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Ravens to host ‘Beach Bash’ in Ocean City

The Ravens will be heading back to Ocean City for “Beach Bash”

The Baltimore Ravens are going to be in Ocean City, Maryland this summer for the first time since 2019 to host “Beach Bash. Flip flops and football will be heading back to Ocean City from June 1st through June 3rd, with hotel headquarters being the Residence Inn Ocean City.

Ravens Beach Bash will feature the team’s cheerleaders, mascot Poe, Baltimore Marching Ravens and Ravens’ Legends. For more information about this event and to book a room at the Ravens’ hotel, head over to this link.

Watch: Great white shark devours anglers’ tuna, returns for more

Anglers targeting mako sharks during a tournament Sunday off Maryland were visited instead by a great white shark that attacked a tuna carcass hanging overboard as chum.

Anglers targeting mako sharks during a tournament Sunday off Maryland were visited instead by a great white shark that devoured a tuna carcass hanging overboard as chum.

The accompanying footage shows the 12-foot shark ripping the tuna from its tether and moments later returning for a closer inspection of the boat’s stern.

“Hey, don’t eat my motor, bro!” an angler barks as the shark nearly brushes the vessel’s outboard engine.

The close encounter involved the boat Miller Time and occurred on the third and final day of the Mako Mania Shark Tournament out of Bahia Marina in Ocean City. Capt. Brandon Miller estimated the shark to measure 12 feet.

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Stated Fish In OC: “The shark entered their chum slick and can be seen biting and hanging on to a tuna carcass presented by Ryan Oberholtzer as it swims just inches from the boat.  The action took place at the 20 fathom fingers off of Ocean City, Maryland on June 6, 2021.  The big shark swam away unharmed.”

Miller Time failed to make the Mako Mania leaderboard, but this spectacle undoubtedly proved to be a nice consolation.

White sharks, a protected species, are spotted sporadically off Ocean City.

–Images courtesy of Fish In OC

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Anglers in awe as ‘ginormous’ great white shark circles boat

A great white shark encounter Monday off of Ocean City, Md., rendered members of a fishing charter delirious for the three-plus minutes.

A great white shark mesmerized anglers for several minutes Monday off Ocean City, Md., as the enormous predator slowly circled the boat.

“That is massive,” one man states in the accompanying footage.

“That thing is absolutely ginormous,” another chimes in.

The footage, captured by Steven White from aboard the Fish Finder with Capt. Mark Sampson, shows the adult white shark appear alongside the boat, rendering the anglers and crew somewhat delirious.

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“I’m zoomed all the way out and I can’t get him in the whole camera lens,” White says.

“She has got to be pregnant,” another man observes, prompting agreement from another: “If she’s that big there’s no way she’s not pregnant.”

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Another man, perhaps the captain, says the shark is “the biggest one I’ve ever seen.”

Click Orlando reported that experts who watched the video estimated the shark to measure 15 feet and weigh 2,000 pounds.

White, who charted the boat with friends, said the shark was attracted by the scent of fish, and at 3:13 the shark bares its teeth as it moves in for a carcass dangling on a hook.

Great white shark sightings off Maryland are not unheard of, but it’s rare for anglers to capture lengthy encounters on video.

–Image courtesy of Steven White