Official GWS Thread

Damn! I was just talking to some yakfishing buddies who live in Ventura about a Gaviota mission and he said it's been really sharky. Hope they're alright

yeah, last I heard was chances for tanker seabass and halibut, but white sharks too.
It has always seemed like sort of a "Bean Hollow" area for Santa Barbara County.

Sooo any details emerging from this shark attack Rhyak?

Details on the Gaviota Beach attack ... http://www.ksby.com/story/29828348/shark-chomps-fishermans-kayak-off-gaviota-state-beach

Everybody is ok and unharmed.

I'm convinced its the silhouette of the kayak that triggers the strike. Has anyone heard of this happening to small boats? If only there was a way to change the silhouette of a kayak when viewed from below.

The Neighbor has a friend whom painted different patterns on the bottom.

That being said my son told me tonight that there have been Dorado out there. I said to him at the islands? His answer was no off Gaviota Beach. He is the first one to tell me that. Maybe the guys down there are keeping it hushed up. Like they do when the White Sea Bass are on the bite around here. So now I'm going to check into some PB sites and see what pops up.

Glad he is OK. Not sure how I will react myself...

HolyShit!  glad to read no lives were lost.

Morro Strand Campground



While Elinor Dempsey wasn't injured in her encounter with a shark Saturday, her surfboard didn't fare as well.

Dempsey was surfing in front of Morro Strand Campground in the central coast of California when she noticed what she thought was a dolphin underneath her board, according to supervising ranger Lisa Remington of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. But then the animal -- believed to be a great white shark -- went after her.

Dempsey pushed the board toward the shark as she jumped off. Nearby surfers helped bring her to shore. Park rangers evacuated the water soon afterwards. Dempsey was later reunited with her board, which had a 14-by-8 inch piece chomped out of it.

Fish and Wildlife biologist Mike Harris, who was also in the area, said the bite was likely made by a 6-foot-long great white shark.

Dempsey told the San Luis Obispo Tribune that she was shaken but more upset that she never had enough time to surf. “I didn’t get a wave,” said the 54-year-old surfer. “That’s the worst part -- I got no waves.”

Further down the coast, in La Jolla, California, kayakers and swimmers had a terrifying encounter with a hammerhead shark that was caught on video. A hammerhead shark about 8 to 10 feet long followed the kayakers and swimmers all the way to the shore, according to ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego. Video showed it circling the kayakers.

Beaches reopened Sunday after they were closed as a precaution.

Dayuuummmmmm !

she doesn't seem to be fazed by it... now she has a souvenir to hang on the wall.  glad she made it out safe!

Sure doesn't look like a curious/investigative type bite, that's one hell of a chomp!  Must be a typo in the article calling the shark 6-foot....maybe 16'.

Fish and Wildlife biologist Mike Harris, who was also in the area, said the bite was likely made by a 6-foot-long great white shark.

Uhh, yeah...6 feet?

Morro Strand Campground

“I didn’t get a wave,” said the 54-year-old surfer. “That’s the worst part -- I got no waves.”

A cool customer there...

BFS

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.