Photos for Headline Surfer / Above: Beth Bibeault kisses a small shark she caught from the pier in Daytona Beach Shores. Left to Right: The beach cams at the Dunlawton approach in Daytona Beach Shores and the Flagler Avenue beach ramp in New Smyrna Beach show a good amount of cars on the beach for an early February day, in this case, Friday, Fe. 4, 2022.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- Beth Bibeault loves to fish from the pier at Crabby Joes along the World's Most Famous Beach in greater Daytona.
Earlier today, she caught what may be her biggest prize catch yet: A shark!
Yikes!
Showing how fearless she is, she mockingly kissed it.
Then again, it was no longer among the living. And Jaws it was not!
Still, Beth Bineault loves to fish and has been doing so for many years among the throngs of tourists and locals alike.
"At least I caught something," she said, holding up her catch.
Bibeault caught what appears to be a 2-foot-long Atlantic sharpnose shark, which is considered one of the best species of shark for human consumption.
"At least I caught something," she said, holding up her catch.
Bibeault caught what appears to be a 2-foot-long Atlantic sharpnose shark, which is considered one of the best species of shark for human consumption.
Bibeault caught what appears to be a 2-foot-long Atlantic sharpnose shark, which is considered one of the best species of shark for human consumption.
Despite the 1975 blockbuster horror movie Jaws, great white sharks are a rarity in the sub-tropical waters off Florida's Atlantic coastline. Sharks typical to Central Florida are blacktips and spinners.
Still, Volusia County has more shark-bite incidents than most tourist stretches along the US Atlantic coastline, and New Smyrna Beach, in particular, just south of Daytona, is known as the Shark Bite Capital of the World.
YouTube embedding / Scene from the movie Jaws.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008, that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed close to 150 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. • Award-Winning Journalism: Florida Press Club recognizes Headline Surfer for nine stories in 2020 statewide competition. • Award-Winning Journalism of Henry Frederick.