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December 11, 2016 by HookPunta Cana, Dominican Republic – Boats fishing out of Marina Cap Cana have had some of the best fishing this fishery has ever seen over the last week. The Fleet, which has only consisted of three to five (3-5) boats a day released 165 Billfish over the past week. The vast majority (90%) of these have been Blue Marlin, but there has also been good variety with three (3) Grand Slams. Blue Bird released one Grand Slam and Vitamin Sea with two Grand Slams.While the “season” …

Mystery surrounding neon-green pike appears to have been solvedTwo anglers were left stunned after hooking a NEON pike. Randy Straker, 51, and Craig Thomas, 54, from Yellow Knife in Canada were about to bring their five-hour fishing trip to an end in the Great Slave Lake last Sunday when they grabbed the colourful catch. The fluorescent 40-inch, 14-pound green fish has a bright 'lipstick-like' mouth and a similar tinge to the rest of its fins. Randy Straker displays rare neon-green pike. Ph …

Calvin Johnston's 38-pound, 7-ounce trout, caught in sub-freezing temperatures on the White River, is one of the largest ever landed; gets no help from brotherMarch 10, 2015 by Pete ThomasCalvin Johnston poses in the snow with his monstrous brown trout; photo via FacebookAn Arkansas angler fishing from shore because his waders were frozen has caught one of the largest brown trout ever landed, a behemoth weighing 38 pounds, 7 ounces.Calvin Johnston was braving snow and 17-degree temperatures on a …

Great White Sharkhttp://www.whoi.edu/main/remus-sharkcam/ In 2013, a team from the Oceanographic Systems Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution took a specially equipped REMUS “SharkCam” underwater vehicle to Guadalupe Island in Mexico to film great white sharks in the wild. The captured more than they bargained for.See more video footage from REMUS SharkCam on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week website (where it is called “Jaws Strikes Back Cam”).Learn more about the 2013 trip to Guad …

Macae, Brazil – You have probably seen a couple videos floating around the internet of Swordfish attacking various things underwater. The latest comes from Pepe Bertrand whose buddy Marcos Maia was captaining this submarine when this Swordfish attacked. They were examining an oil platform and apparently this Swordfish wanted to protect his turf. The fish got caught in the sub’s body and the 400 lbs. Swordfish got a free ride to the surface. They had to use the submarine’s mechanical arm to preve …