# Nick Honachefsky | "Saltwater Underground" | Ep. 1008

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Published: 2026-04-08T19:04:00+00:00
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Nick Cheskey is the host of Saltwater Underground, now in its sixth season on ESPN2, Discovery Channel, Sportsman's Channel, and Waypoint TV. He's one of the most versatile anglers in the country — a guy who grew up fishing, surfing, and ice skating on frozen Jersey swamps, and who pioneered surf shark fishing on the Northeast coast before anyone else was even trying. In this conversation, Nick and I catch up after three years and cover a lot of ground — from saltwater rivers freezing over in central Jersey to thresher sharks hunting with their tails to prehistoric megalodon teeth in freshwater streams. This one goes everywhere, and I loved every minute of it. Some of the moments I found most meaningful in this conversation: - Nick describing the first night he ever tried surf shark fishing in 1998 — paddling bunker bait out on a surfboard in the dark, alone, and having a thresher tail come whipping out of the water right next to him - How thresher sharks actually hunt — corralling bait with that massive tail and using it like a weapon, which is unlike anything else in the ocean - The species showing up in Jersey waters that have no business being there — tarpon off Cape Cod, cobia inshore, pompano in the surf, and Spanish mackerel everywhere - Nick's obsession with fossil hunting in New Jersey freshwater streams and finding a Hell Pig tooth that nobody had ever pulled out of Jersey before — 15 to 30 million years old - A real conversation about the future of fishing media, social media's effect on spot burning and content quality, and why both of us think the pendulum is starting to swing back toward expertise 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Three Years Since the Last Episode — What Nick's Been Up To 04:00 Ice Fishing Saltwater Rivers in Central Jersey 08:30 Growing Up Ice F…

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