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Topic: shark attacks recently  (Read 2379 times)

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shizzo

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A bunch of shark attacks in north and south carolina in the last few weeks and a total of 15 attacks in 2015 already by early June.  Whats going on and what can us kayak anglers do to protect or prevent shark attacks?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/02/us/north-carolina-shark-attack/

Here is a shark kayak capsizing just out.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/watch-angry-shark-capsizes-mans-kayak/story?id=32186618

Some of the attacks are quite scary though for beach goers.
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/shark-attack.htm?mediatype=Video

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/north-carolinas-shark-threat-7th-victim-attacked-32195076


Malibu_Two

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That's a stretch to say the shark capsized his kayak. And that one was easily preventable; don't fish for large sharks.
May the fish be mighty and the seas be meek...


piski

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I would bet the attacks off the Carolinas were bull sharks. Fortunately, they aren't any on the West Coast.

The guy on the kayak was just bungling.
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crash

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Is the kayak guy even legit?  I want to call shenanigans.
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Bushy

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Uhhhh....the drag lever is located on the right-hand side of your reel.......

We have caught bigger sharks than that without flipping.  And from a Prowler 13 not the ultra-stable Predator.  I wonder if this guys is related to the giant grouper guy in Florida? They both sorta scream the same.  As Mooch would say "Like a little girl."

 And I wondered if that grouper vid was a setup as well......

Still just being on a kayak with a fish that big is an accomplishment, no matter how you get there.

bushy

ps they don't say what kind of bait he was using, but I think I spied a mullet on one of the PB's.

« Last Edit: July 03, 2015, 03:04:30 PM by Bushy »

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