I’ve had the pleasure of snorkeling in a school of baitfish while larger fish were feeding on them, it was an incredible site. Of course, if these guys were around, I’d probably keep my distance!
The small fish are sardines which were herded into a baitball by dolphins off the coast of South Africa. Other predators, including Bronze Whaler sharks, soon arrived to feed.
Photograph: Doug Perrine
via Moldy Chum
In Ghana, West Africa, when you die, you go out in style - If you’re rich. These spectacular fantasy coffins often cost more then the average Ghanaian earns in a year.
“a fisherman may be buried in a model of his boat or, Jonah-like, in a large sculpted fish. The farmer is borne within an icon of his beloved bull, the politician powers off in his mahogany Merc, and the frequent flyer wings his way to heaven in a balsawood 747. You can have whatever you and Paa Joe think best reflects your business or takes your fancy - except powerful birds, which are reserved for royalty and prominent leaders.”
via Travel Africa
These guys can swim seven times faster then Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps!
If you’ve never seen a tigerfish before, get ready to see one of the meanest looking fish ever.
In Nigeria, fishing is taken very seriously. Thousands participate in the annual Angunga Fishing Festival which has taken place since 1934. The 2008 winner was stripped of his title and thrown in jail after officials learned that he cheated by using a fish he had caught prior to the festival.
There are a lot of brave stupid people out there. We saw man versus crocodile last week, but these are even crazier. This guy got up close and personal with a great white to pet him. Considering a shark that size could bite him in half, it’s not the smartest thing to do. It did make for a great photo at least.
Not to be outdone the the shark petter, this guy armed with nothing but his ponytail, crawls right up to a lion for a close up game of cat and mouse. Incredibly, he lives to tell the tail. I think I’d rather take my chances with the shark, at least you are fairly safe when in a boat.
via Mirror
It is said that the world greatest sport fish it the Tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus). With its brute strength and acrobatic displays its no wonder they call this fish the (silver)king. I was lucky enough to catch several tarpon in the British Virgin Islands a couple of years ago. I’ve never caught a fish with such power and agility and I have been obsessed with them ever since constantly reading about them and viewing pictures of 200 pound giants. When I show people photos of the tarpon I caught, they are always amazed by how big they are, but the fish I caught were just babies compared to some of the world records.
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The current world record (far right) was caught by Max Domecq on March 20, 2003. The massive tarpon weighed in at 286lb 9oz (130kgs) and was caught in Rubane, Guinea-Bissau, Africa.
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Dick (3 months ago)Hi all, I am Dick van Hattem. The men who caught this wonderfull pike in the Netherlands. The pike was actualy 120 cm long, weight exactly 16.5 kilo's and was caught on a death perch on 10 meter deep water on 27 december 2000. But now.... the photo was shopped for fun. I had a reading for a fishingclub and this was the last picture of the reading I had for 100 quest. Name of the picture.... I have a dream..... Everybode was laughing. Really funny, never claimed the world record. Because it is not by far. http://www.metersnoeken.nl/inde x.php?option=com_content&task=s ection&id=13&Itemid=48 here you can find [...]