'Shark boy' catches huge stingray near Galveston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A father and son team famous for reeling in two sharks were taken for another wild ride in their kayak.

Hunter Stevens, 10, and his dad were fishing near Galveston yesterday when something bit and nearly pulled Hunter out of the kayak. He wasn't sure what he was reeling in, but realized it was a huge stingray.

Hunter was excited until he got a better look at his catch and realized it was wounded.

"Oh my gosh, daddy. His barb, it's cut off," Hunter recalls telling his father. "His tail is cut off. Someone got him. Someone got him before us. This is what I mean about this, mean people."

Hunter kissed the stingray before he and his dad set it free.

Hunter is a pro at making big catches. He earned the nickname "Shark Boy" since he has reeled in two sharks.

Last month, Hunter and his dad spent more than an hour reeling a five-foot black tip shark. You might remember the footage hunter shot last August of his dad hooking a seven-foot black tip. It took them over an hour to real that one in.

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Viewers send in more shark photos

A viewer sent us this photo taken at Matagorda Beach.

  MATAGORDA, TX (KTRK) -- In recent days, we've shown you a number of close encounters with sharks. We're now see photos of another.

One of our Eyewitness News viewers the above photo of a bull shark caught along a beach in Matagorda. Most of them were caught by kayakers surf fishing about 300 yards from shore.

With all the recent pictures we've shown, you might think that more sharks are coming closer to shore, but the head of Galveston's beach patrol doesn't think that's true.

See more of the photos sent in.

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College student survives shark attack near Surfside Beach

  HOUSTON -- A University of Houston student is recovering from a shark bite on her upper leg as she stood in waist-deep water.

Kori Robertson went to the beach on Memorial Day and was with friends on Follett's Island, near Surfside, when she felt a jerk on her thigh, then pain.

She made it out of the water and then saw more than a dozen upper and lower jaw tooth marks just above her right knee.

The 22-year-old saw senior education major was treated and released from a Galveston hospital. Doctors believe the bite was caused by a bull shark.

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