Ed Lovely, from Hampton, Connecticut, told ABC News he takes any chance he gets to go out in the water and fish for sharks.
Lovely, a 46-year-old owner of a drywall company, said a typical shark fishing excursion starts off "nice and peaceful," where he places "balloons out acting like a bobber to hold your bait to the depth you need." But then, "all of a sudden — bang — a shark hits and chaos happens," he said.
His fishing trip last week began exactly the same, but here’s the catch: he walked away with an estimated 700-pound shark that could potentially break the record for the largest one caught off Connecticut waters.