here's stephanie sy. >> reporter: the great white shark. powerful, fierce and misunderstood.hark men are trying to unlock its secrets. chris fisher and brent mcbride have the job of catching them. >> right there on the surface. he's right there. >> reporter: it's chris' 126-foot boat, especially equipped to lift the shark out of the water. brent is the captain. >> i don't see blood. i might be able to get it through here. >> reporter: and also the brave soul who ends up with his hand down a great white's throat, trying to wrangle a hook out. you felt like you kuld do it with the great white? >> it wasn't my first choice. my arms were completely shredded on both hands. i was so concerned for the shark. i saw everything slipping away. it was my worst nightmare. >> on the cross! on the cross! >> okay, he's beached. >> reporter: what is your response to people who say, is it really worth the risk? >> first, i would say, we have to understand the life of the white shark if we don't handle a few of the sharks if we don't know anything about their life, we could accidentally wipe th

stephanie sy reports. >> reporter: sharkmen are trying to unlock secrets. chris fisher and brett mcbride have the job of catching them. >> see him on the swordfish? he's right there. >> reporter: it's chris' 120-foot boat that's specially equipped to lift a 5,000-pound shark out of the water. his long-time buddy, brett, is the captain. >> i'm not seeing blood. >> okay. >> reporter: and also, the brave soul who ends up with his hand down a great white's throat, trying to wrangle a hook out. so, you felt because you had done it with other fish, you could do it with a great white shark. >> it wasn't my first choice. i got really thrashed doing it. my arms were really shredded, from my elbow to my i both sides. i was so concerned for the shark's safety. i saw everything slipping away. it was my worst nightmare. >> run it up here. >> okay. he's beached. >> reporter: one of the biggest criticisms of this land, tag and release method, is the danger. not only to the handlers. >> that was super sketchy. almost lost your arm. >> one, two, three, four, five. got them

she recently spoke to our correspondent stephanie sy. ♪ >> reporter: paula korbel, you helped tara'starburst wrappers. how did you do it? >> it's a combination of a lot of things. first, they're braided. and then they're half glued and then they're sewn onto the fabric and then the skirt part is sewn so that it stays more fluffy and gives her some movement in the dress. >> reporter: okay, and what possessed you guys to do this? >> well, my mom actually has a friend joan doyle who at hockey games would sit and fold gum wrappers for -- just for fun because she needed to keep busy and my mom thought, wouldn't it be cool to do that with starburst wrappers because they're so much more colorful so she got a crazy idea to make a prom dress out of starburst wrappers so we would sit there at hockey games and just fold away. >> reporter: now i heard that it took some six years for the planning of this. is that right? >> yes, it did. we started folding six years ago and collecting wrappers. and then the past september was when we actually started putting everything together. >> reporter: okay,