Official GWS Thread

yeah so  much for the myth that GWs won't be in the kelp....

"time to deploy the SS"......yea no $#!?...that would scare  the craqp outta me!! Straight to dry land and the nearest source of beer.
Ive heard rumors those Aussies have been using home made SS. The device isn't that complicated and is very similar to an electric fence. Seems to have worked.

Actually, his "shark shield" is a Hobie stakeout pole!  He has since bought a real one.

His write up is available at:

http://yakabout.com.au/home/content/view/1270/1/

and the post mortem:

http://yakabout.com.au/home/content/view/1273/1/

AS, thanx for that follow up. Seems the guy knows what he did wrong, and I bet he wont repeat it.

One thing i found strange: he said it took no interest in the Mdrive, but then said it took interest in HIM.

Take it from someone who has stared into those black holes of hell death they sport as eyes, its hard to get a handle on exactly what they are looking at.

The MDrive is directly below him. After watching the vid in HD on a fast puter, it really looked like that fish made a move on the drive when it pulled up next to him.

Its hard to tell on a choppy inet vid, and he was the one who was there, so Ill take his word for it.....................

Any more info or photos of the GWS in Cambria?
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yeah so  much for the myth that GWs won't be in the kelp....

I was thinking the same thing! By the look of the pic I guess the rule now is the outside 20 yards of the kelp line.

Z

Any more info or photos of the GWS in Cambria?
Thanks Level 4

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yeah so  much for the myth that GWs won't be in the kelp....

I was thinking the same thing! By the look of the pic I guess the rule now is the outside 20 yards of the kelp line.

Z

Z, its funny, down in Cape Town Ive run into them while diving Abs/Rock Lobster (after the attack). They did seem to cruise the edge of the kelp, and didnt seem to want to venture into it. Now it seems to methey just didnt have any reason to beat it through the kelp at the time.

There is very little on this earth more frightening than dropping down 30ft on the edge of the kelp, popping an Ab, having a shadow pass over you, looking up and seeing it cruising above you. Suddenly that burning sensation in your lungs dosent seem to be your biggest problem. 

sharky.Where does Adam the friend who saved you live?Do you guys still communicate?
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Z, its funny, down in Cape Town Ive run into them while diving Abs/Rock Lobster (after the attack). They did seem to cruise the edge of the kelp, and didnt seem to want to venture into it. Now it seems to methey just didnt have any reason to beat it through the kelp at the time.

For sure. If there's a reason I'm sure a little kelp wouldn't keep 'em out. Is there a timing in SAF when there's more sharks than others? Kind of like how the GWS hang out in the fall and then take off on the "superhighway" once winter hits.

Interesting article and video about GWS migration: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080219-endangered-sharks.html



Z

Is there a timing in SAF when there's more sharks than others? Kind of like how the GWS hang out in the fall and then take off on the "superhighway" once winter hits.

Z

Z, The water in the cape is sooo similar to cen cal its wierd. The Cape Fur Seal (actually a sealion, named seal to sell the pups fur) is very similar to the California sealion. They are more scarce during the winter/early spring, but they are always there. Havent seen any tagging info like we have for the Farralones population.

Level 4, I have very little contact with Adam, I do chat with his brother and sister often. Unfortunatly Adam has become a homeless crack addict. Many of us from my generation bear some serious mental scars from the F#^ked up S#1T of the Apartheid era and Angolan Bush War. A large percentage of us that have kept it more or less together have found themselves in super high risk occupations like oil/diamond diving, mercenaries and commercial fishermen.

Well, I finally had something to add here!
And that is...well, I saw one maybe two GWS's this year.

One out in 98ft off of the "birdsheet rock" reef North the Bean Hollow Launch, however I could not get a positive ID. All I saw was a dark shape about 30-40 yards off, part of a fin, and then boils on the surface from the animal swimming. Probably wasn't a sealion as it never came up for air. We had just begun to fish & I had no active FF or fish aboard.

The second sighting was more memorable. Approximately 12-14 foot GWS scoped me with two drive by's only 3-4ft below the surface, and then proceeded to track along behind my kayak (with it's dorsal fin clearly visible) for maybe 10 seconds or so (but it felt like an hour!). Aaron & Bassmanben were there, and the fish dropped away after we paddled in to about 30 feet of water in from about 50FOW. We didn't see it the rest of the day. Again, I had not yet retained any fish yet (though my companions had), and I was not using a FF.

It's been quite an ending to the N of PP rockfish season!
Both of these sightings/encounters were in October north of Pigeon point.

White bites White...



anyone else see the irony in protecting them AND setting lethal shark nets and oversized mousetraps?

We had just begun to fish & I had no active FF or fish aboard.
... and I was not using a FF.

PISCEAN

Have you heard of a correlation between shark encounters and sonar?

We had just begun to fish & I had no active FF or fish aboard.
... and I was not using a FF.

PISCEAN

Have you heard of a correlation between shark encounters and sonar?

I haven't, but it was something i got asked a few times when I told the story.

We had just begun to fish & I had no active FF or fish aboard.
... and I was not using a FF.

PISCEAN

Have you heard of a correlation between shark encounters and sonar?

I haven't, but it was something i got asked a few times when I told the story.

This question, along with the shark shield has come up, if the shark shield is putting out an electrical field that " possibly " attracts sharks, why wouldn't a FF???

 I strongly feel, the world will never know,

Probably best to smile and show Him/Her your Fishing License...