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Massive tiger shark landed during ‘team-building’ fishing trip

A group of South Carolina business partners on Sunday teamed to land a massive tiger shark that weighed an estimated 1,500 pounds.

A group of South Carolina business partners on Sunday teamed to land a tiger shark that weighed an estimated 1,500 pounds.

“If that wasn’t a great team-building exercise, I don’t know what is,” Capt. Chip Michalove told FTW Outdoors.

Michalove, owner of Outcast Sport Fishing in Hilton Head, did not provide the anglers’ names but said they fought the shark for 90 minutes before it was alongside the boat. (The shark was released after a brief photo session.)

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“Largest one we’ve caught in years, a 13-footer,” Michalove boasted Monday via Facebook.

Any tiger shark topping 1,000 pounds is considered to be enormous.

For comparison, the International Game Fish Assn. lists the world record as a tie between a catches of 1,785 pounds, 11 ounces (Australia, 2004) and 1,780 pounds (South Carolina, 1964).

(The 1964 catch was made from a Myrtle Beach pier!)

13-foot tiger shark moments before it was released. Photo: Chip Michalove

Michalove, who in July 2022 caught and released a record-size hammerhead shark, explained that giant tiger sharks tend to be active off South Carolina in the fall.

“It seems like every year the largest tiger is always the last two weeks of October,” he said. “Last year we lost an enormous one on Halloween.”

Michalove, who is authorized to tags sharks for research, said he has caught several of the same large tiger sharks over the years.

Tiger shark was landed after a 90-minute fight. Photo: Chip Michalove

But the shark his group caught Sunday did not have a tag and did not show markings that would imply it had previously been tagged.

Asked about how the anglers handled the fight, Michalove explained:

“The fight was an hour and a half. It took all four customers multiple rod swaps to get her close. One of the guys was a pastor, and that always seems beneficial.”

Hunter in ‘shock’ as shark attacks dog trying to retrieve duck

A hunter’s Chesapeake retriever was killed by a shark Wednesday after leaping from a boat to fetch a downed duck.

[anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media]A hunter’s Chesapeake retriever was attacked by a shark Wednesday after leaping from a boat to fetch a downed duck.

The female dog, named Pepper, died from injuries sustained in the unusual incident near Port Medway, Nova Scotia.

The dog’s owner, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Global News that Pepper was retrieving her second duck of the morning when the attack occurred.

“It happened so quickly and was so shocking that even though I was looking right at her when it happened, I cannot say for certain what type of shark it was,” the hunter said.

The man hauled Pepper aboard, but she died shortly after. The shark, possibly a juvenile white shark, measured about 8 feet.

The hunter said he shared details of the attack with the Global News as a caution to area water users.

“I was very close to shore, in about 20 feet of water, and my dog was only in the water for a matter of minutes,” he said. “To my knowledge, this is the first time a dog has been taken during a sea-ducking hunt, and it is certainly the first time I have witnessed the violence of such an attack so close to my boat.”

–Great white shark image courtesy of ©Pete Thomas

Shark upstages surfer with perfect ‘el rollo’ just beyond lineup

A surfing publication has shared footage showing a hydrofoil surfer being video-bombed by a leaping shark in Australia.

A surfing publication on Thursday shared footage showing a hydrofoil surfer being video-bombed by a leaping shark.

The footage shows Adam Bennetts artfully carving turns at Australia’s Wategos Beach when the shark leaped free of the surface and spun just beyond the lineup.

“Who do you think got the highest score? Bennetts asked via Instagram. “That el rollo from the shark was pretty sick.”

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The footage, accompanied by the tune Reggae Shark, was captured in July by Ben Tayler. Surfer featured the clip Thursday.

Wategos Beach is in Byron Bay, New South Wales.

Discarded shoe kills baby shark and people are angry

A dead Caribbean reef shark was found on a Cayman Islands beach this week with its body stuck inside a plastic sandal. “We must do better.”

A dead Caribbean reef shark was found on a Cayman Islands beach this week with its body stuck inside a plastic sandal.

The shark washed ashore at South Sound on Grand Cayman. The cause of death was suffocation, according to biologist Johanna Kohler of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment.

The sandal, or open-toed shoe, appears to have become a deadly hazard after washing out with the tide.

Baby reef shark trapped in sandal. Photo: Cayman Islands Department of Environment

The baby shark measured 30 inches and was likely born in July or August.

The sandal covered the shark’s gills, rendering it unable to swim, breathe properly, or eat. An examination of its stomach turned up only sand and a small worm.

The Cayman Islands Department of Environment’s Facebook post inspired several expressions of anger directed toward humans who don’t take ocean pollution seriously.

Reads one of the most popular comments: “This is just awful, utterly heartbreaking to think how much suffering that caused. We really must do better, please support local cleanups, get involved and take action.”

Reads the most popular comment: “We humans are not guardians but destroyers of this planet.”

Beachgoers in awe as large shark chases stingray almost onto shore

A beachgoer at Hilton Head, S.C., this week captured dramatic footage showing a large shark chasing a stingray almost onto the beach.

A beachgoer at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Tuesday captured dramatic footage showing a large lemon shark chasing a stingray almost onto the beach.

WSAV News 3 shared the footage, captured by Katy Albright, under the heading, “Shark vs. a stingray on a Hilton Head Island beach.”

It wasn’t much of a contest, however, as the shark appears to have caught the stingray without too much trouble in water just inches deep.

Albright described the scene as “Incredible” and “Wild.”

Some types of sharks, including lemon sharks and juvenile white sharks, prey on stingrays in shallow water at certain times of year.

Outcast Sport Fishing’s Chip Michalove, who tags sharks for research off Hilton Head, identified the shark in the video as a lemon shark.

A top Facebook comment reads: “I’m glad I didn’t see both of them while I was at Hilton Head swimming at the beach on my vacation a week ago.”

Watch: Kayak angler at center of epic battle between shark, seal

A kayak angler on Sunday found himself in the middle of an epic battle between a relentless shark and frightened seal off New Zealand’s Eastern Cape.

A kayak angler on Sunday found himself in the middle of a frenetic battle between a relentless shark and frightened seal off New Zealand’s Eastern Cape.

Greg Potter was so close to the action, which he captured on video, that the shark rammed his 12-foot kayak twice as the seal attempted to use the vessel as cover.

“If it had managed to get me out of the kayak, that that could have been a pretty disastrous ending,” Potter told the New Zealand Herald. “I was dressed in full black. I can only imagine what the shark would have made of my legs thrashing around.”

Potter pedaled his kayak closer after spotting a disturbance in the distance. He soon discovered that he was witnessing a predation attempt by what he described as a young white shark.

“I’ve got a juvenile great white shark chasing a seal out here,” he says in the footage. “It’s unreal.”

The shark seemed unable to immobilize the seal during a chase that lasted more than a minute.

It was not clear if the seal ultimately escaped because Potter smartly pedaled away after the shark began to bump his his kayak.

“When the seal hid under the kayak, the shark came crashing up from underneath and smashed into the bottom of the kayak,” Potter said. “Then they did another few laps around the kayak, and then a second time, the shark again smashed the underside of the kayak.”

As for the shark species, we reached out to California-based white shark expert Chris Lowe and after viewing the footage he doubted it was a white shark.

“There are no black tips on the ventral side of the pectoral fins,” said Lowe, who runs the Shark Lab at California State University Long Beach. “It’s kind of hard to see from the video, but from the frames I stopped I couldn’t see distinct black on ventral side of the pects and the body seems pretty thin.”

Regardless, it was a harrowing encounter for Potter, who had been fishing six miles beyond Waihau Bay.

–Image is a video screen grab

Watch: Huge shark attacks startled angler’s kayak off Oahu

A Hawaii angler on Friday survived a harrowing encounter with a large shark that attacked his kayak as he fished off Oahu. The frightening moment was caught on video.

A Hawaii angler on Friday survived a harrowing encounter with a large shark that attacked his kayak as he fished off Oahu.

Scott Haraguchi captured the dramatic incident with a Go Pro video camera that was still running after he had landed a fish. (The footage is posted below.)

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Viewers can see the shark materialize off the bow a moment before it slams and bites the side of the kayak. Haraguchi kicks at the predator and immediately screams “Tiger shark!” as a warning to his nearby fishing companion.

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The encounter occurred off Kualoa in Windward Oahu, not far from where a large tiger shark was spotted the next day.

Haraguchi, who was not injured, explained via YouTube that he heard a “whooshing” sound just before he saw the shark. “I looked up and saw a wide brown thing on the side of the kayak,” he recalled. “I thought it was a turtle at first.”

Tiger sharks, which can measure nearly 20 feet, commonly prey on green sea turtles.

But according to KITV 4, Haraguchi spotted an injured seal shortly after the shark attacked his kayak. He theorized that the shark mistook the kayak for the seal.

Honolulu surfer in serious condition after shark attack

A 58-year-old surfer was hospitalized in serious condition Sunday after a shark bit his right leg at Kewalo Basin in Honolulu.

A 58-year-old surfer was hospitalized in serious condition Sunday after a large shark bit his right leg at Kewalo Basin in Honolulu.

KHON2 reports that friends of the surfer might have saved his life by using a surfboard leash as a tourniquet. The man, a regular at the surfing spot, was transported to a nearby trauma center after the dawn incident.

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources stated in a news release that an 8-foot tiger shark was believed responsible for biting the surfer.

The DNLR added: “When others came to the man’s aid they report that a shark returned and was acting aggressively.”

A dive boat with 30 passengers left the area soon after being told about the incident.

Warning signs were posted and the area was ordered closed to swimming and surfing until at least noon Monday.

Miami Beach angler lands record-size bull shark from shore

A South Florida angler appears to have reeled in one of the largest bull sharks ever landed in state waters.

According to Local 10 News, Michael Hengel hooked the massive shark from the Miami Beach shore Sunday night after kayaking 300 yards out to drop his baited line.

The shark measured 9-1/2 feet with a 55-inch girth. Based on a measurement formula, Hengel estimated the shark to weigh 550 pounds.

The Florida record for bull sharks, set off Panama City in 1981, stands at 517.44 pounds.

Hengel, 22, told Local 10 News that he released the shark rather than kill it for the sake of a potential record.

–Image courtesy of Michal Hengel

Angler lands massive barramundi as bull shark goes after catch

An angler on Australia’s Gold Coast has landed a massive barramundi after a ferocious battle that also involved a hungry bull shark.

Ryan Selvey, 21, was fishing at night from the banks of the Nerang River this week when the 4-foot, 2-inch barramundi struck.

After the catch, while holding the fish on his lap, Selvey explained via TikTok that the “shark came up chasing him just as we were about to land him, nipped him a little bit, but… what a … horse of a barra!” (Warning: the TikTok footage contains profanity.)

Selvey is quoted by 9News as saying the barramundi was larger than the shark “and the shark couldn’t get a good bite on it.”

Barramundi, which reside in freshwater but spawn in estuary mouths and coastal mud flats, are similar in appearance to snook and closely related to Nile perch. They’re prized by anglers for their fighting ability and as table fare.

Selvey didn’t mention a weight but his fish was exceptionally large.

Then International Game Fish Assn. lists as the world record a 98-pound, 6-ounce barramundi caught at Lake Monduran, Queensland, in 2010.

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