Adam Fisk posted a video of his adventure on the Internet

Mar 28, 2014 16:31 GMT  ·  By

A Kayak fisherman from Florida lived a once in a lifetime experience when he was dragged by a hammerhead shark for about two hours and then was followed by a second shark, during what he thought would be a leisurely Sunday fishing trip.

Florida Atlantic University student Adam Fisk was taken on an 8-mile (nearly 13 km) “sleigh” ride along the Florida panhandle after his fishing pole hooked onto an 11-foot (3.35-meter) hammerhead shark.

The 22-year-old student’s adventure reportedly began at 6 a.m., when he put his kayak in the water off the coast of Delray Beach. Fisk says that after several hours at sea, he caught a 15-pound mackerel, and, soon after, another fishing pole began to pull his kayak forward.

It was the big hammerhead shark that dragged him away from Boynton Beach to Lake Worth.

Fisk managed to capture parts of the unusual ride on a head-mounted camera, which he also put underwater to capture video of the shark. The clip of his wild ride, titled “Lone Man Gets Towed for Miles in Kayak by 11 Foot Hammerhead Shark,” was posted on YouTube and has gathered more than 600,000 views.

Although the extreme experience went on for almost two hours, the video captured by the young man is only 6 minutes long due to battery limitations.

The student, who is a member of “Team Rebel Fishing,” is accustomed to encounters with all kind of fish, but he admits that this experience was a little bit scary, as the shark would occasionally turn back towards him, and he had to struggle to keep his kayak upright.

“I took a South Florida sleigh ride today and I ain't talkin' Santa Claus,” he said on Facebook.

“A few times when it turned and swam directly at the kayak, I got a little nervous,” he also wrote on the social site.

However, he says the experience will not deter him from fishing the waters again.

“I’ve hooked sharks [before], but not that big and never on purpose. It was about 11-foot and my kayak is about 12,” he said.

Eventually, Fisk cut the line and the shark swam away, but his adventure wasn’t over.

“Another hammerhead chased me for 10 minutes straight after I let the first one go. Looking back, a bit nerve-wracking,” he said, according to Yahoo News.

“Team Rebel Fishing” is a group of extreme anglers, but they promote CPR shark fishing, an acronym that stands for catch, photograph, and release.