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May 13, 2013
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Michael Eisele of Kiel Germany caught this enormous 103-pound cod while fishing off the coast of Norway. If the catch is approved by the International Game Fish Association, it will break the current world record (which has stood for 44 years) by about 5 pounds.
Eisele battled the fish for half an hour before two of his friends finally helped him haul it into the boat, according to the Daily Mail. The cod measured more than 5 feet in length.
[ Read Full Post ]April 19, 2013
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Commercial fishermen in Western Australia accidentally netted this 13-foot great white shark just 100 meters off a popular beach earlier this week. The big shark died in the net because it was unable to move water over its gills.
Cheyne fisher Dumpy Wheatcroft (yeah, apparently his first name is Dumpy) told thewest.com that tourists flocked to watch the shark being loaded on to a forklift.
[ Read Full Post ]March 15, 2013
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They caught a… a… What did they catch?
Fishermen off the coast of County Waterford (Ireland) were surprised to trawl up a scorpionfish last week. Surprised because the fish is native to the warm waters of the Mediterranean and not the ice-chilled deep waters of the UK.
[ Read Full Post ]March 4, 2013
by The police officer who shot at a great white in an effort to save a swimmer has gone into hiding fearing a backlash from animal rights activists.
Last week award winning filmmaker Adam Strange was fatally attacked by a great white shark estimated at 14 feet in length off Muriwai Beach, New Zealand. The Sunday Star-Times reports that lifeguards and police rushed to the scene of the attack where they did everything they could to stop the attack.
But it was too late.
[ Read Full Post ]February 12, 2013
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A report from the University of Florida' International Shark Attack File says that there were more shark attacks last year than there have been in a decade.
But, don't rush out to get a bigger boat just yet. There were 53 attacks nationally last year and only one was fatal. Florida led the U.S. with 26 attacks. Hawaii had 10 attacks, followed by California and South Carolina with five each, North Carolina with two and one each in Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Puerto Rico. One attack in California was fatal.
[ Read Full Post ]January 31, 2013
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Isn’t it time we had kinder and gentler shark attack terminology?
Because labeling a shark attack as a…well…shark attack might confuse the public into thinking the attack was an actual attack. Not only that, it would continue to stigmatize sharks.
[ Read Full Post ]December 19, 2012
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Delaware has a new state record striped bass: A 52-pound fish landed by Ben Smith on Dec. 8.
Smith, from Bryn Mawr, Pa., was surf fishing at the Delaware Seashore State Park. The striper measured 51 inches long (yeah, that's over 4 feet), with a girth of 30 inches. The fish was weighed on certified scale at the Old Inlet Bait & Tackle in Rehoboth Beach and then verified by DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Section Sr. Cpl. Douglas Messeck.
[ Read Full Post ]October 18, 2012
by Striped bass reproduction in the Chesapeake Bay hit an all-time low this year.
State biologists found the lowest number of newly spawned stripers in the Chesapeake Bay since they started conducting annual surveys on the fish 59 years ago, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
[ Read Full Post ]October 4, 2012
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Joseph Harris officially broke Virginia’s swordfish record for his September 1 catch of the now-certified 446-pound giant, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
Harris landed the record-breaking fish at Norfolk Canyon during an overnight trip on a charter boat.
The swordfish put up a three-hour fight, but Harris eventually reeled in the 12.5 footer using a custom, 50-class stand-up rod.
Harris’ haul demolished the previous state record by 64.5 pounds. Caught by James Alexander of Virginia Beach in 1978, the runner-up swordfish was also caught in Norfolk Canyon and weighed in at 381.5 pounds.
The world record? That fish weighs 1,182 pounds and was caught in Chile in 1953.
[ Read Full Post ]October 3, 2012
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If sedentary sportsmanship keeps growing in popularity, we might have to change our name to Indoor Life.
Jason Schall, 38, concluded a record-setting week of fishing with a catch from his living room. During Saturday's Clemson vs. Boston College football game, Schall ran a baited line from his living room to the lake behind his South Carolina home, reports the Post and Courier. Within moments, he felt a bite.
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