The Fishing Story I Swore I'd Never Tell.

This is the fishing story I swore I'd never tell. While in Alaska we were in search of the sleeper shark. A sleeper shark is a type of large, slow-moving shark found in cold, deep ocean waters. We needed to catch some bait to use trying to lure in a sleeper shark so my cameraman Johnny Harrington and I went out fishing and hooked up to what we thought was going to be the fish of a lifetime. It turns out, it was something we would have never expected.

Forrest Galante is a world-renowned wildlife biologist and TV Host. His mission is to inspire and educate people about animals and adventure through the media, including hosting programs on Discovery Channel, on-camera expert interviews, and production of his own wildlife and natural history shows.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 The Story
10:43 Outro

[murraynelson]

I know the feeling. I fought what I thought was a giant catfish in a muddy river for over 45 minutes... could feel it fighting, stripping line off the reel. It turned out to be a folding camp chair that was opening and closing in the river current.

[nunyabisnis]

Did the same thing while fishing for grouper in Florida. Fought for my life for 45 min to bring up our anchor 😅

[natekendall]

We lost a world where my children will grow up with Steve Irwin but Forest is just as amazing and important as the man himself.
I'm so happy my children have you to learn from about these animals.
I introduced them the the croc hunter and they love him and I have also introduced them to Forest and they love him even you sir.
My children and I bond over your videos and they always search to see if you've found a new animal or rediscovered an extinct one ❤

[MalachiTheBear]

“Stop laughing, stop fucking laughing” I feel your pain brother hooked bottom trash before lol

[leroyjenkins]

The fact that forest doesn’t have millions of subscribers/followers should be an actual crime .. guy is an absolute legend. When it comes to conservation or education Forrest is an absolute pioneer in either field. His education will effect generations and for that we thank him !!

[minnesotatomcat]

🤣🤣🤣 that’s the best fish story I’ve ever heard! I was convinced you were gonna pull up a sleeper shark while trying to catch bait to catch a sleeper shark, what a plot twist!

[LaLa]

This was probably one of my favorite videos you’ve posted so far.😂 That was hilarious!! We need more stories like this😂😂😂😂

[meesoedontask]

You said Embarrassing... So I am in the North East in Ct. One year me and dad decide to take the boat out to do some Blue Fish Fishing... Well We decide what better way to catch them then to troll for Bunker... And well... We cruising along out the harbor with the lines down and trying to snag what ever bunker we could because they are already fleeing the blues in the harbor. At some point dad decided to stop and just cast out one of the troll hooks and starts reeling in fast and crazy. We were ahead of the school trying to get away from the blues. Its like his third or fourth cast, I am busy trying to keep the boat about center like dad told me when off to my right I hear this EXTREMELY LOUD squawk... Expecting to see a Gull getting attacked by the Blues... What I saw was WAY WORSE then the blues attacking some bird... This poor bird saw my dad cast the line and instead of going for a fish it went after the weighted tri-hooked tackle... AND DAD SNAGGED IT right in the wing about fifty feet from the boat. This thing was not happy and showed it after we got it in the boat... It attacked both of us, pecking like a psycho bird and trying to bite us, in the struggle to calm it down it had gotten tangled to the point that it could no longer do a damn thing other then bitch and complain at us. I threw my coat over it, let it sit for a second so it would chill but it was still Griping up a storm. We get the snagged wing out of the coat and see what type of damage this poor bird got and WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT... THIS BIRD WAS ONLY TIED INTO THE LINE, Not one of the three hooks touched it. So after getting this bird untied, and putting it on the bow... IT REFUSED TO LEAVE... We spent all day tossing bunker to the fricken bird and NEVER CAUGHT A DAMN BLUE FISH. Only Skates and one Sand shark pup... ALL THROW BACKS which the Gull laughed at us every time we threw a fish back... It didn't leave the bow till we hit shore again. I swear it purposely dove on the line JUST for the free meal... LOL!!!

[kylewilliam]

Lol what a story man. As a fellow fisherman, I can only imagine how you felt 😂

[cliffordamarantes]

Best fishing show story ever! It takes.a.real fisherman to admit to a mistaken catch. With all the success stories I have seen with you and your buddies, good to see you be able to laugh at yourselves. It shows real character! Fish on!

[Juuex]

Man do I just love hearing story’s from Forrest!

[CardinalKaos]

One of the greatest fishing stories ever. EVER.

[kevinl]

"I'm on a serious piece of wood" " and johnny and I are just tag teaming this rod" AAYYOOOO, PAUSE.. 🤣😂🤣

[nativedumbass]

Lmao! That's too good, the look on your faces when you get back in the cabin is pure gold. I think most who have fished a good amount have a story pretty similar, maybe not THAT bad, but similar. 😂😂😂

[NewKanyeFan]

What a terrific story honestly 😂
I had the opposite happen once. Was hooked onto what I thought was a log. So very carelessly reeled in. Got it to the boat just in time to see the lake trout of a lifetime bust off it 5 ft from the bow

[danpopper]

Miss your extinct or alive. Glad I refound you

[nicolaijanssen]

I once saw with my own eyes, a buddy of mine got his rod pulled in the water by a fish and then an hour later he caught the rod with the fish still attached to the end of it

[CA-lfjt]

Years ago in backcountry, during heavy snow storm, about five wolverines(!!) ran out of the woods and started playing, rolling in the snow, we watched them for a good 44 min enjoy the snow, surrounded by trees of bald eagles above us. One of this w special memories you spoke of.

[chillirulzhahaha]

Probably the funniest fishing story I've heard 😂

[BoydAquatic]

Thank you for all you do for the animal kingdom man and the entertainment you provide along the way your an amazing person and me and mine appreciate you