SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — What started off as a normal shark fishing day ended with a historic catch.

Local fisherman Joe Gonzales ventured out on Friday with friends and family to South Padre Island for a shark fishing trip.

Gonzales, along with his friends and fiancée, headed out to the beach; however, they ran into some issues along the way.

"I started having issues with my 4x4 on my truck, then the wheel hub on my jet skis started messing up," he explained. "Eventually we got down the beach, where I wanted to fish at, unloaded the jet skis, ran the baits out probably around 10:30 in the morning."

At approximately 7:30 p.m., Gonzales said he heard his 80 wide reel start "screaming," and saw that the fishing line started "going off like crazy."

"We let it run for a

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