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Surprise! You're Swimming in a Blood Cloud with a Huge Shark
By Joe Cermele
Pretend you're a pro photographer filming a marlin's release from underwater. You've done this many times and everything is going smoothly. Then, out of nowhere, a monster mako shark shoots up from below you and tears up the marlin. Blood starts clouding the area. Do you a) freeze up, b) swim away, or c) keep shooting? Well, this happened to Australian photographer Al McGlashan, and he went with choice C. It was gutsy, but he scored some amazing and rare shots. Check out the video below and then click here to see a gallery of the still photos Al was taking and get an even better idea of what was going through his head when old snaggle-tooth showed up. By the way, this is a U.S. exclusive, so you saw it here first. If it had been me in this situation, there would have been more than fish blood in the water.
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Comments (22)
Sweet footage!
Guess that ruined the example of how to properly release a marlin they were trying to shoot.
Looks like he was lucky that he backed off when he did. Awesome footage tho.
Guess he's pretty lucky the shark had bigger fish to fry...
That would have scared the bjesus out of me! The guy scrambled aboard pretty quick once he got to the boat.
You would have found me on the ocean floor curled in the fetal position.
Yea- I would have been out of that water before the shark knew I was in it. Cool footage, though.
I guess you don't have to sell shark on catch and release, but Rapala certainly could make a buck off selling XXLG shark lures made from recycled Marlin Mounts.
Buck, sinking implies that you're in pretty good shape.
I would have added to the chum for sure.
When you mix sh!t and fart both verbally and physically you get shart. So what happens/what new word do you get when you add shark to the mix?
guess it's best to just release the fish so it has a chance.
I'll stay in the boat...........
Nice work guys! You certainly made sure the marlin sure didn't have a chance! Jeez....don't know why it took so long to release the damn marlin...
If I was the videographer.....there would have been brown stuff floating in the water along with the blood..I would have got back on that boat so fast I would have been a blur...awesome video though of an apex predator at work !
Speaks volumes to the intelligence of the shark. With the cameraman in the water, the boat and the activity, that shark was able to pinpoint the "meal". Apex predator for sure.
Great video footage. Nature at her best.. Glad the cameraman got out OK.. When filming in nature, anything can happen..
probably would have been a very large p*ss cloud had i been in the water as well!!! great footage!
From what I have read I may have a different perspective . If this is supposed to be a "text book release" , got news for you field and stream you got it all wrong . And I must say have graduated to moron as far as I am concerned . Its a little funny that the crew knew the Mako was stalking the shoot. But still brought the fish to the boat and held it long enough for the Mako to make a move on it . Whats the point Field and Stream , trying to get some cheap publicity at the cost of a endangered striped Marlin .
Congratulations Field and Stream for actually sensationalizing a very tragic story , Morons !
I'd have got in the boast, then died of a massive heart attack. Sharks strike fear in me. Want to catch one, but still scare me shitless.
@Rik680 - read the article and listen to the video. This wasn't F&S' project, it was the film-makers'. They were the ones that described it as textbook. F&S was merely showing some amazing footage these guys happened to capture. The film crew also said that they had the mako on sonar, but thought it was another marlin. I think the evidence that they didn't know it was a mako lies in the fact the cameraman was in the water to begin with. Why not just enjoy the amazing photos and film instead of calling names?
Besides, as the saying goes, takes one to know one.
Although these photos and video are exciting (and sell ad space), the bottom line is this is the waste of a good marlin. When catch and release takes too long due to filming/photos, then it is more like chumming -- a struggling fish always attracts sharks. And to title the page "bites off tail of Marlin" tends to cover up the fact that the marlin was destroyed, it's dead, and did not live to get bigger and be caught again by other anglers. Seems to me to be about as natural and film-worthy as a deer being hit by a car.
That's cool, but CRAZY
Does anyone know if the marlin had not been on the line, would the shark have had the chance to even catch the marlin and eat it?
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Guess that ruined the example of how to properly release a marlin they were trying to shoot.
Great video footage. Nature at her best.. Glad the cameraman got out OK.. When filming in nature, anything can happen..
I guess you don't have to sell shark on catch and release, but Rapala certainly could make a buck off selling XXLG shark lures made from recycled Marlin Mounts.
If I was the videographer.....there would have been brown stuff floating in the water along with the blood..I would have got back on that boat so fast I would have been a blur...awesome video though of an apex predator at work !
@Rik680 - read the article and listen to the video. This wasn't F&S' project, it was the film-makers'. They were the ones that described it as textbook. F&S was merely showing some amazing footage these guys happened to capture. The film crew also said that they had the mako on sonar, but thought it was another marlin. I think the evidence that they didn't know it was a mako lies in the fact the cameraman was in the water to begin with. Why not just enjoy the amazing photos and film instead of calling names?
Besides, as the saying goes, takes one to know one.
Sweet footage!
Looks like he was lucky that he backed off when he did. Awesome footage tho.
Guess he's pretty lucky the shark had bigger fish to fry...
That would have scared the bjesus out of me! The guy scrambled aboard pretty quick once he got to the boat.
You would have found me on the ocean floor curled in the fetal position.
Yea- I would have been out of that water before the shark knew I was in it. Cool footage, though.
Buck, sinking implies that you're in pretty good shape.
I would have added to the chum for sure.
When you mix sh!t and fart both verbally and physically you get shart. So what happens/what new word do you get when you add shark to the mix?
guess it's best to just release the fish so it has a chance.
I'll stay in the boat...........
Nice work guys! You certainly made sure the marlin sure didn't have a chance! Jeez....don't know why it took so long to release the damn marlin...
Speaks volumes to the intelligence of the shark. With the cameraman in the water, the boat and the activity, that shark was able to pinpoint the "meal". Apex predator for sure.
probably would have been a very large p*ss cloud had i been in the water as well!!! great footage!
I'd have got in the boast, then died of a massive heart attack. Sharks strike fear in me. Want to catch one, but still scare me shitless.
Although these photos and video are exciting (and sell ad space), the bottom line is this is the waste of a good marlin. When catch and release takes too long due to filming/photos, then it is more like chumming -- a struggling fish always attracts sharks. And to title the page "bites off tail of Marlin" tends to cover up the fact that the marlin was destroyed, it's dead, and did not live to get bigger and be caught again by other anglers. Seems to me to be about as natural and film-worthy as a deer being hit by a car.
That's cool, but CRAZY
Does anyone know if the marlin had not been on the line, would the shark have had the chance to even catch the marlin and eat it?
From what I have read I may have a different perspective . If this is supposed to be a "text book release" , got news for you field and stream you got it all wrong . And I must say have graduated to moron as far as I am concerned . Its a little funny that the crew knew the Mako was stalking the shoot. But still brought the fish to the boat and held it long enough for the Mako to make a move on it . Whats the point Field and Stream , trying to get some cheap publicity at the cost of a endangered striped Marlin .
Congratulations Field and Stream for actually sensationalizing a very tragic story , Morons !
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