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07-31-2012, 04:49 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
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Originally Posted by Mike P
Eyewitness accounts are starting to make their way around the news sites.
According to witnesses, a large black fin was seen between the victim and the person he was body surfing with (his son, reportedly). Seconds later, the guy was pulled under.
Medical reports indicate a large bite area across both legs. Looks like whatever it was grabbed him across both legs simultaneously, and pulled him under for a short time, before releasing him. There was no secondary/follow-up attack. The shark (presumably a shark if these reports are accurate) swam away.
If this is the scenario, it's consistent with a GW taste test bite. What's more likely, given the amount of seals there and the known presence of whites along the backside--a GW or some exotic species rare in the ocean waters off the lower Cape?
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Heard everything from 12" fin to 24" fin.
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07-31-2012, 03:57 PM
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Too old to give a....
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There's only one solution. Close the beaches to people. . . . It's the way our all knowing "protective" government works. I miss the old days when you would just do what needed to be done. No committees, no study groups, no pandering to extremists....... arrggghhhh what a bunch of p#$$ys we've become.
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07-31-2012, 04:48 PM
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Land OF Forgotten Toys
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Location: Central MA
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I they close the beaches to
People at least then a shark won't chip a tooth on a human
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07-31-2012, 05:02 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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sounds like a taste and release from a young great white shark to me too.
I feel for the guy but thankfully he survived.
NO NEED TO CLOSE BEACHES
just thin the herd of seals is all it takes
Hopefully no one will be killed by a shark before something is done about the exploding seal population.
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07-31-2012, 05:15 PM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
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Location: Falmouth, Ma
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I'll find him for 3, I'll catch him for 10
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07-31-2012, 05:31 PM
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Too old to give a....
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I was being facetious slip.
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07-31-2012, 08:19 PM
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Super Moderator
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Location: Middleboro MA
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Originally Posted by MAKAI
I was being facetious slip.
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I know that
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07-31-2012, 08:44 PM
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it was a white seal wearing a fake fin  |
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07-31-2012, 09:44 PM
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Jim H.
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Location: Wakefield, RI
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Some say that there's a fine line between a Surfcaster and some idiot just standing on the beach. 
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07-31-2012, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Taunton
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I have yet to not see a seal on a backside beach this year. Day or night. There will be more attacks. You cannot blame the sharks for the mistake as 99.9% of the time they attack a shadow in the water it's a seal. On a sunny Saturday in July, I bet the seals in the water on the outer beaches outnumber swimmers 500-1.
On a separate note, why do weekend warrior boogie boarders who only go into the water (at low tide) for a 10 minute stint of looking like an ass need to wear a $300 full wetsuit with flippers?
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07-31-2012, 11:24 PM
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Too old to give a....
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Farewell and adieu you fine Spanish ladies…………
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07-31-2012, 11:27 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
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It was a White Shark....
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08-01-2012, 04:54 AM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
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Location: Falmouth, Ma
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Maybe it was a scuba diving bear
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08-01-2012, 05:58 AM
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Land OF Forgotten Toys
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Quote:
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Maybe it was a scuba diving bear
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Just when you thought it was safe the cape cod bear is back with scuba gear
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I am the man in the Bassless Chaps
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08-01-2012, 05:54 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Massachusetts.
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I personally expected this to happen the first time they showed up on our shore line up here.
I never thought for one minute the seals were cute!!
Look to California, all the way to the state of Washington.
They have taken over.
Unfortunately the seals aren’t going away and neither are the whites!
You have not heard the last from them then the goody two shoes will be crying out, WHY ISNT SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!
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You are only as good as the person who’s driving the boat! By the way, the Devil drives my boat!
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08-01-2012, 06:24 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LINESIDES
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Unfortunately the seals aren’t going away and neither are the whites!
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Its actuall to late at this point.
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I'm sure there are many more GWs swimming around than being reported. Only a matter of time before it happens again. Even a "taste test" can end up being fatal. You won't catch me swimming in those waters.... 
There's no quick fix to this either. They won't be doing any seal removal and they definitely won't be shooting any sharks any time soon. Gonna take many more "accidents" before ANYTHING happens. Beach closings to swimmers will be the best they can do.
Bombas beware when yakking out there!!!  |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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08-01-2012, 06:46 AM
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Land OF Forgotten Toys
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Originally Posted by bloocrab
I'm sure there are many more GWs swimming around than being reported. Only a matter of time before it happens again. Even a "taste test" can end up being fatal. You won't catch me swimming in those waters....
There's no quick fix to this either. They won't be doing any seal removal and they definitely won't be shooting any sharks any time soon. Gonna take many more "accidents" before ANYTHING happens. Beach closings to swimmers will be the best they can do.
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You are 100% correct a couple of years ago when the first public sighting happened. Creating the new shark hysteria I asked a friend of mine who works at woods hole. Why are they just showing up now? He plainly said to me they have always been around in smaller numbers just no one ever saw them. The numbers are growing now and with the buffet of easily accessible food around they will continue to grow.
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08-01-2012, 06:47 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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My thought is why would you go swimming that far out in shark and seal infested waters.
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08-01-2012, 07:25 AM
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Registered User
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Originally Posted by ProfessorM
My thought is why would you go swimming that far out in shark and seal infested waters.
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08-01-2012, 06:55 AM
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should be posted as..........
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08-01-2012, 07:31 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Our political system is so screwed up that Congress can't pass legislation that everyone wants. So, can you imagine how long it would take to repeal the Marine Mammal Protection Act? Animal rights and conservation groups would fight it tooth and nail, and even if the law were repealed, they'd launch court challenges.
Those aren't the greatest swimming beaches to start with. The water is bone-numbing cold most of the time. Surfers get hit by GWs regularly in California. They're aware of the risks and accept them.
I really dread the hysteria that this is going to cause. When a human enters the ocean, he or she becomes part of the food chain--we are no longer the apex predator.  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-01-2012, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
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There was a poll on fox 25 news last night about how many are in favor of repealing the protection acts so that the seal population can be reduced. I fell asleep before the results came in. Anyone catch it?
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08-01-2012, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Liv2Fish
There was a poll on fox 25 news last night about how many are in favor of repealing the protection acts so that the seal population can be reduced. I fell asleep before the results came in. Anyone catch it?
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Bring back the nose bounty!!! Hell, instead of the town paying me per nose, I'd gladly pay them $5 per seal that I'm allowed to take out. |
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08-01-2012, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the ocean
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Bring back the nose bounty!!! Hell, instead of the town paying me per nose, I'd gladly pay them $5 per seal that I'm allowed to take out.
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I'd throw 500 bucks into that game... |
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08-01-2012, 12:06 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Massachusetts.
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I would like to add these big baby’s! Both of them are dining on stripers!!!!
Allot of stripers!!!
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You are only as good as the person who’s driving the boat! By the way, the Devil drives my boat!
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08-01-2012, 11:22 AM
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Super Moderator
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Location: Middleboro MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Liv2Fish
There was a poll on fox 25 news last night about how many are in favor of repealing the protection acts so that the seal population can be reduced. I fell asleep before the results came in. Anyone catch it?
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Video Landing Page - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston
she gives the results
31 % feel the seal population is out of balance
61% say it's fine
6-8% say only if a confirmed shark attack
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08-01-2012, 10:13 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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Yeah I agree that it is very unlikely anything will happen with the seal protection.
Hey, in South Africa and Australia, these sharks are everywhere and people just deal with it, gonna have to be what we do as well.
Although, if I lived on the cape, I would be getting myself and boat and lose the kayak!
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08-01-2012, 03:42 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
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Thanks for the heads up Bloo. They aren't going to get me though. I taste like farts.
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seals + plovers =
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08-01-2012, 05:58 PM
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And I don't have a kayak.
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John Redmond Thinks He's Smart By Changing My Avatar
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08-01-2012, 07:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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In 1996 a guy was bitten at Cold Storage Beach, bayside in North Truro. He was ridiculed as have being bitten by bluefish. His wounds were moast definately NOT bluefish bites. He decided to get s-faced in town and borrowed his buddy's car without asking. He was charced with car theft and OUI. Vacation from Hell!
In The Smithsonion hangs a Great White, huge fish, caught in 1911.
There have always been sharks there and there always will. If humans want to swim safely then they have to control the seal populations whic in my HO are way out of wack.
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