NEW YORK โ August 11, 2014 โ Where to spot sharks in New York City:
Gregory Skomal is used to studying sharks as Massachusettsโ senior marine fisheries biologist, and he hunted the cold-blooded creatures on the first season of NBC Sports Networkโs โShark Hunters.โ But on Monday, the tables are turned: As part of โJaws Strikes Back,โ airing at 9 p.m. during Discovery Channelโs Shark Week, which kicks off Sunday, his team sent an underwater drone on the trail of great whites โ and it becomes the one who is hunted. โThe sharks actually turn on the drone and attack it,โ he says. โItโs the first deep-water footage of an attack of a shark on anything.โ But you donโt need a drone, or even a boat, to spot the beasts right here in New York. This is Skomalโs Shark Week New York.
Queens-bound N train, Union Square station
โ[Riders spotted] a dead smooth dogfish on the subway [in 2013]. Itโs a sand shark โ theyโre harmless animals. Theyโre near-shore sharks and have tiny little teeth that canโt hurt you. Theyโre like molars โ really dull molars. They use them for crushing crabs and stuff. Somebody caught this while they were targeting bluefish or bass or flounder and decided to have fun with it.โ
Uihleinโs Marina and Boat Rental, 444 W. Lake Drive, Montauk, LI
โShark fishing for fun originated in Montauk in the โ60s and โ70s. New York is probably home to the pioneers of shark fishing. It was driven by a guy named Frank Mundus, who was the original character that [โJawsโ author Peter] Benchley built his character Quint around. He was a seasoned veteran in going out and fishing for sharks. His boat the Cricket II [stored at the marina] was world-famous.โ
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