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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Down in South Florida, the Mullet Run is currently in full effect…

If you aren’t familiar with the Mullet Run, it is the time of year on the east coast of Florida when the mullet migrate south along the Atlantic coast before heading offshore to spawn.

So when I came across this rare video footage of 10,000+ bonefish making their run to spawn offshore, I couldn’t think of a better time to post it.

Just wait until you see how big this school of bonefish is! And it is really wild to see bonefish coming up towards the top of the water like a porpoise before heading down to 160ft!

Not your typical bonefish move by any stretch of the imagination.

Here are the notes from the video:

During a recent expedition to The Bahamas, Dr. Andy Danylchuk (UMass Amherst), Dr. Aaron Adams (Bonefish & Tarpon Trust/Florida Institute of Technology), Dr. Jon Shenker (Florida Institute of Technology), and Zack Jud (Florida International University) reconfirmed that bonefish form massive spawning aggregations at very specific locations during specific lunar days

This bonefish run footage reconfirmed that bonefish form massive spawning aggregations at very specific locations during specific lunar days. Using manual tracking and depth sensors, they also documented that bonefish use depths of greater than 160 feet (50 m) when spawning, after which they return quickly to shallow water.

Enjoy this wild “Bonefish Run”.

Related Video: “The Craziest Mullet Run Footage Ever Caught On Film!” (watch it here)

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September 24, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

What should you do when you come across a nice cobia hanging under a manta ray and you just can’t get it to hit your lure?

Pretty simple solution…

You have your buddy put on his mask and fins, grab his speargun, and then jump out of the slow moving boat to pluck off the cobia for you.

This video is also a little sliver of redemption for diver Joey Antonelli, the same guy that had tens of thousands of anglers watch him in pain as a triggerfish bit him in the groin area… (you can watch that video here)

Even though Joey wasn’t the diver that made the shot, it was his camera, and he did all of the editing.

The diver that plucked off the cobia was Nick Furrow.

Great job Joey and Nick!

Enjoy.

Related Video: “This Is What Happens When A Triggerfish Gets The Ultimate Revenge On A Diver. OUCH!” (watch it here)

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September 22, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Have you ever been to Red Lobster before?

I remember going to Red Lobster as a kid and being so amazed that the adults could point to their favorite lobster in the big lobster tank up front, and then have it on their plate steaming hot in butter just 30 minutes later…

Well, this video below is kind of like Red Lobster with Goliath Grouper… except of course they aren’t keeping (or eating) the Goliath Grouper.

But they do dive down to this amazing shipwreck, check out the Goliaths and get some awesome underwater footage of them, pick out a couple of the big boys that they want to catch, and then proceed to hook up with two nice Goliath Grouper on handlines.

Great job Show Me The Snapper! (The same guy that recently made our home page with “Ever Wonder What A Shark Sees Right Before It Attacks A Hooked Grouper? – you can watch it here)

Related Post: “This Small Girl Attempts To Land A Goliath Grouper Using Nothing But A Handline!” (watch it here)

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September 22, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

What’s better than this scenario while spearfishing…

Taking your big breath and heading down to the bottom of the ocean floor…
Looking under a rock ledge and seeing a nice coral trout (aka leopard coral grouper, aka leopard coral trout)…
Nailing the coral trout with your first shot…
Pulling up a nice fish for dinner…

Well, the only thing that could be better is pulling up THREE coral trout for dinner in one shot!

You’ve got to see the surprise that this diver from Youngbloods Spearfishing has after he can’t manage to pull the fish (and his spear) out of the rocks in one breath.

When he heads back down to retrieve his spear and his kill, he realizes why it was so tough to get the spear out… what a nice surprise.

Enjoy!

Related Post: “Is This The Toughest Spearfishing Diver In The World?” (you can watch it here)

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September 20, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

If you are a saltwater angler, then you know that there’s just something exciting and heart-pounding about seeing a huge bait pod.

Usually it’s the birds in the air that we see first, and then it’s the flashing of bait and explosions of big fish underneath the bait ball coming up for a snack.

For some of us a bait pod means more live bait than our lives wells can handle, and for others a bait pod is where you catch your big fish.

Either way, a big bait pod is enough to give most saltwater anglers like you and me goosebumps.

Check out what saltwater angler Patrick Hay captured from his drone off the coast of Rhode Island! It looks like “Fireworks” going off in the pod with all of the explosive bites from big fish below.

He even took his GoPro and dipped it in the bait pod to get some underwater footage of it towards the end.

Sick!

Related Video: “Oil Slick? Nope. This Is The Largest Bait Pod Ever Captured On Film!” (watch it here)

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September 18, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Alex Fogg, “The Lionfish Killer”, is back!

And he even has Alan Pierce (the same guy that risked putting his arm down a Goliath Grouper’s mouth to take out 6-feet of steel leader – you can watch that video here) with him to help pluck of these invasive fish we all know as “Lionfish”.

In this video, Alex, Alan, Heidi, and Mike (The Reef Rangers) were participating at the Guy Harvey Lionfish Safari this past weekend.

And of course, The Lionfish Killer’s team won first place.

It’s kind of like having Chuck Norris on your team… you can’t lose.

Here are Alex’s notes from the Guy Harvey event:

We harvested 415 lionfish and took first place! All lionfish collected were sampled for science and filleted / served at the Guy Harvey Outpost. Couldn’t have done it without the support of Dive Rite. Thanks to Reef Monitoring for putting on a great event.

Great job Reef Rangers!

Related Video: “The World Record Lionfish Massacre: 1,399 Lionfish Killed” (you can watch it here)

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September 17, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Talk about the perfect underwater camera placement!

My brother Luke and I tried this one time in about 40 feet of water, and we never could get a perfect shot.

But our friend “Show Me The Snapper” managed to get some really amazing footage of not only a grouper eating his live bait on the hook, but then a shark coming after the hooked grouper!

You couldn’t ask for better underwater footage when you leave your GoPro down on the bottom of the ocean floor while fishing!

According to Show Me The Snapper, this was filmed in 60ft of water on the west coast of Florida in an area that he had lost many nice fish to sharks.

Enjoy and please share after you watch it.

Related Video: “Angler Attempts To Catch A Goliath Grouper On Top Of Skyway Bridge Pier!” (you can watch it here)

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September 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

What were you doing in your spare time when you were 16 years old…

Chances are good that you weren’t catching 43-inch SLOB Snook from a public pier like it was going out of style…

But that is exactly what 16-year old Ryan Izquierdo (he turns 17 this Friday so a Big Happy Birthday Ryan) and his buddies do any chance they get…

Whether it be on someone’s boat, the beach, or this Snook-infested pier (Juno Beach Pier), these guys are outside getting their fill of fishing.

In fact, catching monster fish is all Ryan thinks about… his ultimate goal would be to have his own boat and to make a living on the water teaching others how to catch fish.

Makes me proud to see teenagers like this out there with a burning desire to fish and to help others catch fish. Certainly millions of times better than staying inside stuck to their phones or an Xbox…

And yes, this is the same “Snooky” Juno Beach Pier that we featured a couple of weeks ago where some anglers jumped into the water. It was called, “These Anglers Jump Into The Largest School Of Spawning Snook Ever Caught On Video!” (you can watch it here).

Great job Ryan!

Keep on fishing man!

Related Post: “12-Year Old Xbox Addict vs 2-Year Old Fisherman” (you can watch it here)

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September 12, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

FACT: The sea lions you see in aquariums and at Sea World are quite different than the sea lions out in the wild like the one in this video…

And the sea lions out in the wild can get very territorial, as this spearfisherman found out first hand.

Just when you think you feel pretty safe with a spear gun in your hand, a lightning fast sea lion can make you feel pretty vulnerable… pretty quick.

I bet you end up replaying this one a couple of times like I did!

WOWZERS!

At first I thought the sea lion had grabbed a fish right in front of the diver, but upon further review I noticed the bubbles were all coming from the sea lion basically “yelling” at the spearfisherman underwater.

Probably saying something like, “Don’t you go spearing my fish fool!”

Related Video: “Killer Whale Launches Sea Lion 20 Feet In The Air!” (watch it here)

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