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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: helbent on November 30, 2011, 12:50:20 PM
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I dive alot in this area, looks like it was a perfect day to be offshore doing just that also. White sharks are not supposed to be in this area, but that just shows you the arrogance of man telling you where or where not mother nature decides to survive.
Great video. The largest White shark ever caught on record is 21ft. It was caught in the Mediterranean Sea.
We dive for meg teeth alot and find many 5 inchers. 1 inch of tooth = 10 feet of shark. You can find 7 inchers that are worth alot of money. The smithsonian pays around $25k for a perfect 7 incher.
enjoy, that had to be one awesome experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9Pkf75yX0
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Cool,,,,, big fish, thanks for sharing :aok
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"Is it illegal to shoot them?"
I'm making that guy an honorary texan.
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"Is it illegal to shoot them?"
I'm making that guy an honorary texan.
How come? That means no more than you being an honorary piece of ghetto trash. :aok
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How come? That means no more than you being an honorary piece of ghetto trash. :aok
Are you implying that everyone in Texas is ghetto trash?
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I'm thinking he means that being an Honorary Texan means as much to him as being Honorary Ghetto Trash would mean to you.
I know your Texan but I'm not sure if he is actually referencing himself as the other.
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What a beautiful creature :aok
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What a beautiful creature :aok
I agree. But if I were in the water with it, it'd be one ugly SOB :lol
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You can always tell the noobs that have never seen/swam/been in the ocean from the ones who don't in those video comments, *sigh*. That shark is extremely docile at the time, maybe even a sick individual, but probabley just curious and checking out the scene since it smelled/heard something of interest but isn't necessarily hungry (if they're hungry and hunting, you won't know they're there until they want you to :devil ).
She is a beut, gorgeous great white. What a sighting though, 25 miles off the east coast!
Some people should just be locked away in a cage and kept from the outdoors. :aok
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She is a beut, gorgeous great white. What a sighting though, 25 miles off the east coast!
Some people should just be locked away in a cage and kept from the outdoors. :aok
I know that last year (year before?) that there were a couple seen off the beach in July around 20th street in Surf City NJ. I have this location burned in my head, as my wife and I get a house on the ocean around 10th st for a couple weeks in July.
The House
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/2011%20Fishing%20LBI/IMG_5226.jpg)
Dont care if theres white sharks or not, the view from the beach is great (lil' Mbailey trying out for the roll of Quint in the next JAWS :lol )
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/2011%20Fishing%20LBI/IMG_5220.jpg)
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1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?
A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!
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Megladon sharks (prehistoric) are known to have grown to 70 foot plus. Big enough to chomp a whale in half. The largest fish in the Ocean (that we know about) today is the whale sharks which tops out at 45 feet.
Ill post a pic of a meg tooth when I get home in a couple days.
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Are you implying that everyone in Texas is ghetto trash?
Not at all, Mr. Tupac.
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1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?
A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!
mock up of the jaws using real fosilized teeth
(http://www.sharkfriends.com/sharks/images/paleo/paleojaws.jpg)
Comparitive sizes of Megaladon, Whale Shark, and Great White
(http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/14300000/Megalodon-scale-megalodon-14302227-1058-566.jpg)
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1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?
A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!
I know right. Pretty damn impressive.
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They say that whenever a Great White attacks a person it is a case of mistaken identify. This is obviously a mature White shark, and by circling the boat its almost as though it is associating the big floaty thing with food. What are the chances this shark has learned to like the taste of people?
Boo
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Love the comments on the clip. First words out of my mouth would've been "We're gonna need a bigger boat."
What was the weird sound that sounds like a muted dog? Rope sliding over the gunwale? Pulling in a bait bucket or fish line? And who leaves a $350 reel laying around on a deck anyway?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs&feature=related)
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Shill, that sound was the anchor line being pulled in, the braids of the rope. You can hear someone say pull in the anchor line prior to hearing that sound. Many times that line has alot of stress on it even with a smaller boat of this size 21'. This stress or tuaghtness is mainly caused by wind but may also be caused by strong currents. I believe that the boat was in a strong current because of the lack of wind across the water. Currents can can be so severe here off of cape fear that you are not able to swim against them (even with fins on) and make headway. This gets divers in alot of trouble if they are unable to think clearly.
I think the rods were in their holders. Ill watch again.
Edit.. OK there was a light breeze, not bad though, real flat day. Pretty sure all rods were in their keepers. If I was there with my equipment (scuba and video), it would have been a real tough decision whether or not to get in the water. But, I know I am one crazy SOB. I would have also thrown something out there (and retrieved it) to get a proper scale on the shark.
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That shark was likely a male, or an adolescent female based on the size of it from what I've read. Also, with all of the shark diving going on from smaller craft, its little wonder that a Great White will constantly circle stopped boats like that, as they are usually given a free snack or two as enticement to come to the surface and feed, which is what cage divers want to see.
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They say that whenever a Great White attacks a person it is a case of mistaken identify. This is obviously a mature White shark, and by circling the boat its almost as though it is associating the big floaty thing with food. What are the chances this shark has learned to like the taste of people?
Boo
With great whites, if it thinks you're food and is hungry enough to desire wasting the energy to attempt the kill (keep in mind these things are the size of a small bus, and capable of bursting up to speeds nature tooled capable of ambushing large agile and swift seals/fish), they lurk below in the darker depths waiting to ambush and 1-shot their prey. This is why great whites are usually so terrifying when they're a threat. And as a surfer, you're advised to never hangout near areas with seals or areas with rocky/dark bottoms in areas of ~20-70ft depth (the proverbial silver platter). Add a jet-black swimsuit and some surface flopping/smacking/swimming and you get people that get ambushed by a pure-muscle bus at 50mph with razor teeth - most get "lucky" and the shark realises what it has in its mouth isn't a tasty seal or fish so it stops after one chomp/strike, but depending on the size of the shark and the side of the bed the victim woke up on that morning ,that can be a toe or torso. There are of course exceptions to the norm, some sharks get sick, some sharks get desperate/hungry enough... and some can get used to human if conditions are plentiful/right enough to support a sustainable diet (most famous case was the south pacific in WWII - human casualties became an available and regular staple of the diet to many sharks in the region).
Likely in this case, and as is common with fishermen, they were big-fish hunting and most big fish are predators, so they were chumming/baiting the waters. This shark might not of been hungry enough to hunt, but could of been close enough that it still came over to checkout its neighbor stinking up the neighborhood with the irresistible aroma. It's thought over here in the Pacific, if something massive like a whale dies at sea (making a huge stink in the waters), it likely triggers a spawning/mating session of great whites. Besides every great white within smelling distance coming to the casual gorge feast, it's thought during these relatively docile gatherings is where the normally nomadic individuals temporarily pair up and mate....
So, what I would personally be even more concerned of in those fishermen's situation - being lord knows when the last time that great white saw another great white of the same or opposite sex and it being so docile - is what is this 25' shark thinking/doing when as it's stroking up against MY 30' boat!!! ewww.... I hope he cleaned it thoroughly after getting back to the dock...