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no no I saw it! lol... from a couple different sources, including yours. fish activity off rockaway has exploded over the past 4 years. I've never seen so much fish life out here before. Its only a matter of time....

 

That original article cited 3 other attacks in DE. Strange that those aren't in the SA files. We posted links to it when the story first broke.

 

when I used to work commercial fishing, scallops especially due to the automatic chumslick you create ive seen about 1 that big a year. offshore though.

 

Koki Barrels, where do I get a good club?

 

They tagged a few tigers down here last month. Them and the whiteys have been patrolling all over the east coast if you actually watch their activity. Aint nothing new.

When I was at the beach Sunday, there were sharks BLATANTLY patrolling the coast. They were about 25 yards off shore, but you could just watch the slow school of fish, tiny ones, jumping out of the water and the whole time, you could see the little black tip fins circling around. Dozens of them. Looks like babies, but everybody just stayed in the water. I was with my daughter and just made sure to hold on to her as it passed, but the whole time I was out surfing (Had to set in between like 300 tourists cause it was a family beach day and I couldnt go to my normal spot) I just heard all the adults wispering about all the sharks. One guy was looking out at his wife while his daughter wasn't looking and holding his arms way apart and pointing at the sharks and fish. All the other parents were still out in the water, but saying, when fish act like that, something much bigger is chasing them. I leaned over and said, there is nothing to leave to the imagination, look closer. You can see the sharks.

Strange, for whatever reason, I have been out quite a bit and seen a bunch of little sharks and I Havent tripped on it. Most of my surfing life, if I see sharks of any size, Im out for a bit. I already posted it last week, but my buddy got bit by a black tip last week. Tiny bite. looked like 4 teeth went in top and bottom. But we were standing in the shallows, fishing for sharks, right at the place that is their notorious home and breeding ground, so that was playing with fire for sure....

Not making comparisons to little blacks tips and a great whites. But it's strange that I am getting used to the thought of "they are really, really, always out there". 10 years in CA, I never felt that way. You know every now and again, there has probably been a big boy close enough that you have been sized up, but the thought of literally seeing these fish, knowing they are out and staying calm and continuing, was a thought that I never thought I would have. I thought that sh** only happened in Florida.

I am sure your parents always told you, There are plenty of fish in the sea. They weren't lying.

And as we stated before, the DE/MD border has a higher concentration of different species of sharks than anywhere on the whole east coast. I don't remember the testing area, I.E. how far out to sea they consider the "DE/MD" border, but still it was an interesting read when I first heard that.

 

Just Remember. That shark can cover 30 miles in an hour or two all because your vibrations from paddling were like a seal or it sensed the slight electrical pulse sent out by your elevated heart rate from paddling or it smelled your blood from your sea shell or fin cut.

 

That's pretty killa breuhhh... Not surprised though. Theres a ton a greats all over the Atlantic but a lot of them don't come too close to the jerzy shore bc there isn't much to each besides king fish, fluke and some blue. Although in the winter and spring I could see them closer to shore bc they are trying to mack on some seals

 

Obviously it was in Belmar.

 

Dude, first of all, you hurt my feelings by not saying "HI" to me upon my return. I always looked-up to you, Koki, and you made me feel bad.

And please, allow me to totally disagree with you, Mr. Koki.

Dude, seals are totally b!tchen. I love our little east coast harbor and grey seals or whatever. Those dudes are totally cool, and they have the right to exist just like Doug.

I had a bud I saw all December and part of January. He was always out there. He was my friend.

One day mid-January, I drifted a bit north from him. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a commotion 30 yards to my south. Something was splashing and it appeared that something was chasing something else.

Was it the seal chasing a fishes? Or was it something bigger chasing my boy? I don't know. But I kind of got creeped-out. Something was going on over there. I had been out awhile, and that was enough to influence my calling a last wave. It had some size out there that day and it was tough or tuff to discern what was happening.

I never saw my seal again.

Who, what happened there? I don't know.

AND people, why do people come first? Seals are totally innocent beings who have done no harm to this planet. THE OCEAN IS THEIR F'ING HOME PEOPLE !!! WE ARE THE INTRUDERS !!! People have no business being in the ocean, so you take the risks involved without killing of species of animals just because you feel threatened.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER if you are too worried aboot sea life.

Thanks for listening.

 

The whole moving of the seal idea is terrible. It would never work and it goes against the natural order of what our ecosystem is trying to do... Regardless of the morality behind the idea, thats whatever. It would do no good at all. There are seals all over CA, but only in the triangle do you see major encounters with people... The general concensus out there is that, yeah, don't go to the most seal populated area you can in deep water and just paddle out there, but usually, when you see seals, that is a good thing. Seals are shark food. Sharks want seals, not folks, so when there is food, this is good. Because they will never get rid of all of the seals, so having only a few around with all the humans will bring the exact opposite response than was intended.

All kinds of sharks eat all kinds of things. You can't keep fish, and dolphins and seals from migrating and living where every they want to. And while we have thousands of animals living in our local waters, along with that comes the food chain.

Point is, you want the sharks to HAVE FOOD, not the other way around.

Look at the children's pool/beach in La Jolla. There are hundreds of seals on the beach, in the water, tourists are everywhere. I have been there dozens of times. You never see sharks just trolling the area. never.

Seals aren't the problem.

 

Zachary, per a remark you made elsewhere: Zach, honey, I am not on an an anti-Zach movement. I was just giving you the business. I still love you.

Zachary, I really think that you need to move back to Cullyfornia. It is obvious the place is in your heart. You can't be happy in South Carolina after Sunset Cliffs and The Scripps Research Pier. Hey, did you know Peter King? You ever see Chris Cote? He's soooooooo witty !!!! ........for 12-year-old masturbationists.

AND to the rest of ya'll, let me say again: SEALS BELONG IN THE OCEAN - YOU DO NOT.

 

30 miles offshore is far. I know they can travel that in a day, but there is a reason they are out that far.
But it's more about the food source than anything else. Whites are eating tuna when they are out in the open ocean.
Then they come back close to shore and feed on seals in Mass... When seals start staying in NJ for the summer then it will be sketchier.

 

funny stuff.

 

Zach, it has been happening and for many years. They used to open up a hunting season on seals to help control the population...I'd say it worked, up until some greenpeace or PETA d1ck went and cried about the seals.

I don't give a rat's a$$ if Mary Lee's pinging at my local, it's not going to stop me from surfing, but it's pretty uneventful 'round these parts with big, maneating beasts...chances get a little slimmer the more they are cruising our lineups.

Don't be hurt, Billy Boy....I don't frequent these parts too often anymore, considering I work every waking minute of my life...and I don't have no hard feelings if you disagree with me.

Time will be the true test, who'll be the first to get bit in half...will it be someone on here?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhyuAeieV4E

We all need our own Baxter in a way.

 

Do I get to pick who? If so, I've got a few I could volunteer on their behalf. It's the least I can do...

 

Dude Belmar totally has shark nets... Safest place around- and the best waves! Every one should surf there!

 

I think they eat seals here and in mass in the winter for sure. The lighthouses in the ny bight have quite a few seals that winter there. I think the ones we see in the surf are separated from the pack on those islands and running from something. Thats why they hang near jetties and surfers, safety in numbers and once your alone and being hunted by an apex predator a pack of surfers is as good as a pack of seals. Thats also why the one or two that show up on the beach in the winter are tired and spooked, then some jackass tries to pet it or "help it" and it bites them or at least tries.

As far as 30 miles in a day, try 2 hrs at great white cruising speed about 45 min at great white full speed.

 

Bro.. Seriously, read this out loud to yourself