Fishing Gone Wrong...

[Glass Half Full]

Hi All -

I am not a fisherman (and certainly not a "catcher man"  ) 

...But I know Rob and many of you are, so thought you'd enjoy this. Perhaps it's just "bad juju" from when folks fail to catch and release (Sr. Hamlet)??  (Or it could just be AI.  But it's something nonetheless

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNI5SX8NbOg/?igsh=MXg0MGJlNTJ2azJqYg%3D%3D 

[Zonum]

First guy almost got stabbed. That’s why I don’t go deep sea fishing, lol. 

I mostly fish in lakes but never have any luck 😂

[joeypots]

Haven't done much fishing in a while. I used to catch a lot of striped bass right off of the beach when I had hair. I think my only rule born of experience for off shore fishing would be don't bring a seven ft mako shark on the boat unless you are sure, like a shotgun blast in the brain, it's dead.

[El Presidente]

Fun vid 

 

No one on our boat will forget last year when a 2m shark T-boned our boat at speed as we were about to take a tuna out of the water.  I was going to tail the tuna into the boat but PJ last second decided to gaff it in. That decision saved my arm 

[Ford2112]

Billfish can skewer a fella.

[El Hoze]

I live on the southeast coast of Florida and fish a lot. The sharks down here are out of control. They have figured out fishing patterns and will ambush you. If you hook a snook off a jetty or a permit off a warm water discharge the tax man is often watching and waiting. 

Common practice if a shark ends up next to your boat is increasingly a bang stick to the head, though the practice isn’t for me as frustrated as I have been many times. Hopefully the sharks start to catch onto this trend too. Seeing a beautiful gamefish you spend so much time chasing getting eaten by a shark will definitely ruin the moment. Usually 30 seconds of silence, followed by blurting out random curse words, followed by “I think I need to get a bang stick.” 

[El Presidente]

10 hours ago, El Hoze said:

I live on the southeast coast of Florida and fish a lot. The sharks down here are out of control. They have figured out fishing patterns and will ambush you. If you hook a snook off a jetty or a permit off a warm water discharge the tax man is often watching and waiting. 

Common practice if a shark ends up next to your boat is increasingly a bang stick to the head, though the pra\

 

We have seen them here waiting under the boat while you are fishing. 

....I mean.....why chase a fish when they can be delivered to you? 

[El Hoze]

On 8/16/2025 at 6:14 AM, El Presidente said:

We have seen them here waiting under the boat while you are fishing. 

....I mean.....why chase a fish when they can be delivered to you? 

Completely rude. In the US we would call that a “dick move” not sure whether that translates down there!