Bait fish aggregate into a tight ball, likely driven to ocean surface by predatory fish below. Species unknown. Offshore San Diego.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07596
A great white shark lunges to chomp a piece of bait hanging amid the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07688
A cloud of fish blood, released by a tour boat to attract great white sharks. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Tour boats attract the sharks with bait and fish, then divers enter the water in protective cages to view the sharks.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07695
Lemon shark prepares to chomp a piece of bait, photographed with a polecam (camera on a stick triggered from above water, used by photographers who are too afraid to get in the water).
Species: Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10795
Lemon shark prepares to chomp a piece of bait, photographed with a polecam (camera on a stick triggered from above water, used by photographers who are too afraid to get in the water).
Species: Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10796
A great white shark lunges to chomp a piece of bait hanging amid the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07689