---
title: "Great White Shark Hooked from Manhattan Beach Pier in Southern California"
description: "Not many anglers get to fight a great white shark, especially fishing from a pier. But, earlier this week, a fisherman on the Manhattan Beach Pier in Southern California, hooked, fought and released a 9-foot great white while swimmers unwittingly splotched around him. This from Patch.com: \"The shark was an estimated 8-9 feet, said Eric Martin, marine biologist and director of The Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium located at the end of the MB Pier … \""
date: "2012-09-07"
modified: "2012-09-07"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Robinson"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/alex-robinson.md"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newshound/2012/09/great-white-shark-hooked-manhattan-beach-pier-southern-california/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
---

# Great White Shark Hooked from Manhattan Beach Pier in Southern California

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Not many anglers get to fight a great white shark, especially fishing from a pier. But, earlier this week, a fisherman on the Manhattan Beach Pier in Southern California, hooked, fought and released a 9-foot great white while swimmers unwittingly splotched around him.

This from [Patch.com](<https://manhattanbeach.patch.com/articles/great-white-shark-hooked-released-off-pier/>): *"The shark was an estimated 8-9 feet, said Eric Martin, marine biologist and director of The Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium located at the end of the MB Pier … "*
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"Martin said he was pleased to be able to capture the quintessential shark shot: one in which its mouth is wide open. He was able to gauge the shark's size when it passed under a swimmer, who was about 6 feet.

'The shark went under the swimmer,' said Martin, 'and he had no idea the shark swam underneath him. He kept right on swimming.' "\_

Photo by: Eric Martin

## Author
Alex Robinson is *Outdoor Life’s* editor-in-chief. He oversees an ace team of writers, photographers, and editors who are scattered across the continent and cover everything from backcountry sheep hunting to trail running. He lives in Grant, Minnesota, with his supportive wife, two little girls, and a feral duck dog.

### Author social links  
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