A massive shark was caught off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, and it was all captured on video.
A group of friends were fishing about 18 miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale Sunday when they stumbled across 10-foot-long, 750-pound shark feeding on a swordfish.
Jamie Bunn, who videotaped the event, watched as his three friends tried to capture the creature.
The shark weighed in at 748 pounds.
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Cosmo Miller, 9, caught a 150-pound sixgill shark while fishing in Puget Sound near Burien last week. Using a 30-pound test line, it took him almost an hour to land the sucker and haul it to shore for pictures before turning it loose.
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According to the LA Times, a great white shark about 6 feet long and 150 pounds was caught by a fly fisherman off La Jolla last week.
It’s believed to be the first great white taken off the California coast using a fly rod and reel.
Jeff Patterson was fishing about five miles offshore when the white shark hit.
The fight lasted about 25 minutes. Patterson thought it was a mako shark until he got it close enough to the boat and realized it was a great white.
Being that it’s not legal in California to catch great whites, Patterson released the shark after taking a picture.
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This 11-foot, 500 pound tiger shark was caught by SSgt. Hollingsworth in the Broad River off of Parris Island, SC in a body of water that’s very popular to pleasure cruisers, water skiers, swimmers–and apparently large sharks.
“This is my fourth tiger shark over eight feet long I’ve caught in the past week,” Hollingsworth said in an email.
According to sources at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which keeps records of shark attacks, tiger sharks are second only to great white sharks in the number of recorded attacks on humans.
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A 10-foot Great White shark was caught in a fish trap off the coast of Narragansett.
Thanks Michael!
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Two potential new Maryland State Records–mako (above) and thresher (below)– were snagged in Ocean City on friday/saturday.
Joe Waldis reeled in what he believes to be the largest ever fish caught by a rod and line in Irish and British waters off the Clare coast yesterday.
The 12ft 9in long shark had to be transported by forklift.
Just so you know what’s out there.
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This not-so-small bull shark was just caught in Louisiana’s Lake Maurepas! The lake, near Baton Rouge, is a popular weekend getaway for local boaters. There are two shallow areas along the Western shoreline known as “the beach” or “the sandbar”, which are popular locations to drop anchor and sunbath, barbecue, and uh… swim.
Thanks Stephanie!
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