That was wow

Wow!

Nice shark. Not a Great White, though.

Wonderful massive wildlife off Britain! I'm a keen angler North wales and we have them here too, (never seen one though)!