Catching a 500 lb shark while kayak cod fishing || Almost lost my finger!
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Hey folks,
This is an exciting one to say the least.
My buddy, Scott, hooked a 500 lb Porbeagle shark while we were out cod fishing from our kayaks here in Newfoundland. This footage is from his GoPro. It dragged both him and his wife upwind into my boat, putting me between him and the shark when it finally came up to the surface 15 feet away from me and started swimming toward us!
Yes, I know it was incredibly stupid to grab the line before I had the knife ready to cut it.
That hasn't stopped us from fishing though and we were back down at the same spot again the very next night.
And just like that my thoughts of sea kayaking are gone 😂
Lol yeah I figure this will change a few minds!
after doing this for 18 years, this one day I will not forget, part of the reason we do it. 2nd or 3rd most memorable kayaks, that laugh is also up there..lol kayak on
The list of unbelievable memories we've made on paddles is a very long one, and I agree that this is somewhere in the top 3! 🤙🏼🧡
Wow Matt, that's the big one you're glad that got away.
Yeah I wasn't upset that it wasn't curious about anything lol
Not good, I am hearing about too many sharks lately.........great footage bud.
It's nothing new. Our waters have always had lots of sharks. Just more people out with cameras now is all.
Oh me nerves, that was a rush, even watching
Lol yeah I still get it when I watch too. Crazy times.
great video! is this in Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay?
Thanks very much!
This was in the Torbay, Middle Cove, Outer Cove area.
Wow that is crazy!!!
It definitely was that!
World record porbeagle is 2.8M - not to say there isn’t bigger out there!
Yeah, I read the same articles, but there's an endless amount of links and federal documents online that show them at 12' and possibly bigger.
It surfaced just 15 - 20 feet away from us(gopro footage is horrible for gauging distance) so we could see that the dorsal fin and tail were 6-7 feet apart and with the dorsal fin being ever so slightly forward of center, that definitely puts it at 12', if not more. Scott(the guy who hooked it) worked on fishing boats for years and has seen ~ hundreds of porbeagles pulled up onto the deck so that plus looking at the shape of the dorsal fin we figured it was a Porbeagle.
I'm not too upset that it didn't come closer for us to be 100% sure though lol
Yes that was close enough lol! Glad you’re all safe!
Crazy Newfies
Lol I've never been accused of being a genius!
@@canoeanddogexplorers You did well was quick thinking to cut the line, good thing you did not cut your finger tho. Alot of people would have panicked
Thank you, but it did cut my finger. It was braided line and it sliced right through 3 layers of skin and bled pretty bad. The line was only wrapped once so I was lucky. Had it been wrapped even twice then I 100% would have lost my finger.
I've never been one to panic in any situation, and that's a good thing when you're doing foolish things like this! Lol 🤙🏼
It's all fun and games until someone shits their pants
There was likely a little extra detergent used on their drysuits that evening. Lol
Hahaha wild
That's one word to describe it. Gonna see if we can replicate that this weekend lol
Wicked 😎🤙
It definitely was that!
Thats crazy
Good thing they dont dont see humans as food.
Agreed 100% 🤙🏼
Is this Newfoundland?
It is indeed. Just on the eastern tip of the avalon peninsula.