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sharks in fresh water
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:32 pm
I talked to my taxidermist that is mounting a fish for me. When I caught the fish it had some bite marks on it He informed me today that it was not a gar that did the damage it was a shark! I was in the tchefuncte river inside the city limits of Covington La.He said he talked to several other fishermen that he knows and the sharks are real bad this year. So fellow ob ers be careful out there.
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Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:35 pm to ktc22799lsu
damn bull sharks.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:37 pm to ktc22799lsu
Bull sharks exist in freshwater WELL inland. There are documented cases of bulls in the Mississippi River...in friggin' Illinois.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:42 pm to ktc22799lsu
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sharks
Better keep the Judge handy
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:50 pm to Boats n Hose
Posted on 4/25/11 at 7:58 pm to ktc22799lsu
It is truly amazing that there hasn't been an attack in Louisiana fresh waters from a bull shark. It will happen. They have been in our fresh water systems before Columbus set sail in 1492. Bull sharks are an evolutionary miracle.
Not a wader, swimmer or water skier has been attacked. The odds say it will happen sooner rather than later.
Not a wader, swimmer or water skier has been attacked. The odds say it will happen sooner rather than later.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:25 pm to Boats n Hose
Saw six footers caught in pier 90 canal
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:30 pm to choupiquesushi
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Saw six footers caught in pier 90 canal
Well I know now I'm never jumping in the water there.
FWIW, I hate launching at that place
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:32 pm to glassman
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The odds say it will happen sooner rather than later.
what are you basing that on? if it hasn't ever happened there is no data to support that statement
Posted on 4/25/11 at 8:40 pm to Fishhead
Glass there were several reports of folks getting bit one summer in bayou st John many many moons ago
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:00 pm to Hermit Crab
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what are you basing that on? if it hasn't ever happened there is no data to support that statement
bull sharks are known to attack people, bull sharks are known to be in louisiana freshwater
therefore, a bull shark will eventually attack someone in louisiana freshwater
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:11 pm to ktc22799lsu
No more trips to the madisonville "beach" for me
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:42 pm to glassman
True-it will happen. But if I were worried about sharks, gators, snakes, or amoeba I'd never be able to ski and enjoy boating.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:43 pm to ktc22799lsu
Sharks get a bad rap from TV.... they're good people, just misunderstood
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:16 pm to Hermit Crab
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what are you basing that on?
The most fertile waters besides the Amazon in the western hemisphere. I would actually venture to say that people who have gone missing have been victims of bull sharks. I fear them a lot more than alligators in our local waters.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:31 pm to ktc22799lsu
Posted on 4/25/11 at 11:27 pm to ktc22799lsu
Sharks are known to come well into fresh water. A couple years back I saw a Dolphin above the New Bridge in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 11:31 pm to ktc22799lsu
Here is the story of a 5’ black tip on the Diversion LINK
Posted on 4/25/11 at 11:53 pm to wickowick
Posted on 4/26/11 at 12:06 am to LSUDad
We have always caught small sand sharks and bulls in the lake, nothing new. The biggest being only 4-5ft, talked to a biologist ans he said while there may be a couple of bigger ones that they mostly stay closer to the coast in salter water. Bigger sharks that is.
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