Here we go again, Shark attack.
Submitted by GlennO87 on Wed, 2012-06-20 13:42
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carnarvonite
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Bombarded for next weeks
Looks like we'll be bombarded by the media for the next couple of weeks with clips and pics of white pointers whenever you turn the tv, radio on or open a paper. The newhounds will be right on this like a blowfly to a dunny pan.
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aw the shark was just testing
aw the shark was just testing it. with his teeth.
rails8291
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150m
Put the lines out,
Ash88
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I'm going to take a leaf out
I'm going to take a leaf out of that leave brittany alone guy and say Leave the great whites alone ( insert teary face here ) lol
dkonig82
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This bit in the article is
This bit in the article is ridiculous - no evidence what happened to him at all - but somehow this is enough to identify not only that he got done by a shark, but also the species
"Monday, 10 October 2011: Bryn Martin was likely taken by great white shark after he was last seen about 350m from the shore as he headed out to sea on his daily swim in front of the Indiana tea house."
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
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Ash88
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I hate how they always assume
I hate how they always assume its a great white what about tiger sharks they have been not only caught but also spotted this far south
uncle
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think you dropped the ball on this One
they clearly saw a big shark,heard the guy on the radio he and his mates allsaw it, whats your theory, the surf ski just fell apart????
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Buz
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He is refereing to the
He is refereing to the incident last year where the swimmer went missing off Cottesloe. Not the taste testing done by a shark today.
Albee Mangles
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Proves our Point!
Sharks have no problem seeing kayakers on the water, whats the boaties excuse!
Ash88
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no offence to boaties but
no offence to boaties but valid point lol
Iceman
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Search
We got the call from someone on the beach at 8.15am advising they could see what appeared to be a surfboard with no one on it off Mullaloo Beach. Sametime we get a report of a shark off Pinnaroo Point.
By the time we got out there searching Fisheries had picked up the surfski and advised person was all OK on the beach.
On way back spotted 4 Kayakers leaving Hillarys heading North. Advised them what had happened. They paddled back pretty quickly.
Conditions this morning were shitty to say the least. Seas very sloppy from the storms with NW wind picking up.
Also saw a couple of trailers in the car park, one big enough for a tinnie.
Again I ask why are people out in these conditions!!!!!!!
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Versus
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just saw a news preview with
just saw a news preview with this story, expect to see it on all channels tonite
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Warnbro Sound
I heard on the ABC this afternoon, that there was a sighting of a GW in the sound this morning as well. They said it attacked a crab net as it was being pulled into the boat.
No more leaning over to grab the floats now, will be using a hook I reckon.
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mulloway_hunter
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looks like the makira 50w's
looks like the makira 50w's are comin out early
Buz
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Metro LB Great White, come on
Metro LB Great White, come on Chris Fish you know you want to test your Torium out :)
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Haha
Haha come chris fish, you can do it,
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Saw the report
Wanted to catch it
Fishing is my "thing"
Chris fish
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Hahaha already looked way to
Hahaha already looked way to far into it but not worth the massive fines if I get caught, is one of my dreams but until I can get around the legalitys it's just a dream, going to send an email to fisheries and see if I can get tags and an exemption which I can't see happening at all.. If I get the go ahead screw the torium in going an 80W and a pe12 gt rod built for overhead!!!
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dkonig82
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Not advocating any law
Not advocating any law breaking, but couldn't you be just 'fishing for big bronzies' or something? And if a GWS decided to grab the line instead, then so long as you released it, I dont see that you could get fined as not breaking any law?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Chris fish
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Yeah already thought it all
Yeah already thought it all through but it's the laws there protected by that's the problem, they have laws from fisheries, DEC, state government, national government and fairly sure the WWF or one of the enviro groups have international laws protecting them so if I just had to deal with fisheries fair enough I would risk it but if I could be charged under 4 different regulations going as high as national or even further I imagine fines would be rediculous and would more than likely end up with some sort of criminal record, this is also the problem if anyone wants to make it legal to target them or have anything to do with them because the need approval from all of these groups separately.
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meglodon
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gw bite
saw the news story on 7 tonight, i can't say that i saw anything that looked like bite marks in the yak, yes there was abig chunk out of it and the owner said he saw the shark but the damage looked like the yak had been rammed by the gw and it didn't actualy bite the yak.There was no classic half moon type of bite mark or scratch where teeth had scraped along the body. so perhaps the gw did exactly as was mentioned he actually rammed the yak from below and the construction of the yak was such that it just fractured when hit was the yak made of some type of rigid plastic didn't look like fibre glass.
just a thought
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Not going to keep me out of
Not going to keep me out of the water. Why not an open season for a month a year?? Conditions today were fine down here in mandurah, glass off this morning I was out pulling the pots in my tinny no worries
GlennO87
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Thing is Great Whites are
Thing is Great Whites are always doing it. You see Tiger Sharks in Perth but they aint the ones having a chew....
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Chris fish
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A few of the attacks the
A few of the attacks the sharks where never properly seen, the people involved wouldn't know how to identify it ect just straight away media screams white and no one thinks anything of it, down south mate of mine was watching these guys surfing when about a 3m bronzie came and had a look at them, they all got out scream it was a great white. Whites just get blamed because its good media and there well known, half the population wouldn't even know there is such thing as a tiger shark or bull shark that attacks people.
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Doesnt matter what breed it
Doesnt matter what breed it was the guy on the ski would have still shat himself.Still think that if it has a go at a human no matter what breed it is ( yeah yeah ive heard all the B.S about in their domain etc) and its within 200mtrs or so offshore then BANG all over for the shark ( its a fish) and Humans even if they are tossers are more important than any fish.
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Buz
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But what if the Shark was
But what if the Shark was really quite a nice Shark, that is only misunderstood and only actually wanted to make friends? Probably got mistaken that humans dont shake hands with their mouths.
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I reckon leave it alone the
I reckon leave it alone the real predators are people like the ones that bashed and robbed that blind woman in Ashfield they're far more dangerous than sharks and the worst thing is if they catch them they'll probably only get a slap on the wrist
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Catch them and then tow them
Catch them and then tow them on a rope slowly behind a boat whilst throwing chum over by the ladle full
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GlennO87
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Chris, people call white
Chris, people call white shark cause i usually is! Tiger dont and as far as i know have never bitten the back of a kayak off, neither have hammer heads or bronzies. Reason they call white is cause it always is!!!!!!
Something needs to be done and it seems culling would be in order but i dont think its right to just do killing them but i reckon a ban needs to be lifted....Ever since the bans where lifted, more people killed and attacked each year, waters are more unsafe than ever....
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Buz
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A work Colleague i once
A work Colleague i once worked with had her kayak damaged by a Tiger on her Kayaking trip From Melbourne to Cape York. I think it was in 2009??? Apparently the Tiger had a big crack at the bow of her Kayak around the Shoalwater Bay Region, which was pretty scary for her as she was completely on her own paddling through a military trainning zone(for which she had permission) so no rec boaties to help her out if she needed it. Fortunantly for her it didnt bite completely through the hull of her kayak and she hooned straight for shore as fast as she could. Made some repairs to the teeth holes then continued on.
Interestingly what stopped her from getting all the way to Cape York was somwhere near Lockhart River i think, her Kayak was attack by a Crocodile about 1km out to sea. This did damage her Kayak and she said it was quite a frantic paddle to shore with the Croc following. She called the end to the trip after that as she was planning to continue all the way to Darwin. She said Sharks, no dramas, Crocs HELL NO!!!!
Buz
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Not Australia
Not Australia but.....
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/18629395/shark-attacks-kayak
Not seemingly devastating attacks, but attacks still.
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I know of atleast one report
I know of atleast one report of tiger sharks attacking kayaks, 4th march 1989 Kim Courtnay had his kayak bitten by a 3.5m tiger around Broome.
millsy
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the talk about waters being
the talk about waters being more unsafe than ever and shark attacks rising in numbers, stop and think the population is rising bringing larger numbers in to recreational sports and swimming in the water. if there were 50 cars on the road you would see alot less accidents than you would with 50000, same principle i think. attacks may be higher but so is the number of bodies in the water.
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madfisher
well said madfisher, ive been planning on buying a kayak and i still am but id have to admit this has put me tiny bit off on kayaking in the ocean
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http://www.theaustralian.com.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/half-truths-and-great-white-lies/story-e6frg6z6-1226248782020
A very interesting link to read about shark attacks and the apparent rise of them.
GlennO87
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I wasnt saying Tigers DONT
I wasnt saying Tigers DONT attack. But around perth, it seems to be mostly whites, and tropics more tiger sharks....
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