Great white off stuart/no pics

KenB · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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.