Shark problems in the Gulf of Mexico while catching hogfish!

[@robertweeren431]

You are 100% right . The sharks have been conditioned to go for the easy meal on our hooks. They always seem to take the nicest fish. My experience lately has been both with Bull sharks and Sandbar sharks. Glad you made this video.

[@stevep7085]

What kind of rig do you use to send your camera down?

[@johnsoeder756]

Had more shark issues this year then I’ve ever encountered both on east coast and the gulf.

[@aftondixon855]

What GoPro do you use?

[@bobbystevens4087]

I know they love the unmistakable sound of a speargun. You may try going back to an anchor. I use an anchor ball.

[@jimhall935]

Need to bring back commercial shark fishing. The sharks are ridiculous! See them almost every dive.

[@Robo_toe]

send me the link to the map thing

[@cw5986]

Laws requiring size and quantity limits are to keep the fisheries strong and balanced. With shark and Goliath grouper taking so many fish from fishermen, I wonder how many fish of all sizes and species are taken each year compared to previous years. If two people caught their limits on Hogfish one day, how many Hogfish and bycatch of all sizes were taken by sharks? Two, three, five times more than the laws allow? If so, the fisheries can't keep up with the loss. What now? I see only two options. Stop all fishing (shark feeding) in certain areas, or start bang-sticking sharks and Goliaths. Both ideas sound harsh, but what else can we do? If we keep things as they are, we'll lose the smaller fish, and ironically, the sharks will eventually disappear, too.

[@mdv2043]

Shark populations and fish stock populations are way down as well. Fisherman and sharks are competing for the same fish. Sharks learn where they can get an easy meal. Start fishing other areas.

[@brianmcnulty9918]

Everybody should be doing their part to manage the population of sharks right now.

[@BillJohnston-y7o]

Absolutely right...

[@Robo_toe]

pew pew

[@jbwilliams18]

A lot of the people making decisions for the gulf are in Washington state. They don't fish, but they have some (often times) BS biology degree that qualifies them to make decisions with no real world experience in our waters. NOAA just got a large sum of money to research how climate change effects our fisheries. Can you just imagine the ideas they will come up with when they apply all of the bad data they have from the last 50 years? They have already proposed a 10 knot speed limit in the gulf. They decided oil rigs kill whales, putting out windmills doesn't hurt whales at all. Good science is dead at NOAA.

[@rogerr7856]

It is amazing how selective sharks and even dolphin can be, grunts must really taste like crap to them 😛. Probably more to do with scales or something though as they will both eat smooth skinned(tiny scales) fish like hogs, grouper in a second. Hard to believe they can be that selective when a fish is struggling on a line but they sure are. Fished channel in bay a lot and have watched dolphin follow and look over grunts but never eat them, hook a grouper and it’s a different story.

[@danalee1293]

Heavy rig, big bait and circle hook to catch and kill. Simple.

[@Eluderatnight]

I saw a ~15' Great white at AJ hole. I also kept catching lemon after lemon.

[@jb5676]

Yup. 100%. Time to open up some shark species. They are choosy. Mostly take hogs, snapper and gags. And it's the hardest fighting (bigger) fish that they mostly take - we get the little ones that are faster to pull in.

[@John06648]

I was a commercial shark fisherman the government is in the way .

[@MichaelCopeland-m6l]

Thats why im an advocate for powerheads as a diver. Zero tolerance for aggressive behaviors from sharks. As long as they're docile theyre cool with me. Beautiful creatures. #powerheadpewpew