Official GWS Thread

It probably doesn't help having all those idiots from the Discovery Channel out there training these GW to bite everything they throw out there. You know they chum them to get them to come in and then lure them into "attacking". And they get fed as reinforcement.

Agreed.  And the dive magazines advertise shark dive charters with pictures of people hand feeding wild hammerheads and bulls.  Brilliant.

It probably doesn't help having all those idiots from the Discovery Channel out there training these GW to bite everything they throw out there. You know they chum them to get them to come in and then lure them into "attacking". And they get fed as reinforcement.

Agreed.  And the dive magazines advertise shark dive charters with pictures of people hand feeding wild hammerheads and bulls.  Brilliant.

They don't let people feed grizzlies in Yellowstone...why the hell are they feeding sharks 

It probably doesn't help having all those idiots from the Discovery Channel out there training these GW to bite everything they throw out there. You know they chum them to get them to come in and then lure them into "attacking". And they get fed as reinforcement.

Agreed.  And the dive magazines advertise shark dive charters with pictures of people hand feeding wild hammerheads and bulls.  Brilliant.

They don't let people feed grizzlies in Yellowstone...why the hell are they feeding sharks 

Yeah, I have often wondered if white sharks get habituated (or have any flee response to humans in the first place). Either way, I don't see anything good about reinforcing the idea that humans=food. 

Agreed, sounds like a real dumb idea to habituate sharks to food associated with humans.

Was just looking at the TOPP research project website.  Some interesting differences in seasonal patterns of shark activity at Ano Nuevo, Farallones, Hopkins versus Tomales.

why is Ano all RED?

why is Ano all RED?

Looks like a lot of individuals with tags that spend a lot of time within range of the acoustic detectors, especially Sep-Feb.  I think the elephant seals arrive in big numbers during Dec.

thanks for the clarification John.......looks RED HOT!!  YIKKES!! 

Do you know where in Tomales the detections occur, I spend alot of time fishing Tomales alone and this does not make me a happy camper

It's outside of the bay somewhere near Pt. Reyes, I think.

Thanks Dustin! that makes me feel better

Thanks Dustin! that makes me feel better

Does it?  That's only a few tail swipes away from Doran! 

DUDE.... c'mon now! hahha

Darius is planning a hookup in Sept. 

why is Ano all RED?

If you bait and tag a lot more sharks at a particular location, as they do at Ano, then of course  you will get more pings as they either stay around the area or habitually return there.

 No or less tagging in an area means fewer pings because you are not accurately sampling a population.

We have had sightings at Shelter Cove. Russian Gulch, TC and etc this year, but I don't remember seeing any posts about sighting near Ano and we know people are still fishing it. - They just don't post up due to the negative feedback.

I think Bird is saying that it's odd to see Tomales has 0 pings in Aug, Sept, October...which is very surprising. According to those charts, Tomales gets most of its GWS traffic in Nov-Dec...but they appear to linger in that area for a longer part of the year.