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08-05-2007, 05:44 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Shark Attack Off Chatham!!!
One seal was munched to death in close to shore....witnessed by some swimmers......they think maybe a Great White! A large pool of blood in the water followed the attack!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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08-05-2007, 05:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Cool, maybe it will bring in some friends and vacation around the Race for a while.
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08-05-2007, 05:53 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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alright!!!!!!!
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08-05-2007, 05:55 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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It was on the news at 6!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-05-2007, 05:56 PM
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must find the fish
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Shore Ma
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nice.. who thinks they can hook up with it?
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08-05-2007, 06:04 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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liveline seals.........  |
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08-05-2007, 07:57 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1
nice.. who thinks they can hook up with it?
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I've been trying for years
I did good Sat. keeping my plugs and fish away from the thieves, I went 5 and 1, got a few 10 lb blues in just ahead of those hoovers. The last one I let go and it stayed right in the wash afraid to swim away 
That is good news Larry, if that keeps happening though it might be bad...................................
bad for the seals  |
The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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08-05-2007, 07:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mashpee,MA
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Swim Charlie swim!
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08-05-2007, 07:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Westfield MA
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Nauset surfers will be next!
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08-05-2007, 08:18 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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ya that would suck Mike if a surfer gets tasted by one, but then after that who knows what will happen, if they bother to scatter those seals or if they close beaches 
Mac is right, send them to the Race, plenty of heavyweights up there to provide some nice meals to those great whites.
Mythbusters proved that they don't eat humans
the water off Chatham is not too clod for great whites |
The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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08-05-2007, 08:46 PM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
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The water is definitely NOT too cold for a great white. We have seen 2 different ones this year east of Nauset. The larger ones can tolerate even more severe temperatures than most think. Mother nature at her finest; lots of seals around so an apex preadtor comes to survive i.e. feed/eat seals. God bless the sharks that eat the seals.
Let nature take its course out there. I love great white sharks.
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Make America Great Again.
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08-05-2007, 10:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
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That is so sad........... may we have a moment of silence for the poor seal 
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Good health and family
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08-05-2007, 10:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Shark week facts....#1 white sharks are warm blooded so can hunt effectively in cold water  they have body temp's 15 degrees higher than normal sharks, same with similar sharks in its species ...alaskan salmon sharks =cold hunters....the cold doesnt slow them down.... |
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08-06-2007, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: trying for Truro
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Maybe it was a big bluefish...
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Originally Posted by keeperreaper
God bless the sharks that eat the seals.
Let nature take its course out there. I love great white sharks.
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F'N EXCELLENT!!! SEND 'EM MY WAY!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!
Karl, I told you to keep in on the leash. |
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08-05-2007, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Shark attack
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Originally Posted by BigFish
One seal was munched to death in close to shore....witnessed by some swimmers......they think maybe a Great White! A large pool of blood in the water followed the attack! |
I would tend to think it was a blue shark.
Water is still too cold for a great white .But for blue sharks they will come in close.... |
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08-06-2007, 07:29 AM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by b5545
I would tend to think it was a blue shark.
Water is still too cold for a great white .But for blue sharks they will come in close....
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Great Whites live primarily in cold water chasing seals.
Blue sharks don't eat seals.
South Africa average water temps: 9°C (49°F) to 20°C (68°F)
Monterey Bay average water temps are the same.
Those are two primary GW habitats. And full of seals.
Water temp at Nauset this past week: 71. |
Ski Quicks Hole
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08-08-2007, 12:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
Great Whites live primarily in cold water chasing seals.
Blue sharks don't eat seals.
South Africa average water temps: 9°C (49°F) to 20°C (68°F)
Monterey Bay average water temps are the same.
Those are two primary GW habitats. And full of seals.
Water temp at Nauset this past week: 71.
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Blue sharks indeed eat seals.
A Blue shark feed mainly on squid and bony fish. Pelagic fish typically make up the base of the Blue shark's diet, such as swordfish, tuna, mackerel, cod, herring and sea raven. Seals, flatfish, pelagic red crabs and cetacean carrion are also a part of its normal diet. The Blue sharks will frequently attack fish that is already caught by long-lines or similar fishing gear, which unfortunately means that Blue sharks are often ensnared in the equipment themselves. The Blue shark is also known to sometimes eat sea birds and garbage. |
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08-08-2007, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by b5545
Blue sharks indeed eat seals.
A Blue shark feed mainly on squid and bony fish. Pelagic fish typically make up the base of the Blue shark's diet, such as swordfish, tuna, mackerel, cod, herring and sea raven. Seals, flatfish, pelagic red crabs and cetacean carrion are also a part of its normal diet. The Blue sharks will frequently attack fish that is already caught by long-lines or similar fishing gear, which unfortunately means that Blue sharks are often ensnared in the equipment themselves. The Blue shark is also known to sometimes eat sea birds and garbage.
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I read the same page you did. It says mamalian carrion That means DEAD. We are talking LIVE seals here. Blue sharks, live seals, uhhhm.....NO |
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08-06-2007, 10:31 AM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Sack Of Mass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by b5545
I would tend to think it was a blue shark.
Water is still too cold for a great white .But for blue sharks they will come in close....
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Haven't you been watching shark week?! 
They tolerate almost any water temp if there's food to be had |
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08-06-2007, 11:11 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canalman
Haven't you been watching shark week?!
They tolerate almost any water temp if there's food to be had |
Yup--if they can swim in San Francisco Bay and off Monterrey, Chatham is way comfortable for them  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-05-2007, 10:57 PM
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Count on it, I'm going!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I just came back from a week in Wellfleet and there were so many seals both in the bay and along the beach that a shark could just swim along the beach taking a bite here and there until it had to order a Jenny Craig meal just to keep swimming...
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08-06-2007, 12:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
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I don't care if the damn sharks start eating the kayakers...hopefully they have some sort of natural two-way radio!!!
Yeah shark week!!!
Rick
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08-06-2007, 02:03 AM
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Registered User
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Anyone plan on going skishing this week?  |
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08-06-2007, 06:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Not a confirmed shark attack?????
This was no boating accident!!!!!!!! It was a shark.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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08-06-2007, 06:57 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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they don't want to scare the people 
it WAS a shark  |
The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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08-06-2007, 06:57 AM
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It's about respect baby!
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Domination takes full concentration..
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08-06-2007, 07:51 AM
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ditch boy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: the sea
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yeah but what about that great white in woods hole a couple years ago, the temps then were above 73 im sure, and he was there
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08-06-2007, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: trying for Truro
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Looks like a harbor seal (or, what's left of one). Too bad - I kinda like them - they've never bothered me.
We've always known that it was only a matter of time before something came in to exploit the food source. I want killers!!
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08-07-2007, 01:06 PM
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Lubina Estriada!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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Kayak Fishing Baby! Fish Reel Hard!
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08-07-2007, 01:15 PM
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Cape Crusader
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ashland, MA
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I was thinking the same thing about that line about how suddenly seals are stealing fish off the end of people's lines. "This just in....."
I surf fish about 1/4 as much as I'd like to and that has probably happened to me 25 times in the last three seasons.
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