The Biggest Sharks Ever Found
The Biggest Sharks Ever Found
Everyone watches Shark Week, and we’re all fascinated with big sharks! I’m always glued to my TV every season to see just how big these sharks get, and with so many stories, it’s hard to tell fact from fiction as the tales continue to come in.
Biggest Sharks Ever Caught?
It doesn’t count until it’s in the boat as the old saying goes, here’s a list of unofficial biggest sharks that have been brought up from the depths!
According to theactivetimes.com here are the biggest sharks recorded in history!
- Giant Mako Shark – 1,323 pounds
- Alf Dean’s Great White – 2,664 pounds
- Prince Edward Island Shark
- Mexico’s Great White Shark – 2,000 pounds
- Thresher Shark – 1,250 pounds
- World Record Hammerhead Shark – 1,280 pounds
- Sixgilled Shark – 1,298 pounds
- Tiger Shark – 1,780 pounds
- El Monstruo – over 7,000 pounds
- Phillip Island’s Great White Shark – 5,085 pounds
- Great White Shark – 3,351 pounds
- Frank Mundus’ Great White Shark – 3,427 pounds
The Biggest Shark Ever Recorded Length
The Canadian Shark Research Centre has documented that David McKendrick caught the world’s largest shark (Great White) that measured approximately 20 feet long off the Canadian shores of Prince Edward Island in 1998.
If you think that’s big, there are unverified accounts that date back to the 1870s reporting Great White Sharks as large as 36 feet in length.
What about El Monstruo?
Straight from local legend, a huge great white shark that measured over 21 feet long and weighing 7,000 pounds was caught off the Cuban coast of Cojimar in 1945. After further inspection, it was shown that the shark was only around 16 feet and weight likely closer to 4200 pounds. Still big, but not the monster that everyone hoped for.
Make sure to remember to ‘look for fins’ before stepping into the ocean next time, there are always monster sharks in the water too!
