SHARKS
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Of course, Sharkfest wouldn't be complete without the following clips:
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And finally....
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And finally....
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THE PILGRIM
Member
The first shark I ever saw was laying in the bottom of a boat.
In a driveway at Gulfport, MS.
It was about 3 feet long and I asked boat owner, is it still alive?
He replied it's been laying there for several hours, but those things are pretty tough.
So I poked at it with a boat paddle.
It put substantial teeth marks in that paddle!
Yep, it's still alive!
In a driveway at Gulfport, MS.
It was about 3 feet long and I asked boat owner, is it still alive?
He replied it's been laying there for several hours, but those things are pretty tough.
So I poked at it with a boat paddle.
It put substantial teeth marks in that paddle!
Yep, it's still alive!
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Pop and I had a tradition that when I finished school for the year, he would come from Ohio, pick me up in PA and then we would go to Maryland to visit his brothers. Then we would go out to the Delaware or Maryland coast to go flounder fishing. One year we went to the Indian River Inlet in Delaware for surf fishing. For some reason, I bought a box of frozen, breaded shrimp (people food) in the grocery store to use as bait. I baited a hook with a shrimp and cast out. After a while I feel a tug on the line and I reeled in. Here was a sand shark, probably no more than 2 feet long, with the frozen breaded shrimp in its mouth. I had pulled in this shark and people were swimming in the ocean 400 years up the beach. I have always referred to this as the "gourmet shark."
"We're gonna need a bigger boat!"
Since it's Sharkfest, we're gonna need a bigger DVR.
BearBio
Member
If it is on, watch "The Whale That Ate Jaws". It's about the great white's spawning area off the Farallon Islands in Nor Cal. Conflicts between orcas and great whites==guess who wins? The research has now been substantiated from South Africa and Australia.
Once saw a picture of an orca with a large mako shark (12 feet, I think?) crosswise in his mouth. Evidently, juvenile males form "gangs" that specialize in eating sharks.
Remember the scene where they ask Quint the name of his boat and he say "The Orca" and the biologist (Dreyfuss) starts laughing and says "That's the only thing in the ocean that a great white is afraid of!".
While in college, a buddy and I went to Scripps Institute in La Jolla and were watching the Garibaldis swim to the surface from the cliffs (above Windansea)==we also saw several VERY large, very dark shapes gliding from one kelp patch to the next!
The first shark I ever saw while in the water was a blue about 3-4 feet long=swore it was at least a 10 footer. My buddy (same one as above) was an Aussie and just laughed at me! He saw his first attck while a pre-teen in Perth.
Once saw a picture of an orca with a large mako shark (12 feet, I think?) crosswise in his mouth. Evidently, juvenile males form "gangs" that specialize in eating sharks.
Remember the scene where they ask Quint the name of his boat and he say "The Orca" and the biologist (Dreyfuss) starts laughing and says "That's the only thing in the ocean that a great white is afraid of!".
While in college, a buddy and I went to Scripps Institute in La Jolla and were watching the Garibaldis swim to the surface from the cliffs (above Windansea)==we also saw several VERY large, very dark shapes gliding from one kelp patch to the next!
The first shark I ever saw while in the water was a blue about 3-4 feet long=swore it was at least a 10 footer. My buddy (same one as above) was an Aussie and just laughed at me! He saw his first attck while a pre-teen in Perth.
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I swam in those waters a lot. Marine st was a favorite body surfing/hang out spot. But you had to be careful, because it was such a crazy shore break that it was easy to get hurt.
REM 3200
US Veteran
It was probably an Atlantic Sharpnose, they are the most common of the sharks in the north Gulf of Mexico.
They are 3 to 4 feet max and tough little critters. They are good eating though.
The north gulf has one of the highest concentrations of sharks in US waters.
If you ever fly low and slow over Destin, FLA, or Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, ALA,
you will be amazed at the sharks you can see in close to the beaches.
Lots of Bull Sharks, these are big boys and implicated in a lot of shark attacks, world wide.
After I retired from the Army, I used to do shark surveys for the National Marine Fisheries Service.
THE PILGRIM
Member
I think the first time I ever ate shark was at Capt. Dave's over at Destin.
That was during TDY down at Elgin.
steveno
Member
when I got out of the service in 1973 the family went up to see my dad's brother in the Seattle area. my dad decided we would rent a boat and go salmon fishing in the sound. the boat was about a 16 footer with a small outboard engine on it. I thought it was too small for that amount of water but we were told that was what everybody used. as we were starting out the guy that we were renting the boat from threw a 2 x 2 board about 3 feet long into the boat. he said we would need this but he never said why.
the first fish we caught was a small shark about 3 feet long by guess of the eyeball. we got it into the boat and we realized really fast what the piece of wood was for. it was for self defense from this shark. we finally got it subdued enough to get it out of the boat. it wasn't more than 30 minutes later we caught another one but we were fast learners as we just cut the line. I was told they were a salmon shark. all I remember was we didn't want anymore to do with them.
we did catch one salmon but it was too short so it went back.
one thing we didn't like about the small boat was no matter how far away you think a oil tanker or freighter from you there is some pretty serious waves that really rock the boat
the first fish we caught was a small shark about 3 feet long by guess of the eyeball. we got it into the boat and we realized really fast what the piece of wood was for. it was for self defense from this shark. we finally got it subdued enough to get it out of the boat. it wasn't more than 30 minutes later we caught another one but we were fast learners as we just cut the line. I was told they were a salmon shark. all I remember was we didn't want anymore to do with them.
we did catch one salmon but it was too short so it went back.
one thing we didn't like about the small boat was no matter how far away you think a oil tanker or freighter from you there is some pretty serious waves that really rock the boat
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