Recent Shark Encounters

[JohnMckroidJr]

Recently a buddy of mine was coming back in when he spotted some commotion on the surface. He pedaled over to check it out and found a huge Tiger shark all lit up with a big turtle in its jaws. The shark looked like it was trying to crack the shell, and the turtle was trying to bite back at the shark.

I have yet to ever see a Tiger Shark off the Kayak, but last time out I had a Hammerhead circling my kayak, boiled on my live bait and took out half a spool of the line before breaking off. At the time, I was fighting a Blackfin on another rod, and later while I was bleeding it, the same shark? came back to circle my kayak some more. The picture is a still from GoPro video.