Shark Encounters Archives

January 31, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

If you ever doubted how fast a Mako Shark, check out this video…

You will see where Dr. Guy Harvey was moving along pretty fast with dredge as they were coasting just south of Cancun, Mexico on a Mako Shark tag trip…when all of a sudden an ever faster moving Mako Shark makes some quick moves to chomp down on the camera.

Just imagine how quicker that Mako could have attacked something not moving…

And holy geez did you see the teeth on that Mako!

Amazing footage Guy Harvey team!

And pretty amazing fish.

Mako Shark = Salt Strong

January 29, 2015 by Luke Simonds

Well just when I thought I’ve seen everything, this shark wrestling video shows a 9 ft shark getting suplexed.

Capt. Bo Johnson is the wild man to pull off this feat with a big lemon shark that his group caught on a grass flat.

P.S. – This shark wrestling move is certainly not something that should be tried by anyone else (unless you have really good life insurance in place…)

January 28, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Normally, we are posting videos about great white sharks eating other prey…

But in this video, a 9ft great white shark is mysteriously eaten by some unknown sea creature.

This “Epic Wildlife” documentary gives its take on what they think could have done it based on the facts from the shark’s tag and satellite images, but in the end, we will never know.

Any ideas on what you think killed the shark? Comment below.

January 26, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

We have been big fans of Rich Tudor and Tom Rowland, the two captains behind the saltwater force known as “Saltwater Experience” for quite some time.

These guys know how to catch fish, and they are always entertaining to watch.

In this episode of Saltwater Experience, Rich and Tom go after a massive hammerhead shark that had been attacking their tarpon in the Florida Keys.

After chumming up the waters around a popular bridge (Long Key Bridge) to catch tarpon, they finally spot a hammerhead…

And then another one…

As Tom is fighting a huge hammerhead, a couple other hammerhead sharks show up for a barracuda that Rich is holding out there.

The current is ripping through the bridge, and somehow they make it through the bridge with a 13 ft hammerhead and a unscratched Yellowfin boat…

Then in part 2 of this video, Rich hooks into another huge hammerhead shark

Well done gents.

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

I remember the first time I saw the movie Jaws.

I was actually on a large sport fishing boat down in the Bahamas…

And I was scared to death when I finally had to make the small leap from the boat to the dock (I wasn’t even 10 years old yet).

So when I watched this video of a great white shark attacking an inflatable boat, I couldn’t help but get flashbacks of Jaws…

Not to mention I was incredibly glad that I wasn’t on that inflatable boat.

Hopefully they weren’t too far from their parent vessel.

But since we are watching the video, we can assume they made it back safely.

January 18, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Holy cow this Mako Shark can jump!

I first saw the longer, unedited (there were a few too many F-bombs dropped to post it on Salt Strong) version of this video and it was too good to not post for you.

I will give you the backstory from the longer video real quick.

Long story short is these guys are out on a boat and have about a 10ft Mako Shark that keeps circling their boat.

They continue to cast their heavy duty fly rod out in front of the Mako and finally…

BOOM!

The Mako hits the fly, the line goes screaming out, and the Mako Shark goes airborne.

If you weren’t aware, all Mako Sharks do similar acrobatic displays when they are hooked up.

Wild stuff!

January 28, 2016January 7, 2015 by Luke Simonds

As if spearfishing monster Wahoo isn’t cool enough, try doing it with swarms of sharks.

And before you start watching the first 45 seconds wondering where the sharks are, just wait…

At one point, it looked like every shark in the area showed up to see if they could get a free meal.

Watch these guys defend their catch amongst swarming sharks. Definitely some close encounters. These guys are studs and so are the huge Wahoo they are spearing.

January 4, 2015December 30, 2014 by Joseph Simonds

While fishing off of Pompano Beach, FL, a group of fisherman ran into a toothy surprise in the form of a hungry/curious shark.

January 4, 2015December 24, 2014 by Luke Simonds

Giant Bull sharks eat Tarpon being battled by Boca Grande anglers.

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