Kayaker fishing with me got attacked by a GW.

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

no offense, but I think you're friend may have over-exaggerated in the heat of the action. Thos teeth marks don't appear to be large enough for a great white. The sheer size of their teeth and immense pressures would likely have caused more damage than that. It was probably a tiger shark or other smaller species. Still dangerous, but not quite as exciting.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Sphexi

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
And people still think Global Warming isn't dangerous.

Obviously GW isn't global warming, it was GW Bush!

:shocked:

Wrong! GW = Giant Wang!

:shocked:

 

[tailes151]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
no offense, but I think you're friend may have over-exaggerated in the heat of the action. Thos teeth marks don't appear to be large enough for a great white. The sheer size of their teeth and immense pressures would likely have caused more damage than that. It was probably a tiger shark or other smaller species. Still dangerous, but not quite as exciting.

Possibly, but a tiger shark his very distinct teeth marks and those aren't present. Plus, it probably wouldn't have given up. Tiger's are nasty sharks.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: dug777
Fishing from a kayak sounds pretty daft to me

It's when your rod gets stuck in a tree that it becomes apparent that your an idiot for trying to fish from the damn kayak. Or when you roll in rapids because of a pike slapping you on the leg.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
no offense, but I think you're friend may have over-exaggerated in the heat of the action. Thos teeth marks don't appear to be large enough for a great white. The sheer size of their teeth and immense pressures would likely have caused more damage than that. It was probably a tiger shark or other smaller species. Still dangerous, but not quite as exciting.

We normally don't get tiger sharks here in Northern California. What we do get are Great Whites since its seal haven out here. Other sharks that we have are harmless such as threshers, 7gill, leopard, spiny dogfish etc.
The shark was probably checking the kayak to see if it was edible or not. Thankfully, it didn't charge the kayak as they often do with seals.
It was large since both sides of the front of the kayak were in the sharks mouth when it clamped down. I didn't post pictures of the other side since I didn't take any but there were a bunch of holes there.
This happened at Bean Hollow, 5 miles north of Ana Nuevo.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: dug777
Fishing from a kayak sounds pretty daft to me

Being a rather avid fisherman, I disagree. I've fished from my little 14 foot jon boat, I've fished from my larger Glastron ski/fish combo boat (Glastron makes a boat that's adapted for both), I've fished from shore, while wading in the water, etc. etc.. And, I've fished from my kayak wondering if it would work. There's nothing more exciting than catching larger fish from a kayak.


For what it's worth, I've been on the ocean a few times. I told my wife that if a shark attacked my kayak and put some teeth marks in it I would get the kayak bronzed and put it on the mantle as a sort of trophy. The worst that's happened at the ocean is my wife's leg was broken by her kayak when it ran over her (she rolled on the way in with 3 foot waves.)

Oh, and if anyone thinks it's really cool to have dolphins swimming next to their big boats while out in the ocean, it's 10x the experience to have a pod of dolphins swimming alongside your kayak close enough for you to touch them.

OP: glad to hear your friend is okay. I'll bet he treasures that kayak forever now. What a great story it'll make in bars over a few beers. (Not to mention, he'll probably make money off a few bets with non-believers.) My wife will be relieved; I told her that her blue kayak is more likely to get hit by a shark; that kayak is the color of mine.

I've fished from many small boats, and everything from wading to practically swimming, but i can't imagine much less fun than trying to deal with anything other than a squid jig from a kayak

Actually fishing from a kayak is pretty enjoyable. You get to go to hard to reach spots that are too shallow for most boats. Lots of fishing kayaks out there with rod holders and compartments to hold your equipment, sonar and gps.
I think perhaps you are envisioning SIT kayaks (sit in type). Kayak fishing is normally done from a SOT (Sit on top) kayak where a paddler can get on and off fairly easily. This is the one I have.
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[nonameo]

for a minute there I thought GW was referring to the prez.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Since when do great whites inhabit rivers?

 

[Yossarian]

You're gonna need a bigger kayak.

 

[jinduy]

thats why we need more shark fin soup

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Holy! I'd open a bar just to hang that kayak up.

 

[Doctor Nyse]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
And people still think Global Warming isn't dangerous.

I lol'ed

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: dug777
I've fished from many small boats, and everything from wading to practically swimming, but i can't imagine much less fun than trying to deal with anything other than a squid jig from a kayak

It's not hard to cast from a kayak; I can do so with nearly as much precision as I have from a bigger boat (a slight loss of precision due to being closer to the water.) Think about how easy it is to push a kayak through the water. Now imagine catching a 10 pound fish - Yeeeehaaaaa! Even a 2 pound bass will spin a kayak around 180 degrees when they run.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: jinduy
thats why we need more shark fin soup

You understand that fishermen catch them, cut the fin off, and throw them back to die, right? AND fishermen do not use Great Whites for this ever..what we need is to understand that we live in THEIR world, not vice versa.

 

[GasX]

I'm pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means "friendship".

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: m1ldslide1
river kayaking FTW!

Exactly. I would gladly do kayaking on the river, but would rather not venture into the ocean. To effing flimsy and too many sharks.