Whale-ista
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Hammerhead shark takes on kayaker
Is this par for the course SOB?
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly.... hammerhead sharks gotta stalk? Or only if you offer them tasty bonito on a line?
https://instagram.com/p/73t_-Pqf_E/
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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KurtG
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My commercial fisherman friends out of Port San Luis report seeing quite a few hammerheads which they say they have never before seen up here even in
previous el nino years.
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shari
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there have been several hammerhead sighting here in Asuncion too...one bit the stern of a Nomad's kayak out by San Roque! Needless to say we are all a
wee bit nervous while swimming these days!
Surfers have seen brown sharks in the line up and Juan saw a couple while snorkeling on a wreck close to shore.
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DavidT
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Hammerheads have been pestering the kayak fishers in La Jolla, San Diego for weeks now.
This guy was up in Santa Barbara and wanted his 15 minutes of fame.
If you look at all the hashtags most of them say "look at me".
David
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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freediverbrian
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sharks have been protected with laws and anti take pressure for 20 years. And some are surprised that more sharks equal more encounters and more
attacks. It seams like common sense to me .be careful environmetalist for want you wish for.
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bajabuddha
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Quote: Originally posted by freediverbrian  | | sharks have been protected with laws and anti take pressure for 20 years. And some are surprised that more sharks equal more encounters and more
attacks. It seams like common sense to me .be careful environmetalist for want you wish for. |
Please don't take offense to this, but sharks gotta eat too. They've only been around for over 200 million years, virtually unchanged other than size
(if it ain't broke, don't fix it). Let's kill off all the Grizz, the sharks, the wolves, so we can have more fun and take over the world for us....
to hell with everything else.
If you venture into another animal's realm (we don't have gills) you're on their turf, their rules. Ya spends yer money, ya takes yer chances.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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oldjack
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As a frequent pursuer of fish from my kayak I am not targeting sharks....of any kind...it seems to me if I am cruising in there habitat that an
aggressive shark is unusual and deserves what it gets... where do I buy one of those bang sticks...just in case...
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SFandH
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I've been living in the San Diego area for 40 years, always by the beach. I used to surf a lot and owned a few boats. Never heard of hammerheads in
this area before, El Nino or not.
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Whale-ista
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH | | I've been living in the San Diego area for 40 years, always by the beach. I used to surf a lot and owned a few boats. Never heard of hammerheads in
this area before, El Nino or not. |
Shhhh.... Nothīng to see here.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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baitcast
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Hammerheads drop in for visits in the Long Beach area on warm water years and have for many years, they show often around La Jolla, I won a
shark derby with this one and got him off the Seal Bch jetty,he was nosing around the surfers at the time
The Pal a Verde area was also a favorite area for them.
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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Bubba
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| Quote: Originally posted by KurtG | | My commercial fisherman friends out of Port San Luis report seeing quite a few hammerheads which they say they have never before seen up here even in
previous el nino years. |
Yes, I've been hearing the same thing. Some of these fish are very aggressive.
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