Captain Ben Chancey, the man standing on the paddle board in the video below, is one of those rare breeds of men who seems to actually enjoy putting his life in danger!
It all started when Chancey felt like going fishing off the East Coast of Florida from his paddle board. Softly moving through the calm ocean, Chancey got his friends together to watch him be silly in the waves.
With his trusty fishing pole in tow, he decided to see if he could catch any fish; it was such a pretty day and though he probably didn't have a chance of catching anything interesting, he figured it was worth a shot.
So he cast out and waited. A few minutes later he suddenly felt a bite: a huge bite.
Almost instantly, Chancey knew he had something gigantic on the other end of his fishing rod. Pulling him down to his knees, and then eventually even into the water, Chancey had to do everything he could to ensure that this giant beast of the sea didn't get away.
After what seemed like forever, Chancey finally managed to pull in a giant Goliath Grouper. The 7-foot long beast was measured and weighed in at 400 pounds before being re-released back into the ocean. What an exciting video!
As of right now this giant catch is the first and only known Grouper to be caught off of a stand-up paddle board, so congratulations should go to the brave Chancey!
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