1,300 Pound Shark Caught: Giant Shortfin Mako Caught Off California Coast Could Break A World Record [VIDEO]

There's something in the water. And it's enormous.

Fisherman Jason Johnston from Mesquite, Texas and his crew wrangled in a real monster of a shark Monday about 15 miles offshore of Huntington Beach, Calif. It took the entire crew more than two hours and a quarter mile of fishing line to drag the 1,300-pound shortfin Mako in, the Los Angeles Times reported. The shark was 12 feet long, 8 feet around and its official weight will be tallied in a weight yard in Gardena, Calif.

"It's unreal. This thing is definitely a killing machine," Johnston said. "Any wrong step and I could have went out of the boat and to the bottom of the ocean."

The shark could potentially shatter a world record, Fox 5 San Diego reported. The group told reporters that while their fate is being decided as far as the record goes, they would be out again Tuesday looking for another catch. The massive ocean-dweller is expected to be donated for research purposes.

The mako is not the first of enormous sharks to be caught offshore of California. A team of fishermen caught an 800-pound mako last summer off of Marina del Rey. The shark was so massive compared to the boat that it had to be towed behind it as opposed to being pulled aboard.