A family caught four sharks in a Cape Coral canal.
The Hizings, originally from Ohio, spent their Fourth of July weekend on Southeast 38th Terrace and Southeast 1st Avenue in Cape Coral. The rental's dock even has a sign that reads, "Do not feed the sharks."
"When Ken, the owner of the property here, built this dock, I got him that sign. Now, we didn't know it was going to come in handy now." said neighbor Rick Stults.
Ben Hizing and his kids Emma and Easton caught four bull sharks here on the Fourth of July. The dock sits right off the San Carlos Canal. It's less than 5 miles from the Calosahatchee, meaning the water is brackish and home to all kinds of wildlife.
Neighbors, like Vinny West, say the catch brought the whole neighborhood together.
However, no one was more excited than Emma and Easton.
"Oh yeah, they were ecstatic," West said.
"The kids were a little apprehensive at first, but as you could see in the picture, they kind of cheered up. After the second one, I think they were used to it," Stults said.
Capt. Russ Walker lives on the other side of the Canal and is an experienced fisherman. He says if you do not know what you are doing, taking shark out of water can be very dangerous.
"They don't have bones. They have cartilage in their body and they will turn around and bite their own tail. They can grab your arm even though you've got them by the tail," Walker said.
The Hizings released all of their catches.
If you catch a shark, you want to try and get the hook out of it, but do not put yourself in danger. The best thing to do is use biodegrade
Of course, the Hizings released all of their catches.
If you catch a shark, you want to try and get the hook out of it, but again, this is a dangerous animal.
So the best thing to do is use biodegradable hooks so you can just cut the line and let it dissolve over time.