SIESTA KEY, Fla. – Anyone who charters a fishing boat off either Florida coast hopes to come home with a big catch, but sometimes the catch is whale of a tale instead of a fish dinner.
That’s what happened for Florida native Alexa Groat and her family this week when they encountered whale shark in the wild. Groat said they hired Capt.
Josh Pritchett with Siesta Kation Charters for a fishing Charter out of Siesta Key Tuesday to celebrate her sister’s birthday when the wild encounter happened.
Siesta Key is just south of Sarasota. Groat said after an amazing day on the water they were headed back in and about 12 miles off the coast when they saw some movement in the water. “We thought we saw giant birds or fins playing in the distance.