This wild video shows hundreds of hungry sharks feasting on a ‘ball bait’ tuna under a Louisiana fishing boat as stunned fishermen on board look on.
Dillion May and his girlfriend Kaitlyn Dix were fishing on a friend’s boat off the coast of Venice, Louisiana – hoping to catch some yellowfin tuna – when suddenly their boat was surrounded by schools of hungry sharks.
May drove to where the feeding frenzy took place, about 15 miles offshore, and also tried to catch some fish. There he saw the sharks chasing the menhaden pod and then using the sides of his boat to hold and devour the caught fish while the ocean water bubbled like a mad man.
The young fisherman, dressed in a hooded windbreaker, was impressed and although drenched he didn’t mind the excitement.
“We saw they were sharks on a bait pod… I’ve never seen anything like that… There weren’t any shrimp boats either!” he told Storyful.
Dillion May and his girlfriend Kaitlyn Dix were fishing on a friend’s boat off the coast of Venice, Louisiana – hoping to catch some yellowfin tuna – when suddenly their boat was surrounded by schools of hungry sharks
Close-up of the sharks feasting on the Menhaden pod
Video footage shows a pair of fish swimming vigorously under the boat, trying to escape the shark’s deadly jaws
May said he originally thought all the sea chaos was a tuna boil, a term used to describe an appetite that appears to be boiling the water.
But when he got closer, he saw what was really going on.
“By the time we got there, the sharks had found the group and were crowding the boat to enjoy it,” he said.
Although it is unclear what kind of sharks were in the waters. The bull shark, bull points, hammerheads and spinners commonly inhabit Louisiana waters.
Menhaden, also called pogy, fatback and mossbunker, which the sharks ate, is from the herring family. They live in coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia to Florida.
Menhaden usually swim near the surface in large schools during the spring, summer and fall. December to February is their peak season.
May said he originally thought the mess was a tuna boil, a term used to describe an appetite that appears to boil the water
Video footage shows a pair of fish swimming vigorously under the boat, trying to escape the shark’s deadly jaws
After May posted his video on TikTok – with the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” for some added effects – and captioned it “I’ve never seen anything like this” many fishermen agreed – or not.
“I can’t imagine the size of the ace ball underwater,” said someone named Bad Ass Engineer.
“Ha… just saw this on the news, pretty amazing,” said another.
One viewer quipped, “When you change your status to ‘single.’
But others didn’t find the video very funny at all, actually scary.
“I’m scared just looking at this,” joked one.
Another added: “Oh… that’s a hell of a NO for me.”
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