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This is Amazing.

Can you imagine leaving a Tampa marina in a 21ft flats boat and heading to Frankfurt, Germany!!!!

Well, that is exactly what these crazy brothers did to raise money for the military and to get some recognition for their boat company.

The two brothers are Florida residents named Ralph Brown, 50 at the time, and his brother Robert Brown, 52 at the time, and the boat they used to cross the Atlantic was made by their company Dream Boats (The Intruder 21′), which is owned by Ralph.

The Brown brothers say that their boat is the smallest powered boat to have ever crossed the Atlantic, and that their 21-footer will enter the Guinness Book of Records.

Their trip started in Tampa, FL and took a total of 76 days, ending Sept. 10th in Landstuhl, Germany

Check out the footage below…

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Want to know how the trip ended and more on why these two brothers risked their life to make this voyage? Then check out their website – Cross The Atlantic.

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THIS…

IS…

PAINFUL!

And his friends laughing hysterically at him make this hilariously painful spearfishing video even that much better!

When we saw our friend Joey Antonelli’s video title “Triggerfish Gone Nuttz”, we first thought to ourselves, “No way.”

But then we watched the video…

And after replaying it a couple of times last night I literally had tears coming down my face.

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say this was a painful spearfishing experience. And you know it is serious when you have to pull a sharp dive knife out and direct it towards your family jewels.

By the way, these triggerfish have some of the meanest teeth in the ocean!

Wowzers!

Enjoy!

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Talk about a die-hard fisherman!

Can you imagine driving down the road and passing a small boat that is being pulled by a disability scooter?

Notice that the driver (using a “Dash Cam”) even turned around to pass by the disabled guy in the scooter one more time to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.

This video originally appeared on the Facebook page “Dash Cam Owners Australia”, and their audience shared this thing like crazy down under.

What was interesting is the negative “trolls” still found a way to make sour comments about the disabled guy breaking safety rules, etc…

I say that if a man wants to fish that bad, then by all means let the man fish…

What are your thoughts on this? Let me know in the comments.

Related Video: “Not Even A Wheelchair Can Stop This Man From Catching Redfish!” (watch it here)

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Ouch!

This is painful to watch…

Coincidentally, this $12 million dollar boat (the “Aloha” is a 99ft, Custom Line, Navetta 2009) sunk off of Greece just shortly after Greece’s economy sunk…

But fortunately, just like the stock market sinking, no one was actually hurt in the physical matter during this boat sinking… just mentally… (reports say the boat owner and guests were rescued by nearby boat and no one was hurt).

I can only imagine that the owner was either crying or high-fiving depending on his boat insurance policy.

At any rate, enjoy this footage of the $12 million Aloha sinking, and just be glad that it’s not you!

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You are about to meet not only the toughest fishing family in the world, but also one of the most inspirational fishing families ever…

Can you imagine losing 8 members of your family due to the ocean, and not letting it have a major influence on you?

In 2004, the family in the video lost 8 family members to the Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka. And yet today, they still fish every single day (either on stilts or in a boat) because they have to do it to survive.

And there is no anger towards the sea with this fishing family at all. In fact, they still view the ocean with nothing but admiration, respect, and love.

The family lives in a small, makeshift hut with a back “window” that opens onto the ocean, and if you have ever seen pictures or clips of the Sri Lanka fishing on stilts, this family has it down to a science after many generations of Sri Lanka stilt fishing.

And this family knows better than anyone that the same sea that gives life also takes it away…

The quote at the end almost had me in tears thinking about how tough these people are compared to our pampered lives…

“So we live with the sea until we die…”

Amazing job from the team at Perennial Plate on this amazing short documentary called “Do Not Blame The Sea”.

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Fish On!

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When Luke and I started Salt Strong in January of this year, one of the most exciting Goliath Grouper video ever filmed was a girl named Deidra Bridger (Tenacity Fishing) landing a Goliath using a hand line (you can watch that video here).

Besides a few other grouper hand line videos, and a few videos of Goliaths coming up and stealing angler’s fish, there wasn’t that much out there…

But all of that changed this year… in a BIG way.

And Capt. Ben Chancey of Chew on This has been behind almost every one of the monumental Goliath Grouper catches this year.

Everything from the record Goliath out a kayak, the first ever girl to land a Goliath out of a kayak (Ben’s daughter), and even a Goliath Grouper landed from a stand up paddleboard (you can see that video here)!

And now this…

Not one, but two Goliath Grouper landed from inner tubes in the same day. According to Capt. Ben Chancey, the world record set was this is the largest Goliath Grouper ever caught from an inner tube.

Here is the quick story from Capt Ben.

Captain Jon Black of the Crazy Lure Tackle Shop in Cape Coral spent 34 minutes landing this monstrous 7 feet 11 inch long by 5 feet 9 inches around Goliath Grouper that is estimated to weigh between 675 and 725 pounds.

Note: There is a second video below where you can watch Capt. Ben Chancey land his Goliath from an inner tube as well.

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Watch Capt. Ben Chancey land his Goliath Grouper from an Inner Tube!

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Our friends over the Redington (the popular fly fishing company) put together a really cool 6-piece video series called “Find Your Water” (you can see all 6 of the videos here).

In these “Find Your Water” short fishing videos, Redington fly fishing ambassadors get to tell their stories and show the world why they love fly fishing so much.

One of the six videos was called “Blue Collar Salt”. It is an awesome video about Redington Ambassador Alex Tejada, a die-hard fly fishing, tarpon loving, blue collar, kayak angler.

Check out his story and the amazing tarpon video he put together.

Tarpon On!

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Andres from Terra Australis is CRAZY!

We have watched this guy dive before, and he isn’t scared of anything!

These were the same guys that did the video, “Diver Feeds Seal And This Stingray Kisses Him For It” (watch that one here).

At any rate, in this video, after Andres tires out from teasing the Giant Cod (aka Giant Grouper or Australian Groper) with lobster head, he gets in the water tries to feed the giant grouper the lobster head…

But instead of the giant fish simply taking the lobster head (aka “cray”) and leaving, it bites down on the rope, Andres refuses to let go, and he ends up getting towed by the giant fish!

And they took the footage of it all underwater!

Note: You are of course free to watch the full video, but the beginning is just chatting. If you just want the good stuff, fast forward to the 1:50 mark and start watching from there.

Enjoy!

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There are people in life that fish, spear, and hunt similar to an Engineer…

Very slow, very steady, and very calculated… (I know, I went to Georgia Tech)

And then there are people that fish, spear, and hunt like a Boss…

Ferocious, wild, and taking no prisoners… like this diver!

I still have no idea how he managed to get a couple of these lobster.

I won’t ruin it for you, but in this video, our friend Mike Shipe goes to town on some big spiny lobster. He grabs them with his hands and gets a few with a lobster lasso (aka snare), and then he pulls out the spear gun…

Take note that he only had time to pull back one band on his spear gun in between shots.

Great stone shot man!

Note: This was all filmed off of Jacksonville, FL

Related Video: “How To Dock Your Boat Like A BOSS” (watch it here)

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