Three fishermen caught a massive thresher shark -- weighing in at 510 pounds and scaling 94 inches in length -- just off the coast of Sandy Hook on Sunday.

Joseph Egitto, 27, Pat Salvato, 42,, and Frank Pomponio, 25, all of Staten Island, New York and members of the Staten Island Fishing Club, have been catching sharks for the last three weeks and do this quite often, but said they never expected to reel in something as big as this.

After the fishermen got their chum from Dockside Bait and Tackle in Sewaren and poured it into the water to attract the shark, they waited for a bite.

Suddenly they felt the force of the colossal shark latch onto the hook, as the men could feel the boat rock up and down like a teeter-toter from the weight.

They took turns strapping themselves to a harness as it dug into them and put the fishing rod on the outside rail in order to keep steady.

“It was intense. Three hours of fighting and we landed him, thank God," said Egitto, who drives the 23-foot boat. "It was nuts; I’m just baffled.”

The boat had to be rotated constantly in an attempt to counter the shark’s power, leading the giant fish as they traveled back to the pier slowly.

Egitto said that the men had to constantly switch up working the reel, taking turns and pouring water on themselves as they battled the shark in the scorching sun.

“As the shark pulled down, you felt your body weight go light. A couple of times the shark pulled Frank so hard when he was strapped into the harness that he stumbled into the back of the boat. It’s crazy, it’s literally man versus beast,” Egitto said.

The men dodged the various lobster pots in the ocean, which are cages used for trapping, and finally got the shark near the side of the boat, where they managed to tie his 8-foot tail.

After getting back to the dock, the shark was tied up and hoisted with ropes, as all three men joined in to pose with their catch and record its weight.

“We needed everyone on this boat, team work made it happen," said Egitto. "We wouldn’t have any of these sharks without teamwork.”