Shark Feeding Frenzy off Island Beach

[action]

What no bass and blues.Now thats cool in N.J.

[shrimpman steve]

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I don't swim in the ocean!!!!!!!!!!

[beachbunker732]

I can't believe I missed this! I also just saw a video of a hammerhead just swimming in the first wave in the same place.. both of these just this week.. and here I am NOT catching sharks in LBI. Looks like Ill be trying IBSP sometime this week! Or maybe the sharks will follow the massive trail of bunker up here...

[Angler Paul]

There are all kinds of sharks in our area right now. However, I do know of someone who recently caught a blacktip shark from the beach in that area. We have always had browns, sand tigers, etc. around during the summer. However, they are not known for jumping through schools of bunker like that while feeding. I believe they are blacktips and possibly spinners which are known to do that. The excessively warm water we have had since mid-June has attracted these infrequent visitors to our coast.

[CaptJohn]

Great Video, Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by Angler Paul

There are all kinds of sharks in our area right now. However, I do know of someone who recently caught a blacktip shark from the beach in that area. We have always had browns, sand tigers, etc. around during the summer. However, they are not known for jumping through schools of bunker like that while feeding. I believe they are blacktips and possibly spinners which are known to do that. The excessively warm water we have had since mid-June has attracted these infrequent visitors to our coast.

Whatever they are, that is one impressive demonstartion of how many shark there are in the area. Again, with the amount of bait currently in shore there's no doubt there will be predators under them. That is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen, would love to have been in a boat at the same time. Wonder if throwing large poppers through the school would have elicited some insane strikes!

Dakota

[PeteyHD]

That's nuts!

[wrktoomuch]

WOW!!! Very cool.