A group of fishermen off the coast of Amelia Island managed to briefly hook a 14-foot great white shark after it tried to steal one of their fish. Captain Tony Peeples of Southern Style Charters was fishing with a party of four in about 60 feet of water off of Fernandina Beach when one of […]
SharkVentures: Private shark fishing charter in Fort Lauderdale
This SharkVenture is brought to you through an affiliate partnership with Viator. Sharkophile.com may receive compensation for tours booked using this site. Is battling a monster shark under the warm South Florida sun on your bucket list? Check out the No. 1 rated shark fishing charter in Fort Lauderdale and get ready to reel in the […]
SharkVentures: Chase sharks in the 10,000 Islands
It is quite the rush to go head-to-head with a fish that can easily outweigh yourself. Doing it with light tackle set along the backdrop of the picturesque Everglades watershed and you have yourself an experience that you will remember the rest of your life. Capt. John Brossard of Shark Chaser Charters is now booking […]
Bullsharking the backwaters of the 10,000 Islands
PORT OF THE ISLANDS — Everything will bounce back. There were a few more downed branches and barren, wind-swept tree tops but, on the whole, the estuary was safe. I was worried. From the time we passed the Peace River in South Florida on our trip down Interstate 75, the signs of Hurricane Irma’s destruction […]
Backwater Bullsharking presented by Reelerz.com
As part of the Sharkophile’s brand ambassador partnership with Reelerz.com, we will be periodically creating exclusive content for their site. To kick things off, I headed down to my old fishing grounds in Southwest Florida to search for some bull sharks in the backwaters of the 10,000 Islands with old friend Capt. John Brossard of […]
VIDEO: Drone captures hammerhead caught in Panama City
Anglers filming for Modern Day Outdoors had an extra camera watching them as they reeled in a hammerhead shark on Panama City Beach in Florida over the 4th of July weekend. The footage, which was posted on YouTube by drone operator Curtis Williams, shows the approximately nine foot shark being caught and released. “We got […]
Record shark caught off Georgia coast
A 440-pound shortfin mako shark that was caught off the coast of Bryan County has been certified as a state record. The 8-foot-1 inch fish was nearly twice as big as the former state record of 228.5 pounds caught in 1975. The IGFA world record for shark is 1,221 pounds which was caught by Luke Sweeney […]
Tips for catching the ‘big shark slam’ in New England
Lately a larger part of the population has adopted big-game fishing as a weekend activity. Sharks have become a favorite target, especially in northeastern waters. Their fearsome meat-eating style incites the great North American game fisherman or fisherwoman to prove themselves against this ancient creature of the deep. A booming shark sport fishing cottage industry […]
Hammerheads at highest risk for post-catch mortality
Hammerhead sharks were found to be most vulnerable to post-release mortality after being caught, according to a study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. The UM scientists experimentally simulated catch-and-release fishing on five shark species – […]
Anglers hook into leaping mako off coast of Tampa Bay
Warning: Video contains graphic language. A group of anglers were treated to an aerial display after they hooked into a shortfin mako shark while fishing off the coast of Indian Rocks Beach on Sunday. Kellen Keglor and a group of friends were on their way back to port after a day of fishing approximately seven […]
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