- Sharks, barracuda, eels, and other creepy ocean dwellers can freak out fishers.
- Even pro fishers get unnerved by the behavior of sharks in the deep.
- Amateur fishers easily get into trouble with unknown creatures, too.
- Basically, fishing can be a dangerous and spooky past time.
Fishing is a favorite pastime for many people, but sometimes the creatures of the deep can spook even the most experienced of fishers. Hey, it’s difficult to face a live shark without some fear.
And as thesemanyRedditthreads prove, expert fishers and novices alike love to share their scariest fishing stories.
Of course, this is just for fun, as INSIDER cannot independently authenticate these stories.
A "barracuda brushing against my legs" creeped out this fisher.
"When I was younger, my dad and I went deep sea fishing all the time. The creepiest thing that ever happened to me was when we decided to do a little more surface fishing further out on the open ocean, rather than fish for grouper and whatnot.
"So I'm sitting with my feet off the edge of the boat, and my dad hooks a fish. It seems pretty big, based on the way it was pulling, so I look over to see if he needs help.
"Then something slowly brushes my legs. I looked down and there was a 4-5' barracuda brushing against my legs. I froze, and seconds later it shot off.
"When my dad felt the line go slack, he started reeling in faster. The Barracuda had bitten off most of the fish. It was only a mouth on a hook, really. Pretty creepy." — Reddit user Your_Monarch
"Something large down there" spooked a shark fishing crew.
"But the creepiest story was a simple one, the crew was shark fishing off the bank of a smaller tanker ship, basically attaching meat chunks to hooks and throwing them off the back to trawl in the ocean (they were in Southeast Asia or Australia area).
"For fun, my dad made this large hook to use, possibly from steel alloy and described it as being incredibly durable. They attached a large chunk of meat to it and threw it off the back. A while later they hauled it back in, only to find the meat was gone and the hook bent completely straight.
"There was nothing it could have snagged on in the deep ocean as the boat was driving through. My dad and the crew were sufficiently unnerved, to think that something large down there could bend a large hook like that."— Reddit user _TheBgrey
"Sharks circling" underwater startled this fisher.
"Former commercial fisherman here. The amount of sharks circling oil rigs is pretty harrowing. Mostly hammerheads, but the sheer volume makes you plant your feet."— Reddit user John_Don_Bama_Bond
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