Really?  I hope it's a goof and you guys are just taking the bait.  I can't imagine someone on this forum being so clueless.  Besides everyone knows it is spotted owl season.

Not something you see on a kayak every day.

I second that motion.  This week is a write off for kayaking the ocean.

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Wearing my gs8 pro staff sweatshirt today in honor of all of the coveheads up there today.   Have fun and be safe.  Awaiting reports and results.

I realized that I never responded to this thread.  JWR = Jeff Richards and yes I do frequently fish wearing reading glasses 



The full sized version of my avatar photo which is 6 years old.  The beard is a lot more gray now.

copied from another forum, FYI - sorry if its a duplicate


On3/19/2017 12:12 AM, bcorreiar@yahoo.com[ba_diving] wrote:
It was a bit past 4:30 Saturday afternoon. I was in my kayak. I had paddledfrom the Breakwater ramp to Shell St PG and was on my way back. I was hitoff the end of San Carlos Beach about 100 yards or so off the Monterey Bay Inn- probably over Metridium. So, I was near the end of a great paddle - Iencountered dolphins off Point Cabrillo and a large group of very young harborseals close in to Hopkins Station.

Suddenly, I heard a loud Bang as my kayak and I flew into the air. I landedoutside my boat, look back to it and to my horror saw a large great white sharkno more than three feet away had my kayak in its mouth. I could clearly seeit's 2-inch teeth and it's black eye that looked lifeless.

I scrambled away from my boat as fast as I could and started kicking towardsshore - really wishing that I was wearing fins! In between yelling "No GodNo" I was shocked at how many thoughts about how to survive ran through myhead - don't splash, don't let your legs hang down, keep your eyes on the sharkand swim away, don't act like a panicked seal. After Five minutes, maybe fiveyears - it was hard to tell, I pulled out my Nautilus Lifeline and called in amayday to the coast guard. They were having trouble hearing me. I spotteda sail boat and started frantically waving to them with my right arm as Ioperated the radio with my left hand.

While this was going on, the shark was using my boat as a chew toy. I saw itspin with the boat at least three times. It started pushing the boat towards meand then left the boat and headed for me. Suddenly it dove. I put my face inthe water to see if it was under me, but I couldn't see anything.

I looked up and saw the sail boat approaching me. After some very quickexplanations I said that I needed to get into the small boat. There was noladder or transom. I had been in the water for about twenty minutes. I waswearing a 3-mil, but had forgotten my booties and was bear foot. My feet werenumb and I was running on nothing but adrenaline. I could not get up into theboat or stand up on their motor. I asked them to call 911 and ask for coastguard assistance.

The coast guard showed up 5 minutes later and pulled me into their boat. Allmy gear was floating and was recovered. They took me back to the Breakwater..

In the parking lot I spoke with the people from the sailboat who came to myrescue. They were a young family who attended NPS. They were taking their youngdaughter out on her first sail. According to them, the shark was as big as myboat. I have a 14-ft kayak. Bite marks show that it had the whole girthof the boat in its mouth. My boat is covered with bite marks from end toend with multiple punctures. People told me that they could see the sharkslapping the surface of the water with its fins as it mauled my boat.

I had always thought that great whites hit a target to test it and thenbacked off. This was a prolonged attack on the surface.

I've just gotten back from a steak dinner with Scott and Nancy and a verygood bottle of wine donated by their neighbor. That's why we didn't make it toMember Night at the aquarium. I'm still not sure if I will sleep tonight,or want to try. I suspect that I just joined a very small club - one I neverwanted to join!

Brian Correiar