sharks in monmouth county

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  1. May 10, 2011 #1
    Toasted94

    Toasted94 Active Member

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    Has anyone else been hearing about sharks sightings? My friend was fishing yesterday and he claims he saw great white that was about 15 feet. Then today my other friend was checking the waves and he saw a couple of fins gliding the top of the water. Anyone else spot or hear about any sharks?
     
    Toasted94, May 10, 2011
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  3. May 10, 2011 #2
    henryk

    henryk Well-Known Member

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    who cares?
     
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  5. May 10, 2011 #3
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, there are sharks all over, you better head to a different beach!
     
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  6. May 10, 2011 #4
    njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

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    saw dolphins today, & ospreys, but no sharks.
     
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  7. May 10, 2011 #5
    dudeman

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    thats nonsense, there are no sharks
     
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  8. May 10, 2011 #6
    captblueshorts

    captblueshorts Active Member

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    of coarse there are sharks in the ocean...they live in the ocean just like we live on land. dont worry about them.
     
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  9. May 10, 2011 #7
    34thStreetSurfing

    34thStreetSurfing Well-Known Member

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    sharks are an urban legend
     
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  10. May 10, 2011 #8
    Kenny Powers

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    I'm willing to bet you've been within 10 ft of a shark at least one time out on the water.
     
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  11. May 10, 2011 #9
    staystoked

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    when you enter the ocean, you enter the food chain....
     
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  12. May 10, 2011 #10
    staystoked

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    i accept your bet
     
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  13. May 10, 2011 #11
    cresto4

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  14. May 10, 2011 #12
    Fish Face

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    yea dont surf moco too many sharks
     
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  15. May 11, 2011 #13
    LBCrew

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    If you've never seen a shark while surfing you're not looking.
     
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  16. May 11, 2011 #14
    LOSTsoul

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    They especially tend to come close to the shore when the winds are calm or off shore. Those conditions are most conducive to their eating/fishing habits. Also large surf stirs up the bottom and brings other predators to the surf area...which are then eaten/hunted by the sharks.
     
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  17. May 11, 2011 #15
    whosthat

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    If you see surfcasters catching rays/skates, then the odds are a little better that sharks are close.
     
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  18. May 11, 2011 #16
    Zeroevol

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    Lost, so you are saying sharks like offshore winds, too?
     
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  19. May 11, 2011 #17
    Epic

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    I seen a horseshoe crab yesterday and near crapped me pants!!
     
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  20. May 11, 2011 #18
    darippah

    darippah Well-Known Member

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    Sharks in the ocean? seriously? how'd they get there?
     
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  21. May 11, 2011 #19
    SouthJerseyShred

    SouthJerseyShred Well-Known Member

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    Haha. I once had a dream right after that damn sting ray to our beloved steve irwin that I was surfing perfect 8foot barrels. So on my last wave I pulled in super deep and the foam ball clipped me and I got pitched and slammed to the bottom. When I hit the bottom a huge mutated horseshoe crab impaled me with his spike right through the chest haha. I've never looked at one them same since
     
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  22. May 11, 2011 #20
    dave

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    20 years ago Seals in these waters were utterly unheard of, now there are hundreds of them. I see them all winter long nowadays..on the beach, in the water, in the rivers...so many in fact that taking people on boats to watch them is a viable tourist business (see article)

    so, by way of logic, if Seals are here, why would there NOT be large sharks also here, to take advantage of that food source, as well as attack surfers as they have been known to do?

    http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-30/local/27738362_1_whale-study-blue-whales-fin-whales
     
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