A South African man who was canoeing off the Nahoon River was badly hurt after he mistakenly grabbed the tail of a dangerous Zambesi shark. According to the Dispatch newspaper, Richarch Tebbut from East London, England was paddling on the river when he saw a fisherman on the bank trying to pull in "a very big fish. "

Three Mexican shark fishermen claim that they survived more than nine months at sea in a small boat by eating raw fish and drinking rain water as they drifted thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean. The fishermen said they left their home town of San Blas on Mexico's Pacific coast last October to fish for sharks. But due to some mechanical problems at the boat and adverse winds they were blown towards the sea.

After being dragged into a lake by a big alligator, a 16-year-old boy used a tip he saw on the Discovery Channel to break loose from the grip of the animal to save his life. The incident occurred late Saturday at a lake in Central Florida. Authorities said Corey Workman was throwing rocks and sticks into the water at a remote area of the St. John's River in Volusia County, Fla. just before midnight. A 6- to 8-foot-long alligator came out of the water and seized Workman's left foot and began pulling him into the lake.

A hammerhead shark caught in May off of the Florida coast could be the largest ever caught on rod and reel. Scientists say the 40 to 50-year-old shark weighed in at more than 1,200 pounds and was pregnant with 55 pups. The 14. 5-foot shark was caught by a fisherman off the coast of Boca Grande. Scientists at Mote Marine Labratory told the Associated Press that 55 pups is the most they've ever seen a shark carry. Before that, scientists thought hammerheads gave birth to 20 to 40 pups at a time.

A doctor with numerous fishing accolades added another record to his collection when he caught a 385-pound lemon shark on fly tackle. According to the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), Dr. Martin Arostegui caught the heaviest fish ever documented on fly tackle, beating out a nearly 40-year-old record.