Face to Face with the Great White Shark

[brian eiland]

http://www.soundingsonline.com/news/...52-great-white

"No one has been able to catch and handle the giant great white shark - mature specimens - and release them alive. No one has ever been able to do this with any sort of repetitiveness or the safety and care needed to make sure the sharks make it," says Fischer, the former host of ESPN's "Offshore Adventures."

This June the National Geographic Channel will begin airing "Expedition Great White," a television series produced by Fischer. In 2007, at the request of Dr. Michael Domeier, one of the world's foremost great white experts, Fischer led a team of scientists and anglers on six expeditions off California that were filmed and produced for the National Geographic Channel. At least seven of the white sharks landed on this trip are the largest fish ever caught and released - the biggest measuring more than 17 feet and weighing more than 4,500 pounds, according to Fischer.

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[hoytedow]

Never, ever, try to catch a fish that weighs more than your truck.

[Submarine Tom]

With teeth sharper than your shaving razor.

[hoytedow]

Or with skin sharper than a harpy's tongue.

[gonzo]

That's a scary fish

[hoytedow]

It is also homeothermic, so cold water doesn't slow it down like other fish.