close call with shark in wrightsville beach

Yesterday was not only great surf, but lots and I mean lots of bait fish pods running down the entire surf zone of the beach for as far as you could see. The most i think i've ever seen on one day, I was up on the SUP so I could see everything in the water. Barracuda pretty much ran the show, with a few small sharks making a few appearances. The Inlet is a very dangerous place when it's like that, but luckily it didn't end in tragedy, at least not that i know of.

 

damn!!! I was thinking before I clicked this thread watch it be about a shark in Wb and sure enough...hahaha got my spook on now, stay safe boys

 

"close call"......IDK, the shark did exactly as it meant to do.....ate what it normal eats and desires, and you are un-bitten. Let's hear it for the shark! LOL

I would have paddled my little ars in too!

 

Keep your feet up if you're surfing the 910. These bait fish have 99 problems & they are all sharks.

 

Brahahahahaha! +1

 

Yeah they must of been up and down the coast line, I was calling sets for guys and letting them know if there was something within 2ft of them, but if it wasn't that close I didn't say nothing because I don't wanna scare everybody for no reason, but yesterday was definite cause for concern with as much stuff as I saw. I was kinda glad I left the prone boards at home (hurt my wrist so I can't pop-up on it right now), but luckily caught some of the best waves I've ever ridden on that thing, what a day....

 

I've seen some big ones while spearing the jetties this past week. It's that time of the year.

 

Confession time...Little one bit me in the hand this AM at the coveted VB break. Seriously freaked me and probably a foot long judging by the lil bite marks. Drew blood but not much. More surprising than anything. Lil astard, I hope that's the worst this swell will bring.

 

Maybe a Bluefish?

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

thats what i was thinking too...even a bite from a baby shark would probably need stiches

 

I hope so, but it could be a trout. There are three open teeth marks spaced about as far apart as a trouts two fangs on my palm (if the trout had three teeth instead of two and spaced out 1/2" between each tooth mark). The more i thought about it, the more I wanted to contribute to this thread haha. That effer had me straight bleeding!

 

wait, there is a coveted vb break? I'd take a tiny shark attack for that info haha yeah yeah the jetty

 

Yeah... this just washed ashore where I'll be surfing in a few days.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...ts-rhode-island-death-westport_n_1852502.html

 

That's the beach I always surf

 

I was tossing a beat on my SUP late last night, when I was struck by a great white shark right in the d*ck

 

Don't worry the dead white shark drifted over there from the cape. Haha. Getting sick of every morning hearing of another 16+ foot white shark swimming near beaches 5 miles away from where I surf. They really need to do something about the over population of seals here.

 

More sharks= More Dead seals= Less "threat" to humans. Face it, The sharks have always been there, the news just likes to blow everything out of proportion

Is it it overpopulation of seals? or Overfishing of areas that are home to everything the sharks/seals eat?

Heres an idea, we gotta reverse the entire way the world is treated, human dependence is causing **** to go wacky and its the worlds way of reacting. It's pretty weak when even the people that use the earth for recreation (surfers, fisherman, etc) are ignorant to fact. Understand the circle of life, its common sense. There is a reason for all of this.

I helped rescue a seal this winter, watched the release, it was a pretty empowering time. I hope that seal goes on to lead a good life and continue to "overpopulate" and make uncomfortable watertime for all of the "watermen" out there. http://getdirtyfeat.com/2012/08/31/the-spooner-story/