Great white shark cockburn sound
Submitted by DhuBoi on Sat, 2013-08-03 17:14
Hey fellow fishwreckers jst in cockburn sound right now jst letting people know that are fishing there is a great white shark about 3to4 metres hanging around just to be a bit careful specially people fishing smAll dinghys an kayaks , he cruised past my boat twice an unfortunately havent been able to take a photo , heart pumping stuff !!
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meglodon
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lucky bugger
I would really like to have that experience
Jayden20
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the sound is pretty big....a
the sound is pretty big....a rough area to stay away from would keep me at ease :)
artygunner
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Great white also out 25
Great white also out 25 miles from ocean reef today. Was awesome to see!! Bit further out than your experience tho! Was following a whale and a calf. Cruised under and around the boat only about 5 metres away
petermac
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was
was the GW you saw in the sound around the D9 apparently there is a resident GW that hangs around there
DhuBoi
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Around the power station in
Around the power station in cockburn mate , n he was pretty friendly to the point he slightly nudged the back of the boat out of curiiosity , n circlling the boat around for about. 45 mins .
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luke t
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Which one ??? The old power
Which one ??? The old power station at coogee or the power station in naval base (hot water outlets)
I fish both areas in the kayak, and would be keen to know where to keep clear of for a bit !!
sarcasm0
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out there now
near the shipping channel, mate just caught two gummies. As im finning gutting and trunking gummies a boat comes up saying they were nudged by a 4 mt great white 400mts north of our position. Headed in now.
DhuBoi
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Yeh that was me bro with my
Yeh that was me bro with my old man , we moved spots n berleyed up again n it fuckin showed up again . Scary as shit stuff !!
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petermac
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they will follow
was diving up north (onslow) and a pesky shark was harassing me so I folded back the floppers on my spear and plugged him , he shot thru at a million miles an hour I swam back to the boat the other blokes were back already and complaining about the sharks so we moved about 3 ks and jumped back in I wasn't back in more than 15 minutes and this noah comes cruising past me guess what it had a large hole in its head where it had been recently been shot I thought fxxx this and got my home made smokey out from my wet suit sleeve and next time he cruised past me blasted him that was the last I saw of him. And before all the greenys say I did the wrong thing its all about self preservation in situations like that
DhuBoi
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The first time we seen it was
The first time we seen it was in front of the power station near the hot water outlets , having my missus on board as well was great NOT poor thing was stunned looking at this thing . She is a good fisho to !
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sarcasm0
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Thanks for the heads up
our mate was shitting himself so we bailed and headed in. Tis only a small glass dinghy
Dirt
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Many more to come
There will be many more sightings to come as the snapper numbers increase so do the big whites. You couldn't pay me enough to paddle out there in a yak over the next few months
DhuBoi
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Yeh no worries mate ,
Yeh no worries mate , thought id let people in the area know before we left would hate to turn on the tv the next morning to a fatality or something bad happened. They are just incredible how stealthy they are, i was amazed at how fkin curious it was. Shitting my dAks at the same time !! Specially when he nugded the boat i was like stay the fck away from the enging please haha
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milsey
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I had a easy 4m model circle
I had a easy 4m model circle my dinghy last week no more than 50m off the natural jetty. Glad I wasn't on a yak.
scotto
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Puckety puck puck,
Just dropped my "dive only" occy pots near there on Friday...
Better pack the rob allen
Daniel Y
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To do what with? Aggrevate
To do what with? Aggrevate the shark with your feeble attempt to penetrate it's skull?
scotto
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You dickhead,
Its times like this, when FW needs the facepalm icon
Daniel Y
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Yeah, so I can use it
Yeah, so I can use it everytime you post.
Explain to me exactly why you need to take a speargun with you to check your occy pots then? If a 4-5m GW wants to attack you, a speargun isn't going to do shit. If you're scared, don't go in the water.
petervb
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Use the gun to fend the
Use the gun to fend the shark off give yourself some room, distance between you and it, a good jab in the head never goes astray
Daniel Y
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Proding curious sharks may
Proding curious sharks may fend them off a little, but if a GW wants to attack you, a prod with a spear isn't going to help. You probably wouldn't even see it coming.
scotto
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Captain facepalm,
Petervb is exactly right.
Reckon poddyfish and richo would still be here if they didn't have their spearguns on them???
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlb4U5Xi_Xs
seriously, use your brain a bit before posting dumb comments.
And, do you think I would put in dive only pots, if I was scared of gettin in the water? The only thing I'm scared of, is that people like you are legally allowed to breed.
Daniel Y
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If a GW wants to attack you
If a GW wants to attack you it will. Regardless if you've got a speargun with you or not. If taking your gun for 'protection' makes you feel better, then hey, go for your life.
Anyway, I'm done posting my 'dumb comments', because you're seemingly too thick to understand and it's like having a conversation with a brick wall.
Essman
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Nah mate,
Scotto is dead right.
I'll put it this way - do you think you'd have a worse or better chance of survival against any big shark, without a speargun?
big john
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Bend over
Nah I reckon scotto should just bend over and take it I reckon.
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scotto
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Hahah BJ!
If i didnt have my speargun, Maybe I could try and poke it in the eye with my finger
petervb
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Well said scotto- but that
Well said scotto- but that works too if ya dont have the rob allen handy, i know of an attack where a 3m tiger latched onto a fearless snorkler who eye gouged the cant of a thing until it let him go! Goes to say use whatever you have and if nothing give anything a go, when the adreno kicks in people do whatever it takes to survive, ive jabbed a well to friendly bronzy trying to nail me when spearing, if it came any closer or had another crack iwould have pulled the trigger and ditched the gun
sea-kem
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This is hilarious Scotto. I
This is hilarious Scotto. I new the thread had gone south when the posts started multiplying at a fast rate. So curiosity got me. Farken hell Daniel Y what is your major malfunction???
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scotto
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Daniel makes me ha ha happy
His malfunkshun iz that he is 2 dum to undastnd that a speergun cud b uzed to fend off a sharck!
Daniel obviusly haz no ecsperiense in speer fishing or sharcs, but thort he wud comment anywai.
schmik
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We were out on the d9 last
We were out on the d9 last nite fishing the sun was setting getting dark and a couple of blokes were diving in the dark crazy shit with Gws around cheers daniel
catchalittle
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Have had one take a snapper
Have had one take a snapper boatside a few years back near the d9
Nathan
crano
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Hey Petermac can you explain
Hey Petermac can you explain folding back the floppers.Im confused
petermac
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folding back the floppers
its a type of spear head that has a spring loaded sliding piece that will hold the floppers in so the spear pulls back out also makes It easier to get you fish of once you have shot it
crano
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Thanks Petermac.Not confused
Thanks Petermac.Not confused any more.
timboon
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I`m pretty sure Rodney Fox
I`m pretty sure Rodney Fox had a spear gun during the spear fishing comp when he was attacked...
Warning....Graphic
http://www.jawshark.com/great_white_shark_attack_%20photos.html
Same as the lad that wasn`t as lucky as Rodney ( if you call it lucky )in Geograph 18 months ago...
Daniel Y seems to be having difficulty selling his story but I`m picking up what he`s putting down...
Of the 25 odd percent of guys that actually see the shark before the attack I`m sure they would be delighted they decided to pack the Rod Allen...
At the end of the Gerro boys clip he states that they were very lucky to have seen it...
For me, Spear gun or no spear gun, fuck the Occy pots...