Great white off stuart/no pics

#1 04-26-2010, 10:33 PM

There was a GW off Jacksonville a couple of years ago that was absolutely huge. My son was out about 27 miles and this one came around his boat. It was so big it scared him - he said it was longer than his boat - a 20 foot Seafox - and about five feet wide. Someone else got pics of it on another day but I can't locate them online any more.

pl99 · #2 04-26-2010, 10:53 PM

Hi everyone, I thought I would have gotten beat up on this post..

I talked to Bob spickler Sr <perks bait and tackle>today about it and he laughed and said he was not surprised at all.. He said the original worlds record book had A great white caught off of palm beach with a harpoon from a submarine years ago <many years ago> He asked me r u sure it was not a Mako.. I said Positive I told him I never want to see one again and will stop fishing If I see one in attack mode... Ill be honest I wanted to Cry LOL Roflmao when I saw it.

NO NOT GOING out without a camera anymore.. Been looking around the net all day. I have been seeing some really odd stuff around here in boynton and lantana lately... I was doing some light tackle fishing the other day and caught my first redfish <first in lantana> I pulled it up and could not believe my eyes.. I have been told when you spend many hours on the water you either start making money or losing money and you start seeing some really amazing things. I was out the other day only one out in morning off boynton I kept hearing splashes behind me and thought someone diving was goofing off with me<old friend> So finally I kept looking and I counted six sails in a row Jumping.... With no charter boats in sight...

Well have a good week everyone and I have been seeing many more Seacrafts out in the water. In Boynton and Jupiter.

Ps to the kid <yellow and black 72seacraft>who was jumping swells in jupiter and tried to cut me off out the inlet.. <you have to make a sharp cut south and time the swells not go straight through> LOL PSS my merc says 150 but is a 225 sucker LOL Also saw your pops at Phil foster and told him you were dogging the swells north of juno>> He did not look to happy.

Chris

KenB · #3 04-29-2010, 02:00 PM

A great white got stuck in a tidal estuary about a mile from the ramp in woods hole.

My Buddy tuck hooked up with it and went for a sleigh ride in his wooden skiff. Then the Mass State house passed an emergency law outlawing targeting of or fishing for Great Whites inside 3 miles, which was previously an oversight. AKA the "tuck" rule.

That was the year that local son John Kerry was running for president. Now and again we see JK bombing around in his 35 ft naval grey regulator, but no more great whites.

Quint: [seeing Hooper's equipment] What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?

gofastsandman · #4 04-29-2010, 07:42 PM

DFA,
That must have been quite the encounter. Every 10 yrs or so they catch one in the Keys. How many do they lose?

You go in the cage. Cage goes in the water. Shark`s in the water. Farewell and adieu to you fair spanish ladies.

Did your friend find a La. license plate?

Cheers,
GFS

Ryank · #5 04-30-2010, 07:24 AM

I had a Bad experience with a 14+' Tiger while spearing on the Eagle in Islamorada. It gave me religion

Fr. Frank · #6 05-03-2010, 07:23 AM

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I had a Bad experience with a 14+' Tiger while spearing on the Eagle in Islamorada. It gave me religion

I was diving a planned decompression-stop dive in the Bowl off Lake Worth in 128' of water 27 years ago, and we were ready to surface when a 10'-12' Tiger began circling over the Bowl. He only stayed for 8 or 9 minutes, but it seemed like forever. I ran out of air on my 2nd of 3 decompression stops on the way up. Two hours after that I got bent because of lack of decompression. Only in my ring and little finger, but hurt like you wouldn't believe.

I don't like big sharks anymore.