According to USA today, a party of sport fisherman off the coast of Seaside Heights Pier in New Jersey caught and released a great white shark, on Sunday.

The boat, Reel Innovation Sportfishing, which docks in Harvey Cedars, hooked and released the great white off the coast of Seaside Heights, about even with the pier on Sunday.

The captain of the boat Jeff Warford said they were fishing for thresher sharks, a legal game shark pursued by fishermen for its meat and fighting ability, when the white shark was hooked by accident. They were in 50 feet of water.