Two men caught an estimated 700-pound shark off the Connecticut coast, potentially breaking the state's record, one of the fishermen told ABC News.

Two Connecticut fishermen reeled in a massive 700-pound Thresher shark that could be the largest ever caught in state waters, according to a report. Ed Lovely, 46, spent over six hours wrestling the powerful predator alongside a friend off the coast of Stonington last Wednesday,

The largest shark ever caught in Connecticut waters, according to state records, was a 650-pound mako shark landed in 1987.