WARNING: You will want to watch this video more than once to see where the heck this Goliath Grouper came from!

If you have ever been freediving/spearfishing before, then you know just how painful this is to watch.

Because when you are freediving there is so much effort, time, and precious breath that goes into every kill shot… and there is nothing worse than having your hard work taken away from you…

And when Ben Carlson speared this nice Snapper while freediving, the last thing he saw coming was a hungry Goliath Grouper just waiting to capitalize on Ben’s hard work.

Ben was incredibly lucky to get his spear back, although if you look closely you can tell that the spear was bent a little bit.

And oh, by the way, if you thought that a freediver’s worst nightmare was a shark, you would be surprised to know that most freedivers would rather see a shark than lose a nice fish. Not to mention, Goliath Groupers can be more aggressive than almost all sharks when attacking your fish on a spear (there are of course a few exceptions like nasty bull sharks).

A great video from our friend BlacktipH shows some video proof that Goliath Grouper are more aggressive than sharks. You can watch it here.

Related Video: “Wait til’ You See What This Goliath Grouper Does Just Inches Away From This Diver!” (watch it here)

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Talk about the Ultimate “When Fish Fight Back” video!

This really is crazy.

I have seen fish jumping out of the water hitting anglers, I have seen marlin impaling anglers after jumping in a boat when too green, I have seen Goliath Grouper “slap” anglers, and I have seen sharks bite anglers when taking the hook out…

But I am pretty certain this is the first broken nose I have ever seen a freshwater fish dole out.

Listen to the lady start laughing until she realized that he was seriously “KNOCKED OUT”!

Ouch!

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Yep, this is the same gal that made it on our home page a couple weeks ago with her uncanny ability to throw a 10ft cast net like a champ!

(If you didn’t see “This Girl Throws a 10ft Cast Net Better Than Most Men”, click here to watch it)

This female angler’s name is Jessica Jae, and in this video she is attempting to land a Goliath Grouper using a handline somewhere in Florida.

Who wins the battle?

I won’t ruin it for you, check it out yourself below!

And make sure to go follow Jessica on Instagram here at @_jessicajae

Related Video: “These Two Girls Tag Team A 300lb Goliath Grouper” (watch it here)

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It’s not every day that you finish a long day of spearfishing and get a chance to swim alongside killer whales (aka Orcas). Heck, it’s not every day that you even see killer whales!

But that is exactly what recently happened to New Zealand spearfishermen Sam Galloway and his mate. These guys had the unbelievable experience of diving with killer whales as if they were in Sea World or something!

Here are his notes from the video:

While out for a spearfish/cray dive at Little Barrier, a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) came cruising past us. We saw them twice as they did laps of the island, hunting stingray in the shallows. The larger ones weren’t very interested in us but the calves came in for a close look.

Have you ever had an experience like this with a wild whale or something similar? Let us know in the comments.

Related Video: “Killer Whale Steals Hooked Halibut On Film!” (watch it here)

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Holy Smokes!

It’s not every day that you get to see a Snook going after a Largemouth Bass!

And certainly not a snook and bass of this size.

Fortunately for us, Capt. Danny Barrow of GoSnookFishing was fishing in some brackish area of Florida (where saltwater meets freshwater), and he happened to have his phone to capture this entire event on film.

Capt. Danny had a comment on his Facebook feed about the video and said the Snook was more realistically in the 40lb range, but we can’t blame any fisherman for extending the size of the fish in the heat of the moment…

Thanks to our friends over at The Guy Harvey Online Fisherman for getting Capt. Danny’s video on YouTube so we could all enjoy.

Related Video: “Largemouth Bass Eats Alligator Captured On Film!” (watch that video here)

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If you are into Marlin fishing, the ultimate bucket list for most marlin anglers is to land a “Grander”.

A “Grander” marlin is any type of marlin that weighs 1,000 pounds or more (usually a black marlin or a blue marlin).

And not that many anglers ever get to claim they landed a grander marlin. In fact, there were only 38 Granders landed worldwide in all of 2014 according to GranderWatch.com (yes, there is even a site dedicated to it).

So when Matt Watson from “The Ultimate Fishing Show” had one of the biggest marlins he had encountered hooked up on his boat near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, nothing was going to stop him from witnessing what could be a world record marlin…

Not even peeing his pants.

That’s right, he literally pees in his shorts because he didn’t want to miss a minute of the action. Now that is a dedicated angler!

I won’t ruin what happens to the marlin, but let’s just say there are some MONSTER fish near the Great Barrier Reef. Wow!

Related Video: “Watch What Happened When This Crew Set Out To Catch 500 Marlin In A Single Year!” (watch it here)

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FACT: Mako Sharks hate being hooked

FACT: Mako Sharks jump clear out of the water and do backflips when hooked to try and break off

FACT: You do NOT want to be close to a Mako Shark when it is jumping…

I won’t ruin this amazing video below, but let’s just say these anglers got an up close view of a Mako Shark doing some amazing aerial work…

Count the jumps…

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

FYI, they were fishing off Huntington Beach, CA.

Related Video: “This Great White Gets Aerial Photobombed By Another Great White On Film!” (watch it here)

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It’s a FACT.

Big Grouper can be incredibly aggressive fish.

Just ask Josh Jorgensen of BlacktipH after he filmed the video, “Proof that Goliath Groupers Attack More Aggressively Than Sharks!” (watch it here)

But never have I seen a grouper try to take down a live fish that is almost as long as the grouper itself!

Check out what an underwater ROV (Remotely Operated) camera picked up at the bottom of an oil rig in Texas in the video below.

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say that the Grouper might have bit off a bit more than he could chew with this big Amberjack! It looks like he is trying to “Choke” it down…

A big thanks to Keith Ludwig for pointing out that this is a Warsaw Grouper.

Related Video: “This MONSTROUS Grouper Was Just Captured On A Charter Boat!” (watch it here)

Related Video: “These Two Girls Tag Team A Goliath Grouper!” (watch it here)

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When I came across this Tarpon video from Captain Nat Sampson of FishingKeyWestCharter.com I instantly yelled over at my brother to come check it out.

It just happened that I am in the Florida Keys as I type this, and it just so happened that I was looking for some epic Tarpon footage on the web.

And it also just so happened that I got goosebumps on the first Tarpon jump in this video… and then again when I heard the line sizzling out…

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say that if this tarpon footage doesn’t have you itching to hit the Florida Keys, then nothing will.

Amazing job Capt. Nat Simpson and UpDown Productions.

Salt Strong material for sure!

Related Video: “Helpless Tarpon Rescued By Dead Jack Decoy in the Florida Keys” (watch it here)

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