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Unexpected catch off Myrtle Beach State Park pier is sent to rehab facility for care

A person fishing off the Myrtle Beach State Park pier on Tuesday had an unexpected catch.

A sea turtle was hooked by a person fishing off the pier and was transported to a sea turtle rehabilitation facility in Charleston.

Rangers from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources responded to a call about the turtle and managed to get it into a drop net after a few minutes.

SCDNR said it hopes to soon return the turtle back to the ocean in good health.

This story was originally published May 2, 2019 at 3:04 AM with the headline "Unexpected catch off Myrtle Beach State Park pier is sent to rehab facility for care."

Alan Blondin
The Sun News
Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.
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