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I must say, if I turned around and saw this, I'd probably crap my pants.

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That water would no longer be blue. :eek:
 
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I guess "he doesn't have to be faster than the shark, just faster than his buddy" doesn't apply here :D
 
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Would a shark naturally go after the kyak like that in the first place? If I had to guess, the shark is there investigating the kyak. He isnt thinking, there is a guy in there and im gonna eat him. Just going off the ripples in the water from the oars. A kyak doesnt have the skin that would intice the shark to grab a bite out of it.

I could be wrong about that though. But I recall sharks do know the difference between ocean vessles and flesh and prey. At least thats what I gathered on Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
 
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Chris R said:
Would a shark naturally go after the kyak like that in the first place?
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No, it doesn't look like any prey they'd normally feed on. Now, body boarders, with their legs and feet hanging off, look an awful lot like a sea turtle, believe it or not. They get chomped on a couple times a year, seems like. Surfers too, to an extent. Never heard of a shark attacking a kayak.
 
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Hey Ed, do you guys flush those engines on a regular basis? The last place I worked, we ran two rhib's with twin Honda 50's, and averaged 2 years out of a powerhead before we'd end up with water in the oil. Salt buildup in the exhaust ports would eat through the walls, get water inside. They finally started a maintenance routine that included a regular flush with Salt-Away right before I left. Right about the time I stopped bugging the bosses about it. :sad:
 
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we run them on the hose every morning when they are trailered and usually if they are left in the water they are pulled weekly and flushed. But the way some of these guys run these things they dont last 2 yrs anyway:sad:
 
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That picture is not photoshopped,it's been around for a while and it's real.
This past summer my buddy and I fished for small bluefin tuna off Stellwagen Bank off the coast of Mass.There are always 50-100 boats out there trolling for tuna.On three occasions boats reported that large white sharks would come in and grab the whole tuna that was hooked.I personaly know one fisherman who runs an 18 foot center console. He had hooked a school size tuna (60-120) pounds and as the tuna starts circling under the boat a 20+ foot white shark raced in grabbed the tuna, shook a few times and cut the line right off! The radio chatter was reporting 2 whites in the area, a 16 footer and a 20+.(WE need a bigger boat)
The same day another boat released a tuna and a great white raced up and grabbed it. Same day another fisherman gaffing a small tuna got pulled overboard.He was ok and joked about it,until he found out later what was going on!
They normally don't bother the boats but on occasion they go after the hooked tuna which are giving off vibration and blood in the water.
 
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ken70ss396 said:
That picture is not photoshopped,it's been around for a while and it's real.
This past summer my buddy and I fished for small bluefin tuna off Georges Bank off the coast of Mass.There are always 50-100 boats out there trolling for tuna.On three occasions boats reported that large white sharks would come in and grab the whole tuna that was hooked.I personaly know one fisherman who runs an 18 foot center console. He had hooked a school size tuna (60-120) pounds and as the tuna starts circling under the boat a 20+ foot white shark raced in grabbed the tuna, shook a few times and cut the line right off! The radio chatter was reporting 2 whites in the area, a 16 footer and a 20+.(WE need a bigger boat)
The same day another boat released a tuna and a great white raced up and grabbed it. Same day another fisherman gaffing a small tuna got pulled overboard.He was ok and joked about it,until he found out later what was going on!
They normally don't bother the boats but on occasion they go after the hooked tuna which are giving off vibration and blood in the water.
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Cool another offshore fisherman !!!! You fish out of Mass ?
 
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That's not a boat , it's a lure....:D
Reminds my of the line in jaws when sheriff Brody see's the shark and says " I think we need a bigger boat"

Actually that is a real picture of a local man here from south Jersey taken near the Great Barrier Reef. Captian Joel Fogel from Margate to be exact. It originally ran in the local newspaper here with the article.
Since then it has run wild on the internet.
 
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Running Man, yes I fish out of Mass. We usually run out of Gloucester south to the bank.We also fish north as far as Isle of Shoals off Rye N.H. Offshore is the most fun,never know what your gonna see. We usually get surrounded by the whale shows,pretty spectacular in the predawn when whales are feeding all around the boats. We are trolling spreader bars for bluefin, but I have friends here who flyfish for bluefin tuna! It's amazing ,but they do it.

jtm60 I also fish Boca Grande pass with my brother,who lives in Port Charlotte, Fla. Last june we fished the pass for tarpon,drifting in the outgoing current.Large hammerhead sharks will come up and attack a hooked tarpon.We followed a large hammerhead with the boat just south of the pass in about 6 feet of water.These things are really big! They are very easily spooked,as every time we got up next to it ,it would vear off.Most of the guys there fish from small flats boats .
 
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