By Jeff Pfeiffer
Scene from Columbia Pictures' "2012"
Here we go again. Just as with all the Y2K worries in 1999 and several “end-of-the-world” scenarios and dates speculated about throughout history, people have again found something “apocalyptic” to fret about. [Read more →]
Angler Peter McLeod with a giant trevally
National Geographic Channel’s series Hooked returns with several new episodes detailing intriguing — and sometimes terrifying — encounters in megafishing, beginning with a two-night event this Sunday and Monday.
Hooked: Extreme Angling –Oct. 18 at 9pm ET/PT. Meet daring anglers who use a variety of nontraditional methods to hook the biggest, baddest sea creatures. In Australia, see a marine biologist and his team lasso an injured — and angry — sand tiger shark with a 6-foot hook lodged in its throat, and then perform on-the-spot emergency surgery to save its life. Then, an expert angler in the Seychelles literally dives off a cliff into treacherous rocky surf to catch a giant trevally, a fish that can grow to bathtub proportions. Next, a daredevil California fisherman has a face-to-face showdown with a massive thresher shark … from his surfboard. And, a man swim-wrestles a huge bass in the open water of the Atlantic with nothing but some snorkel gear and his trusty fishing pole. [Read more →]
By Jeff Pfeiffer
National Geographic Channel has added two new episodes of the hit monster-fishing series Hooked to its summer schedule:
Hooked: Hunt for the Monster Fish — July 27 at 10pm ET/PT. Zeb Hogan travels the world to see the most extreme encounters in megafishing and the groundbreaking research being done to protect these fish.
Hooked: Flying Monsters — Aug. 3 at 10pm ET/PT. High-flying fish of the deep are the subjects of this episode, including battles with a black marlin in Panama; a silver king tarpon in Puerto Rico; a monstrous white sturgeon in British Columbia; and a mammoth mako shark off of California. Marine biologists also track and research giant manta rays, which are on the brink of extinction.
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Credit: National Geographic Channel
Giant Freshwater Stingray
By Jeff Pfeiffer
“The biggest fish we’ve seen! A real-life Loch Ness monster.”
That’s how biologist Zeb Hogan describes a creature encountered in one of the new summer episodes of National Geographic Channel’s popular Hooked series, which journeys across the globe with anglers and scientists to see the most extreme encounters in megafishing, and the research being done to protect these fish.
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