Wetsuiters beware:eyes:. Third year in a row that I have had a shark encounter, all in the same time frame too(early to mid July). 6 ft'er followed the scent right up to where I was standing to finish off the job. Probably Brown maybe Dusky. 1 clean bite.

Wow, thankfully that hasnt happened to me yet. Nice fish head tough.

Mount it on the wall like a deer head T. :hihi:

I'd prob. crap in my wet suit.

that's no 28 inch fish !!!!

you had better read the how to measure a striper thread

As ray Romano's father would say "Holy Crap!!!!"

Glad you are ok T!

How big would it have been?

That fish is barely bigger than the eel! Not quite 28 inches......and what about 5 pounds? WOW! Thats something else T!

Haven't heard from Redlite yet today. Hope he still has all his limbs....:behead:

Well, that'll certainly keep me out of a wetsuit for another few years.........:shocked:

Everytime I think about putting on a wetsuit I'm going to think about that fish head. Now that I think about it, everytime I land a fish in waist deep water I'm going to think about it too.

That is just plain crazy.

Wow. I need chain mail around my waders.

too many sharks in the news for me. takes the desire to freedive away for me.act like a seal, die like a seal:err:

You call it a night after that happens?

Wow,,,, at least you had enough left to make soup,,,,:wiggle::wiggle:

Having fished the cape since I was little, I've always know they are around and inshore in the summer. But I have never had an encounter with one nor have I lost a fish to one.

However, it does make me think twice about bringing a mesh eel bag with a dozen eels dragging behind me in the water. :eyes:

Wetsuiters beware:eyes:. Third year in a row that I have had a shark encounter, all in the same time frame too(early to mid July). 6 ft'er followed the scent right up to where I was standing to finish off the job. Probably Brown maybe Dusky. 1 clean bite.

where were you fishing? north shore/ south shore/ RI. i'm spooked.

That's nuts! Good size head as well.....

Back in the 90s I was fishing Deep Hole one morning with 2 other guys. It was August and all we were catching were Blues. My friend Mike is about 20 yards away from me and yells for me to look straight out. There were 3 fins circling us. Looked to be 6' Blue Sharks. We backed out in a hurry as we were waist deep in water.

Tony


did you weigh it for the cup?

Tony


did you weigh it for the cup?

He told me the head was 45#, but it was only 18" and had to release it...

Shades of Monomoy in the ol days, had a 30 pounder bit clean in half just after the hit.

yikes

Wow. Hope you weren't doing anything stupid like having the fish on a stringer while your suiting. A friend of mine had a six foot stringer of fish attached to his belt at Montauk many years ago. Blue shark bit one in half while it was on his stringer and almost pulled him off a rock. That's a close call (and a very scary swim back to the beach).

DZ

Should've put a hook in it and thrown it back out there.

The only time I've had that happen to me is from a boat. That would scare the crap out of me if I was standing waist deep. :eek:

See? Boat fishing IS easier. :jester:

Should've put a hook in it and thrown it back out there.

C'mon George. Who are you to be recommending bait to anyone? I would have thrown a conrad knockoff myself.

That's pretty cool, and also would probably make me $#!& my waders. On the same note, I just got back from watching the great white that washed up on Nantucket get dissected.

now that's just slamzany....

My girlfriend did the same thing to me as that shark did to your bass. I neglected to clean the mud off the floormats in her brand new camry.:behead:

Was it from the canal?

T, were you in the water?

From what I have "heard" most sharks are more afraid of you than you are of them, but that is completely not true with the browns. Had a friend snagging bunker in broad daylight in shorts with a bag tied to his belt for the bunker, 6 foot Brown took it right off his hip and knocked him over in the process. Guy is lucky to still have that leg.

Brown shark is not the concern....if you run into a bull you'll lose more than your leg.....

Pretty wild!

Should've put a hook in it and thrown it back out there.

That is exactly what he did George, it was picked up in a matter of seconds. The splash harmonics drew the shark right back in for more fun as I positioned myself on some rocks with camera for a National Geographic moment. Tony kept lobbing out the head with his hand and had fun with the critter. Keep in mind the hook was buried in the head so a hookset was out of the question. I will say this much; the shark followed the blood trail right to Tony's vacated footprints. Needlees to say it was a knee deep night henceforth.Cool and unnerving all at once.

OKAY, Tony!
:uhuh: :uhuh: :uhuh:

seeing that head reminds me of the time i was
wade fishing the Sanibel Causeway flats..................

9' stringer tied to me waist ~w/two specks and two reds
trailing behind me in the surf.......................:doh: :tooth: :tooth: :doh:

i was going for an inshore slam and working my way
to the snook hole, when i saw this grey mass cruise within inches
of my shorts and bump my catch!!! i immediately back tracked a coupla sandbars from the channel, and anchored the fish sose they could still swim until i was ready to go. fished sum more, but no joy on the SLAM.

THAT place is notorious for sharks!!! i've had baby black tips swim between my legs, and the LAST time i've ever fished there was when i waded up on a very large feeding hammerhead, chest deep in the surf, on the tail end of a big blow...................:err: :err: :err:




*now,,,,,,,,,,,,where did i put that Crown Royal bottle, again?*
:hidin:

by the looks of that head...decent fish in july

Wicked coool!

C'mon George. Who are you to be recommending bait to anyone? I would have thrown a conrad knockoff myself.

Now, now, my simple child, do not be troubled. Just as other clergy, we, the High Priests of Fishing Arts, must also prostrate our holiness amoungst the profane. Yes, catching the Devil's fish with the Devil's food is wrong, but rest assured I would gather no pleasure from such beastly pastimes. Rather, I would submit to it only to better understand those poor tormented souls who stand alone in the darkness fondling impaled serpents. How else can I help them and turn them from their deviance back to the Holy Path of St. Pinchney before they and their cellphones are doomed? Besides, I have it on Flap's good authority that fishing bait for sharks is far superior to bunging prepubescent altar boys which, frankly, seems to have become more trouble than it is worth for us holier than thou types. Now go away and step on a LEGO.

Wow !! 3 rd year in a row .. Shark honey hole ? Waiting to see a pic of you holding one Tony ..

That is scary stuff


> Talking sbout sharks..........I am in Turks and Caicos on family vacation
> Yesterday morning i fliped a hobie catamaran with wife and kids in waters that I am sure have no lack of sharks swimming around
> Scary %$%$%$%$....seen your kids fly into the air and under the boat
> a mile away from shore
> my son was hanging on the mast under the boat tangled up.I had
> to pull them both out.....my wife did not hang on to the boat
> and drifted away becose the #%&*! wind pushed the boat mast too
> fast to catch up. They came to get us ,Thank God
> It wasnt that bad for an adult but for kids it was scary. I had nightmares all night long
> Other then that ,Pina Coladas and food all day. I am cooked like
> a lobster.
Nice place but I'd still would not trade it for a Cutty vacation :-)...sharks and all
>
> Z
>

T+C is a blast. some of the best snorkeling in the world, and you can reach the coral reefs simply by wading out from shore as the reef circles the islands. oh and btw, plenty of sharks there. we went out on a boat one day for some snorkeling and as soon as we got in the water someone saw what they estimated to be a 12-14ft hammerhead...

Tony,
Good to see youse are up and about your old tricks. Its
been awhile since we saw your beatific face on this site
and some were wondering if the world was coming to an
end. BTW, nice fish head what happened to the rest of it--
some shark bit it off. Oh yeah I forgot.
:lm:

dangles - did you get any pics?

BB- I ken still count to 19- gots all limbs-
Now that he's out fishin the shark tourney, he probably won't get a nibble on the bluefish------

Where did that happen. No spot burn, just for safty sake. I've been hearing and seeing more about sharks in local waters than ever before. On the water even had a show on surf sharking, but wouldn't give up location(s).

Never mind , I know where it is.

Thanks for the photo Tony:

...now I'm done wading for the season. :rotflmao:

Yikes!
Cool photos, but whereabouts was that taken? No specifics, just wondering as a wader.

Haven't heard from Redlite yet today. Hope he still has all his limbs....:behead:


Do Sharks like RockStar and Skoal scent? :rolleyes:

:conf: gnarley...:eek5:

...and you can reach the coral reefs simply by wading out from shore...


If you've really been to T & C, please explain this simple way of reaching the coral reefs??? :laugha:

What you see while circling the island from a boat is actually a little different from the island side perspective. When I talked about surf/fishing with the captain that took me out, he laughed his :bshake: off. He said, "you not reachin da fish from shore man, lesson you swim out far and get swallowed by da shocks".

I mentioned some of the spots that I've fished back home, he just smiled and gave me a tour of the reef areas............................................. ..and I was humbled.

I have a good guess, but I too....am curious on which city this water shores into.

That is why I don't skish esp out my way.

If you've really been to T & C, please explain this simple way of reaching the coral reefs??? :laugha:

it was simple. we stayed at Beaches. walked down the beach 200 yards to the left. swam out 50 yards. snorkled said reef for hrs....

We're gonna need a bigger rock :hidin:

it was simple. ....swam out 50 yards....

Yeah, that's what I meant, I don't remember seeing a REEF that you could "wade" to, ....swim to? - yes,, ....but I don't think you could safely surf-fish those reefs even if you did skish out to them.... The drop-offs from them reefs are extreme causing incredible swells at times, from 3' of water to 300' :eek5:...can you say FISH MAGNETS?

T your a crazy bass-tid, live lining bass. next time put a second hook in behind the dorsal will ya.

wow I guess that is why they invented boats. Glad you were not on the menu T.

you should have tossed the head back out there. see what you lock on to.

i hope you released the poor bass, LOL:smash:

Tony good to see you back where you belong. How's the back?

I'll stick to my boat.

Just as a matter of principal I'd use the head as bait and try to catch the bugger.
I'm guessing it was up around the Cape, correct?

holy crap:kewl:

big bait, big catch????????