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re: Sharks in Gulf Shores

Posted on 7/15/13 at 6:39 pm to
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
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Posted on 7/15/13 at 6:39 pm to
amazing mind-blower-eh.
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
10682 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 7:46 pm to
quote:

I just caught a 200lb 7' bull shark out of Destin. Whipped my arse for an 1 1/2hr on a 40lb line and pulled the boat over a mile. Harder than any tuna I've caught. Regret not bringing my 1911 on board.


That's not my experience with catching sharks. I've found them to be much more lethargic than tuna, amberjack, etc. Was like reeling in a log.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
31458 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

Sharks in Gulf Shores
The sharks on the Atlantic side like the taste of people more than the gulf ones. THANK GOD!






Murky water leads to more bites
Posted by Bushwackers
Ridin' shotgun with Reese Bobby!
Member since Dec 2006
3790 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 10:24 pm to
Yea, it was more like dead weight, but I've never caught a tuna that heavy so it sure as hell seemed more difficult.
Posted by ClydeFrog
Kenya
Member since Jul 2012
3261 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 10:48 pm to
Wish I could have been there, I would have loved to cast after that hammerhead.
Posted by joeleblanc
Member since Jan 2012
4114 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 10:50 pm to
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So I will be wade fishing in Fort Morgan, where there are also supposed to be alot of blacktips. Do I have to worry about these frickers making a snack out of my legs? Im a skinny cat so they would be dissapoint anyways...


Was there last week. saw a couple of sharks, biggest was about 4 foot. and yes, being the dumbass that you are for wadefishing on a beach with people everywhere, I hope you do get bit. can't fix stupid
Posted by ClydeFrog
Kenya
Member since Jul 2012
3261 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 10:54 pm to
To the guy who wades with swimmers: don't wade by swimmers. Yeah it's usually fine to wade if Blacktips are in the water. My buddy got bit by one once while surfing and he said the Coast Guard paperwork was the worst part. Plus, the majority of Blacktips that would be around you if you're wading are probably less than three feet long.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
44336 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 11:01 pm to
Yeah wife has a friend who posted a video on Facebook of one that damn near beached itself it was so far in. Are you talking about Paul Scott's picture with the two bull sharks?
Posted by JG77056
Vegas baby, Vegas
Member since Sep 2010
12068 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 2:25 am to
This happened when I was a kid in Gulf Shores about 20 years ago. Apparently the sharks come in to spawn every so many years. We used our small poles we had brought to catch baitfish in the surf then bought big arse poles for the sharks. Hooked many, only landed 1 to the beach, about a 6 foot black tip.

You could literally see the shark swimming along, cut a slit in the side of the baitfish, and pitch it about 20 feet infront of where the shark was heading and they'd hit it.
Posted by Child of the Missip
Member since May 2012
1522 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 3:35 am to
Short Version: Went wade fishing in destin when the shad were running. Went fishing when they would school in the early morning/afternoon. Would see sharks from beach house but didn't let it stop me. Caught some fish and then a shark. Was walking in with shark on the line with my cousin and then had a 5' reef shark come very close, we both stomped when it got to close and it turned and darted off. Can't remember the time of year, a little after mid-spring or mid-summer I think. About three years ago.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82922 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 3:44 am to
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with people everywhere
Have you even been to Ft. Morgan?
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
31458 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 6:17 am to
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Was there last week. saw a couple of sharks, biggest was about 4 foot. and yes, being the dumbass that you are for wadefishing on a beach with people everywhere, I hope you do get bit. can't fix stupid


maybe he was fishing and then the beach people showed up?

wade fisherman has just as much right to the beach as swimmers...

and unless they are chumming.. they aren't "attracting" sharks...

yeah last time in OB.. .lil choupique was fishing with soft plastics. and was about 1oo yards past the closest swimmer...

some guy on the beach was bitching about him fishing and that he was gonna go out there and put a stop to them fishing... I politely told him... his dad would be out there to stop you and it might not go like you think it will.. because his dad is a bad combination of a crazy and capable....

oddly his whole crew was drinking beer and wine coolers out of glass bottles..and the worst injury on the beach that week was from one of their broken glass bottles...

oh yeah.. when the girl cut her foot on the broken glass - what did they do..... yep.. took her into the surf to was out her foot.... can't fix stupid is right.
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 6:22 am
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
10682 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 7:09 am to
You're right. That is unbelievable.
Posted by joeleblanc
Member since Jan 2012
4114 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:15 am to
many times
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 8:16 am
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82922 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:17 am to
Well that just makes it more sad
Posted by joeleblanc
Member since Jan 2012
4114 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:19 am to
People were swimming. Sharks were spotted. Dumbass runs to his beach house for fishing gear.
Posted by mikeytig
NE of Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2007
7289 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:21 am to
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Have you even been to Ft. Morgan?


shhh!.... don't let out this well-kept secret.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
31458 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:30 am to
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n Gulf Shores
People were swimming. Sharks were spotted. Dumbass runs to his beach house for fishing gear.


and just how does this endanger the swimmers?

seems like the prudent thing if you are swimming and spot sharks is to get out of the water...

seems like fishing shark out of water.. would help situation?


or.. Like one old senior chief told us one day...

Never go in the water without a knife or a swim buddy.... does anyone know why you need a knife?

if you get surrounded by sharks - stab swim buddy.... LEAVE AREA
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 8:38 am
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82922 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 8:59 am to
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People were swimming. Sharks were spotted. Dumbass runs to his beach house for fishing gear.
Yeah, I don't think you know what dumbass means.
Posted by hardhead
stinky bayou
Member since Jun 2009
5746 posts
Posted on 7/16/13 at 10:13 am to
dumbass was his nickname

had to be
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