White Shark sightings on the East Coast

One thing that I've noticed recently is the prevalence of "extreme shark fishing" near two very popular surf breaks within my state. It is rather concerning considering the amount of bait and chum which is used to attract the fish. The target species is the sand tiger shark which spawn in the Delaware Bay; but we all know other more aggressive species are probably not too far away.

 

yeah there were like 4 i think. they were spotted a street over from me and the guards called everyone in because the injured one was going in towards the beach. i've also seen otters which are really awesome but i heard they can be vicious so i keep my distance

 

Fosters...Australian for shark week.

 

there is something primal w/in us, i think, that still fears being maimed & eaten by a large predator. remnant of our days roamed the african savannah, i suppose.

 

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my shark sighting for the weekend.

 

"If you obey the normal precautions, I think the likelihood of an attack is so low as to hardly worry. I've blatantly disobeyed most of the normal "rules" many times and still have not been bitten."

What are the normal precautions/rules you speak of?

 

Talk about jinxing yourself....yikes!

 

surfing alone at dawn or dusk where big sharks have been known to be

 

Would like to point out that I was surfing close to Nags Head this past weekend. I was sitting on my board waiting for a wave (dangling my legs as usual) when I kicked a large, solid leathery 'fish' with my foot (about 2-3' under the surface). When I looked down I saw the shadow of a large 'fish' take off. At least 5' long. Never saw a fin. There were tons of baitfish in the area and the water smelled heavily of fish. Could have been a Cobia but I have never seen Cobia come up to humans like that. I have seen many sharks in the water over the years, but I have never had a close encounter like this. Got out of the water for about 15 minutes, went back in and I swear if I didnt have one swirl right beside of me again. I just said F it, if I get hit and die at least Im doing what I love.

 

1. Surfing at night, in-low light conditions, dawn or dusk.
2. Surfing at a rivermouth
3. Surfing with open wounds or cuts
4. Surfing near seal and sea lion rookeries
5. Surfing on a SUP. (You look like a floundering baby whale. Perfect fluffy bait!)
6. Claiming waves by barking like a seal.
7. Emulating a sea turtle in tropical waters.
8. Needing a bigger boat.

 

I just returned from a CR trip where we surfed a great secret offshore spot near the Nica border by boat. I had cut my foot open on the reef about a midway through the session, checked it, and then kept surfing for 2 hours. Only when I got back to the boat did I realize how bad I was bleeding.

After reading your "don't surf with open cuts" precaution above, I realize how fairly dumb that was of me. I was just too drunk with stoke to really think straight.

 

That one made me laugh!

 

if you cut your foot open on a reef you should also be worried about the nasty infection you could get from the coral

 

two days ago i was out and my friend on the shore actually saw a big...fish? that was at least 8-10 ft jump and eat a bird, and land belly up. He didn't see a fin, but what other kind of fish is long and has a white belly, and was ALOT bigger than a dolphin

 

I've been seeing the same thing in the past few years. I was at the tackle shop the other and these dopes were trying to by "fish blood" and "stuff to catch sharks with". They were claiming that they've been seeing people catching sharks off the beach and they wanted to do it too.

 

I've been seeing the same thing in the past few years. I was at the tackle shop the other and these dopes were trying to by "fish blood" and "stuff to catch sharks with". They were claiming that they've been seeing people catching sharks off the beach and they wanted to do it too.

 

And this is why I've always quietly wondered why there aren't MORE shark attacks on humans, esp in the USA.

I mean, we're talking hundreds of thousands of people in the waters of all three coastlines of the USA on any given summer weekend. Easy pickin's for a fast-moving, well-equipped killing predator that outweighs humans by better than 3-to-1 & which does one thing for a living & that's eat.

Virginia has had 4 recorded shark attacks. Considering the numbers game it is incredible, really, that it's that low.

I seriously hope that I just didn't call a chomp on myself with this post.

 

crazy statistic, but more people die each year from spider bites than shark attacks. They are just not interested in eating us. Jaws scared the sh*t out of everyone back in the day and i think that movie single-handedly led to people's paranoia of sharks. Believe me, I know bulls and tigers don't give a sh*t what you are, they'll bite you...but I had a bull shark go right by me in CR, the fin was about 2 foot in front of my board...it could have easily ripped my leg off, but the point is: it didn't.

 

Enough with the non sense.......

Sharks live in the Atlantic ocean. Year around. There are always whites along the Mass coast because of the seal population. There are tigers and bulls every summer. THEY LIVE HERE.
Get a grip.............