We need to pull this out next scallop season:
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Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
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Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
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Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
If you have fished the flats of the Big Bend for 10-20 yrs, then you have seen them. They live there, too. When the tide is falling around a full moon, it leaves those 3-4 flats quickly. Those 7-8' fellas are often unable to get out, without clearly being seen.I will say, I've never had a fish snatched, but I bet there are other folks that can tell you differently.bman wrote:We need to pull this out next scallop season:
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Local ... 83241.html
This scallop phenomenon is way over due for some nasty encounters. Port St Joe Bay is no different.
Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
Sharks are just as common on the flats at St. Marks. The ones that I have seen would have nothing to do with me when I took the family scalloping on the flats. Usually by the time I notice them, all I see is the fork in their tail(s) headed off in another direction. Of course my wife is on "shark watch" on the deck, while me and the kids swim in a "wad". Seen one BIG one down at Lanark while I was fishing just off the channel. He must have been an 11 footer. Scared me even though I wasn't even in the water. 
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Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
THE FLATS ARE LOADED WITH SHARKS, THOUSANDS OF THEM. I GENERALLY DISPOSE OF ANY I HAVE CONTAC WITH, NEVER BRING THEM INTO THE BOAT.
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Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
Over the years, I've collected enough shark stories to make one have second thoughts about getting into the waters around Aucilla, St. Marks, Keaton, and other places I've lived since I was a kid. Some very recent!
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When you get out of the boat, you loose your place on the food chain.
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I've seen some big ones around lanark reef big ones they should have known better last week was shark week 
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Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
Cannot agree more. Hooked up w/ 7' bull shark not even a week ago. Fun fight!fishinfool wrote:When you get out of the boat, you loose your place on the food chain.
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Re: Local Family gets face to face with a shark ;-)
Just goes to show that most sharks are not cruising to eat humans. I've been way closer than I was comfortable with both big hammers and big tigers back in my diving days. Never had a problem, but I was always watchful when I was spearfishing.
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CSMarine wrote:Over the years, I've collected enough shark stories to make one have second thoughts about getting into the waters around Aucilla, St. Marks, Keaton, and other places I've lived since I was a kid. Some very recent!
Yep, I just don't enjoy wade fishing as much as I did when I was kid, or even as a young man. It's "being" right in there with them. And then there are the fish that you may be keeping. Another seasoned gentlemen advised me "In Port St Joe Bay, keep that floating bag of fish 8-10 ft way from you". It's not movie crap, it's real. Are they stalking us, guess not? Do they bite when pissed? You bet your ass they do. Do they occasionally grab something to taste it? Yep, they sure do. It's a fact, they are NOT there because they are just hanging out, THEY ARE looking for something to eatGood luck and stay safe scallopers.