Jeeebus
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- Aug 29, 2006
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East coast n00b. Tampa is west coast. And with a name like Butch, are you sure you want to see the pics?
And all those shark attacks are laughable by Aussie standards. Sutures, maybe some surgery to fix tendons or ligaments; just a good story to tell. And sometime it is far more likely bluefish than sharks. They are hardcore in a feeding frenzy. When someone gets nipped in the colder months, I lean toward them being the culprit. But the poor sharks are always maligned as the bad guy. I have surfed for over 40 years here, worse thing I've experienced is red tide and getting stung by man-o-war.
We were out night fishing on the boat a few years ago when those 2 kids from Jupiter had taken off on a boat and disappeared. The whole night we were battling with bull sharks etc. grabbing everything we caught while simultaneously hearing the Coast Guard broadcasts to look for these kids in the water. Was fairly eerie.
Doesn't affect my love of the water though. No shortage of sharks around, but thus far haven't been devoured. Had my fair share of jellyfish stings, crab bites, stingray stings, etc. though.




