Sketchy Waters

Discussion in 'Northeast' started by T Plugs, Aug 14, 2012.

  1. T Plugs

    T Plugs Member

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    Jul 31, 2012
    I live on Long Island and surf from Lido to Ditch Plains. So far, there has been an unusual amount of sharks and large fish in the waters on LI beaches. Has anyone else noticed this? I feel like it might be caused by the varying water temps?
     
  2. purpleheadedyogurtslinger

    purpleheadedyogurtslinger Well-Known Member

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    Jun 21, 2012

  3. T Plugs

    T Plugs Member

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    Jul 31, 2012
    No need for a smart *ss remark just saying I know its normal to see them but, there has been a higher number then I'm use to seeing in NY waters
     
  4. dlrouen

    dlrouen Well-Known Member

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    Jun 6, 2012
    It's Shark Week.
     
  5. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
    Damn Discovery Channel will be the death of us all!
     
  6. yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    Sep 26, 2008

    Nothin' for nothin' but have you picked up on the tone in any of the other threads on this site over the past 7 years....?
     
  7. Yewnorksurfsux

    Yewnorksurfsux Well-Known Member

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    Aug 27, 2009
    7 foot mako jumped out of the water at gilgo and did a vert 360 nuttay.
    lots of dolphins to
     
  8. nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

    Jul 27, 2012
    This time of year there are always sharks around. The water is super warm there's a ton of bait in the water. It's the same thing every year... Don't get me wrong, I get spooked too. But you can't let it get to you. If there's a lot of bait around you and you get the vibe, swim to the middle of the pack to better your odds.... There's always going to be sharks. And there will be more of the big one's since they are endangered and can't be fished. They were gone for a while and now they're coming back. We will be seeing more an more.
     
  9. cresto4

    cresto4 Well-Known Member

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    Aug 19, 2010
    It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline.
    Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
    - Hunter S. Thompson

    this. sort of.

    sharks, shmarks. i've had 6 bear encounters this spring/summer. 2 blacks and 2 browns while mt. biking, 1 brown while kayaking, and 1 brown cruising - cruuuising fast - through my yard (that's a big f-ing dog - that's not a dog!). civilization ends on the front porch...
     
  10. MFitz73

    MFitz73 Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2010
    yeah I have noticed an increasingly large number of activity in the water. I've seen lots of stuff I have not seen in the past. everything from seals, dolphins and rays to things I could not identify...

    I agree with NYNJ, we are going to be seeing more of these big fish as they are somehow still on the endangered list...
     
  11. purpleheadedyogurtslinger

    purpleheadedyogurtslinger Well-Known Member

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    Jun 21, 2012
    I'm just kiddin' ya bub. I have seen a shark or two this summer myself. No me likey sharkey.
     
  12. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
    Surfing Sat morn at Topsail just me and my buddy out. Very grey sky and dark water, low visibility. Fish smell everywhere. My buddy looked over and a hughe bait ball was moving in the current. About that time a fin breaches the water and hits the bait ball. Fish jummpin everywhere. Only about a 4-6 ft sand shark or sand tiger but a little spooky still.
     
  13. doro

    doro New Member

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    Oct 8, 2009
    I was in Rhode this past Sunday and there was a washed up sea turtle on the beach. Never seen one outside of an aquirium within New England. Although dead I found it interesting as I did not think they were
    native to our waters but apparently they are out there....just like whitey.
     
  14. purpleheadedyogurtslinger

    purpleheadedyogurtslinger Well-Known Member

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    Jun 21, 2012
    someone caught a 6' black tip off of the avon pier yesterday. I was surfing there on sunday...
     
  15. OldSoul

    OldSoul Well-Known Member

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    Nov 7, 2011
    Ive noticed a lot more marine life activity as well, its a good thing though...less people in the line up haha
     
  16. yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    Sep 26, 2008
    "6 bear encounters this spring/summer. 2 blacks and 2 browns while mt. biking, 1 brown while kayaking, and 1 brown cruising - cruuuising fast - through my yard"

    Huge predators taking shortcuts through one's front yard would seem to trump the occasional fin sighting in the ocean.
     
  17. DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    Mar 6, 2012
    Much more dangerous IMO, wow dude, that's some shiznit right there
     
  18. yourdirtymomma

    yourdirtymomma Well-Known Member

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    May 2, 2012
    Brahahaha! Fo sho!
     
  19. daringharry

    daringharry Member

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    Aug 4, 2011
    Yup. Did a double take passing by that dumpster. Definitely weird for up here.
     
  20. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    No doubt, when I was living in North Jersey I would run into black bears at my garbage all the time. One of my sons first memories was calling to me that there was a bear outside his window. I yelled up to him to take his nap but he wouldn't give up. When I went in he was standing in his crib yelling dada bear, dada bear and pointing out his window. To my surprise there was a big black bear looking in at him not 6 feet from the crib.