Official GWS Thread

No doubt. His sponsors are throwing him in some of the sketchiest places north of SC. I've run into sharks surfing at both spots. Just a note on that broken board. While it looks amazing to be broken modern shortboards are pretty weak. Especially ones that pro's use. They sacrifice strength for weight by leaving off layer/layers of fiberglass. So fragile that some surfers call pro's boards potato chip boards.

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oh yeah, scary spot to be danglin your body in the water..

I saw this kid last week, I actually work for Fox Racing too, scray stuff, glad hes alive and well!

This 14 footer was caught less than a mile from where I was attacked. In fact I was surfing just below the lighthouse you can see in the background. Does anyone see the irony in the SA govt. protecting the GW, and yet spanning miles and miles of "shark nets" at popular tourist beach destinations. I put "shark nets" in parentesies because they could just as easily be called seal, dolphin or turtle nets as these species get caught as often as sharks.



Monster great white shark caught in South Africa not yet fully grown

The Daily Telegraph

October 30, 2009 05:22pm

This monster great white had already grown to a weight of around 700kg when it was caught in shark nets / Snapper Media

4.3m great white caught off South Africa
Scientists say it was not fully grown
Was already 700kg when caught in nets
FISHERMEN are asking if this is the massive great white shark that has been stealing their catch, breaching repeatedly within metres of one terrified man's surf ski.

These photographs of the 4.3m monster have been circulating on the internet, but reports from the South African fishing town of Mossel Bay confirm they are no hoax.

Frighteningly, scientists who dissected the female shark say it was adolescent and not yet fully grown, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Still, it had already grown to a weight of around 700kg when it was caught in shark nets off a popular swimming beach on August 31.

Conservation authorities tried to save the disoriented creature by towing it out to sea but it swam back, became entangled again and died.

The next time you get spooked, just think of this....

 

Here's a video about an incident where a killer whale killed a white shark at the farallons.  Go orcas!
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/killer-whale-attacks-great-white/26i337r7

The next time you get spooked, just think of this....

   This is seriously making me laugh out loud at work!  I really want to photoshop one with a gold tooth in there

The next time you get spooked, just think of this....

OMG, good one.  Billy Bob teeth for whitey!   

http://www.primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/what-is-the-largest-great-white-shark-ever-recorded

According to the Discovery Channel, the world’s largest accurately measured Great White was 20 feet long, caught off Prince Edward Island in Canada in 1988 (experts believe that 20 feet is probably the maximum size for a great white). Unfortunately for fishermen hoping to set records, most Great Whites measure between 13 and 16 feet (and under 3000 pounds).

That's it?  Man, now I'm not even scared anymore...

 

Pretty sure I will spontaneously crap my shorts with a 13' landlord chewing on my yak.

Interesting video and information coming out of latest Shark Week series, GWS thread the needle in attacks, see video below:


Ultimate Air Jaws
UK Premiere One-Off, Sunday 22nd August, 9pm

Previous Image 8 / 10 Next



World-renowned shark photographer Chris Fallows is attempting to understand why great white sharks come in close to shore of the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa. During his year long expedition, he discovers that great whites spend a lot of their free time in the shallow waters around this, and other, very popular tourist beaches. Using high-speed HD cameras, a submarine and a remotely operated helicopter to track the incredible agility and velocity of ‘Air Jaws’ - great white sharks that jump clear out of the water – Fellows captures incredible footage of these twenty-foot, two-tonne fish propelling themselves into the air. And, he risks his life and limb climbing into a kayak and paddling out for a closer look at these deadly predators.

I saw that one last night. As they were showing Mossel Bay (and its own Seal Island), I couldn't help but wonder...isn't that the place where Sharky was hit?!

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/17/surfer-bleeds-death-grisly-shark-attack-australian-coast/?test=latestnews

mcag wrote on Adams thread:

I used to be kind of a jerk about fish finders and milk crates, but have grown out of it.  Fish finders are pretty cool.  Now I'm just a jerk about other things.  For example, I sulk if I don't catch the first fish.

So I have a few questions that I want to ask.  I never really liked fishing Bean as it always creeped me out.  There are lots of things in the water that scare me, including sharks and pinnipeds.  Bean seems to have both.  However, I have never had a bad feeling at the Dove, EKG or even the jaws (and have always felt OK at 3-mile, 4-mile, and even Davenport, but not so much at Scotts Creek or Waddell).  I know the Dove was one of the last known fatal attacks, but it was north - not south - of the lighthouse (actually, closer to EKG and where Adam got hit than the inside reef).  So is it purely the proximity to Ano (and now, Bean) that has people convinced its sharky?  The relatively flat bottom, lack of a haul-out and lots of kelp leave me thinking its one of the safer spots on the SMC.  Maybe I'm goofy wrong.

My next question is about SharkShield.  I have no problem with people who use one, but I have not been interested in fishing with those who do as I have concerns the device might initially attract sharks.  I also take pause in the company pushing this as "a piece of mind" not a shark deterrent.  Maybe that's just cover-your-ass legalese, I don't know.  But reading about Adam's attack - which with five revolutions with the shark at the bow sure doesn't seem exploratory - has me considering buying one.  The story of the guy off Santa Barbara - in a 17.5 foot boat that got munched - hasn't helped (it was thought that at 15 feet, our boats were big enough to keep the sharks away - obviously not the case).  So I'm wondering what others are thinking here.

Sorry if this is off-topic - I can move this post if it is.

Adam - I think we fished together (well, at the same time) a few years ago at Pigeon - I was in a zodiac I had beach launched though, and you were in your yak.  You lost a ling next to the big rock on a root-beer scampi, I believe - was that you?  Anyway, after your ordeal, I hope you come back out on the water and I get a chance to fish with you in a yak.

mcag, you may or may not know that Ive been munched on. Im a Shark Shield user. Everyone has their own opinion on this device. I ALWAYS use mine on the coast. The unproven theory that they initially attracts is one Im not putting much weight in.Think of their sense of electricity like ours of smell or hearing. Most individuals are not attracted to the smell of a fresh pile of doggy doo or the sound gunfire.
I cant be sure that if im using it, it may piss one off and send it towards someone in my vicinity not using one. I truly hope not. I feel safer using it and believe it works. I know it works on blue sharks and  large threshers schooling on tuna blood. Still im never not scared on the coast, and each trip will bring a few moments of split second sheer panic when i see shadows or furbags....

Interesting video and information coming out of latest Shark Week series, GWS thread the needle in attacks, see video below:


Ultimate Air Jaws
UK Premiere One-Off, Sunday 22nd August, 9pm

Previous Image 8 / 10 Next



World-renowned shark photographer Chris Fallows is attempting to understand why great white sharks come in close to shore of the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa. During his year long expedition, he discovers that great whites spend a lot of their free time in the shallow waters around this, and other, very popular tourist beaches. Using high-speed HD cameras, a submarine and a remotely operated helicopter to track the incredible agility and velocity of ‘Air Jaws’ - great white sharks that jump clear out of the water – Fellows captures incredible footage of these twenty-foot, two-tonne fish propelling themselves into the air. And, he risks his life and limb climbing into a kayak and paddling out for a closer look at these deadly predators.

Dude! i immediately recognized that beach in the photo. i was attacked in Mosselbay about 2 miles from where that shot was taken...