CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WAVY) — At the Black Drum Tackle in Buxton, it's a place where fish tales are told. Jason Rosenfeld, manager at Black Drum Tackle in Buxton, has a few, including a new one of a massive, great white shark. “Fish of this size, it is kind of an unbelievable thing that pe ople do not understand that fish of this magnitude do swim around," said Jason Rosenfeld, manager of Black Drum Tackle. But it was in Cape Hatteras National Seashore at Cape Point where this fish tale starts.   “This is affected by the Gulf Stream, and then up here to the north, this is the Labrador current," said fisherman Dan Rothermel. "It comes down from up north and the two meet right here.”  Known for being a great place to fish, it was where local fisherman Luke Beard cast out his rod using tuna head as bait — and then, the bite.  “I got in the harness and let him take the bait," Beard said. "When he saw it running out, it jumped, and I turned up the drag and I reeled down on the fish.”  And this is the fish that was hooked, according to Beard, a great white shark that put up a struggle. “We knew what it was when it ate the bait because nothing was as heavy as that," Beard said. "We have caught a lot of sharks over the years. It was a big fish, a real heavy fish.”  Another fisherman, Alex Bonner, said he couldn't believe it was a great white shark. "It was the first one I have ever seen," Bonner said. Once on shore, the group of fishermen acted quickly to safely and humanely return to shark to the open waters unharmed. And while they didn't officially measure or weigh it, they estimated the great white shark to be somewhere around 1,200 to 1,400 pounds and about 12-feet long.   “We never even posed for a picture with it," Rothermel said. "We just got it right back in the water. As soon as we were able to get to the hook, they cut the hook [and] they sent it out back on its way. It swam away super strong — big, long sweeping tail.”  ...read more read less