Here's one big reason to be thankful it's not beach season yet.
A group of students fishing along south Florida's coast have posted heart-stopping footage of a mighty 14-foot hammerhead shark being reeled in to shore, the New York Daily News reports.
The massive carnivore's silvery body, estimated to weigh 700 pounds, is seen gleaming in the night's surf after an exhaustive near 90-minute battle.
In the incredible video shot last week, Boca Raton angler Viktor Hluben is cheered on as he blindly reels in the monster in Broward County.
"We knew we had a giant fish on, we battled it for about an hour and thirty minutes, and when we saw the massive dorsal fin, we knew we hooked a giant shark," Hluben, a student at Florida Atlantic University who's part of the group Landshark Fishing, told WPTV.
Once the shark was safely immobilized on the shore, the members went quickly to work snapping photos of their big catch with them having little time before having to release it.
"The only thing I was thinking in my head was pictures, video, quick and get it back in the water," said Hluben.
At least four of the young men are seen working to pull its tail out to sea. Two others even appeared dangerously close to its sharp, gaping mouth.
Within minutes, the impressive creatures was back to swooshing its tail through the dark water.
The students at Florida Atlantic University said they used a round, non-stainless steel hook to catch the massive fish which is safer for the creature after its release.
The group said they didn't know what they were reeling in after wrestling with the monster for around an hour and a half. Once they saw its dorsal fin they said they realized they had a shark in their hands.
It still had a circle hook in him, but it was described as a non-stainless steel hook which Hluben said would rust out.
That description is supported by the Florida Sea Grant College Program _ a program that partners with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and NOAA Fisheries. The organizations identify circle hooks as safer alternatives when practicing catch-and-release fishing because the non-stainless steel variety is able to "deteriorate over time."
Since the video's posting on March 20 it's received more than 460,000 views with a grab bag of commentary from viewers both impressed and appalled.