Shark encounter-Timber Cove

**The following is not a joke or a story- it happend today. I am embarrassed by my behavior to be frank! Never the less I believe sharing a good lesson learned supersedes my ego!


So! Today I took my buddy out to Timber Cove for lingcod, an area I fish regularly. I've been trying to convince him he should get a yak and fish the ocean with me! This went over like a fart in church... The ocean was flat, things looked good ect. But I could not shake this anxious, nervous feeling! So in the true spirit of a fisherman.... I went out anyway.  I drifted threw the shelf back and forth. Then....bump? Something hit the bottom of my boat. Interesting? Yep cool-keep fishing! At this point i didn't think much of it. Shortly after this  I headed back in to let my buddy use my yak. Got to the beach-lingcod Mike said nope-not feeling it! Alright well shit, round two. At this point- I was able to "connect" with the ocean you know relax, slow my heart rate, enjoy the salty air! So I go back to the same area (DUMB) that I got bumped. Cast and just about fell out of my boat. Two sharks breached the water as a wave picked them up. There was no mistaking this! They were probably 13-15ft in 60 fow.  I got the f**k out as quick as I could. As I was leaving I had an realization! I ignored all the signs!!

1) intuition
2) intuition! bonehead!
3) all the fish I was catching an hour ago were gone on my fish finder! Not marking ANY FISH ANYWHERE?
4) there were at least 30 seals on a small rock that had large waves crashing on it. All sitting up obviously alert. 1 hr earlier-no seals on the rock...

Got back to beach-safe! Daddy, husband and myself are making it home safe beside my own stupidity! Thank you-creator, Jesus, god. shark gods, all of you THANK YOU!

Moral of the story- pay attention specifically to YOURSELF.. I hope folks can use this as an aframation should anyone find themselves in a situation in life! Listen to yourself...

Aside from all the excitment, I plan to fish Tomales shark infested waters tomorrow. I do not believe in living in fear... but one should be intelligent enough pay attention, specifically when you are given several opportunities. Again embarrassing! ! "Here's your sign..."

Lastly I do not have any pictures, I was terrified! And for those I know there's a few.... I got 1 nice canary and three blacks. No lingcod.

This post would not be complete without adding a hookup!! Plan is to get out with some fellow anglers tommorrow, anyone going after the flatties? If so, let me know I plan on being there early, 5:30am? Hope this post helps!  Pm me, post or or channel 16 OTW!

Look forward to meeting new fishing buddies!

TJ Machado aka: Cooter

Glad you are OK and thank you for sharing.  Were they GWS by any chance? Very rare two see two of them breach at the same time, must've been chasing the same thing.

Hey TJ
What a story...
Check that one off ur bucket list!

Glad your all good!


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I absolutely believe it.... Ghan got launched outta his Revo at Ocean Cove two years back.  Glad it was just a "bump" and you made it back safely.

**edit: it was OC, not TC... had a brainfart.  **

I was diving near that location yesterday and got a creeped out sharky feeling.  I had my shark shield but wasn't wanting to stick around to find out if it works.  We moved to a different spot and then got buzzed by a large sea lion.  Only saw one seal in the water and the rest were on rocks.  I heard whales were passing by so I am sure the sharks were trying to pick off some of the baby whales. 

Glad it all turned out good. 

Yak

It had to be a GWS we don't have any other species that large.

Yak

It had to be a GWS we don't have any other species that large.

Duh, should've known better.   Enjoy a nice cold one, but don't forget, you may not want to tell the wife about that until you retire from fishing ....

....you may not want to tell the wife about that until you retire from fishing ....

+1

Yak

It had to be a GWS we don't have any other species that large.

Salmon sharks can get up to 12' with unconfirmed sightings of up to 14'. At least that's what the internet says.  We all know it doesn't lie. 

With a quick look it's hard to tell as I think they have white bellies also. 

Seems like GWS are common there.

I was just telling my wife (stupidly) this morning that I seem to be in a small club of fisherman who HAVEN'T seen a shark. Glad that went as smooth as it did.

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Sounds scary I'm glad you're okay.any pictures of stained callzones to add to post ? was thinking of going there tomorrow but now I'm having second thoughts

No pictures, I did not stick around! I told my wife, she said:... "wow, that is so cool..."  last year I was fishing with Scotty and saw a fin come out of the water at ocean cove. Guess I'm that guy, lol. I wish I had a go pro. I spoke with a good friend of mine, he runs one of the charter boats out of bodega, he said he saw "maybe the same two" last year. He thinks they maybe local....

Seems like GWS are common there.

From 0 to 60 in 2 seconds...

Sounds crazy dude. Cool you caught a rare show!