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‘Summer of the Shark’ continues with 13-foot tiger reeled in off Folly Beach

Commercial fishermen pulled in an 800-pound, 13-foot tiger shark on Saturday less than a mile off the Washout, the popular surfing hangout on Folly Beach. Just what edgy beachgoers need to hear after a few months of big catches and a rash of bites.But the ocean is the wilderness and those big sharks are in coastal waters all the time — they tend to feed behind the breakers or along steep drop-offs. In fact, Joe Morris and Mike Huff of Seasonal Seafood had pulled in a 400- to 500-pound shark earlier that night and on Monday pulled in a 700-pound shark that was 11 feet long. Read the rest here 20:13