Sportfishery for Great White Sharks?

Sportfishery for Great White Sharks?

by | Oct 23, 2020

The thought of a sportfishery for great whites tantalizes some anglers, but if it’s ever to happen, the science will have to support it. “I want to show you something.”  I had spent enough time working for the artificial reef program at the South Carolina...
Rumshark

Rumshark

by | May 4, 2020

When the shark hit the end of the line, it came up, shook his head just like those mahi did. The dock bowed, creaked, groaned, sagged. Clink, clink, clink. I was bent over the gunnel of Maggie C, a 26-foot Maine lobster boat rigged for ocean-running. Six weeks, 600...
The Fish That Shook The Pier

The Fish That Shook The Pier

by | Feb 25, 2020

In the summer of 1964, an average Joe revealed to the happy-go-lucky Myrtle Beach tourists where some large creatures roamed. Large is actually insulting when it comes to describing thousand-pound sharks. How about one that weighed almost a ton, caught with rod and...
Sharks vs. Catfish

Sharks vs. Catfish

by | Feb 17, 2020

When it comes to sharks vs. catfish, the cats win by a nose. Hollywood has been in love with sharks for far too long. It is high time the catfish finally gets some glory. Sure, sharks have an entire week devoted to them on the Discovery Channel, and then there is the...