Originally Posted by HobieScot (Post 240394)

If a reporter asks any of us if we've seen a shark out there while kayak fishing the safest answer for all of us is to say "nope, never seen one"

With enough of us saying the same thing the media "should" loose interest pretty quickly

Then we can go on our merry way and continue to enjoy ourselves without any further beach closures


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Originally Posted by skrilla (Post 240422)

No need to lie. Just say you decline to share and have a nice day. If they insist then open the hatch and show em your trouser trout. :D

Originally Posted by FISH11 (Post 240380)

When I landed yesterday around 2:15 pm, as I was dragging my kayak out of the water, I was approached by Hannah Mullins (a reporter with 10 news and her cameraman). She first asks me if I caught anything, I said nothing I wanted to keep. Then she asks if I saw any sharks any hammer heads, I said not today. She ask if I had seen them before and I say, Ya, they have been around for a couple months now. She asks surprised, a couple months. I said about couple months. but only now did anybody bring it up. I said we've seen a lot of other sharks that are a lot more dangerous than a hammer heads. She sounds interested and ask me if I want to chat about it. I said no, she sounds surprised and says, No. I said not really, I think it's been written about too much already, and people just misinterpret it. She looks puzzled and says good bye and walks away. I wonder what they would think, if we started talking about the GW's and Makos we have seen or hooked up, really close to the buoys the swimmers like to swim to on their way to the pier or shores everyday. I think the swimmers are the ones that are nuts, swimming in their area and close to so many seals. I think the last thing we need is the public to think the kayak fishermen are the ones responsible for the shark when they have been in the area all along. I mean it's their back yard and we are all just passing through. Enjoy the beauty of seeing then and leave them alone.

Originally Posted by ctfphoto (Post 240572)

Out today, water a little cooler, NO Hammerhead Sharks today, Just ........

...... the largest landlord that I have ever seen 5 miles out solo :eek:

Originally Posted by Hunters Pa (Post 240672)

My interview would go something like "yeah, since all the sea lions have taken over at Children's pool they have been attracting all kinds of predators that are just waiting to snack on a tourist. I mean, local businesses are making a ton of money knowingly sending people out into waters with a huge population of sharks that stick around because of the abundance of protected sea lions. You would think that local government would do something to diminish the presence of their natural forage, or maybe caving to activists is easier than looking out for the safety of tourists and the local businesses that the revenue they bring support"

Then I'd see if they actually air it, or spin it to say additional protection is needed for those poor cute sea-puppies that have to go into the dangerous water.

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 239922)

I just saw the video.............if that shark was aggressive than the one that bumped Tony last week needs to get the chair.

Originally Posted by FISH11 (Post 240380)

When I landed yesterday around 2:15 pm, as I was dragging my kayak out of the water, I was approached by Hannah Mullins (a reporter with 10 news and her cameraman). She first asks me if I caught anything, I said nothing I wanted to keep. Then she asks if I saw any sharks any hammer heads, I said not today. She ask if I had seen them before and I say, Ya, they have been around for a couple months now. She asks surprised, a couple months. I said about couple months. but only now did anybody bring it up. I said we've seen a lot of other sharks that are a lot more dangerous than a hammer heads. She sounds interested and ask me if I want to chat about it. I said no, she sounds surprised and says, No. I said not really, I think it's been written about too much already, and people just misinterpret it. She looks puzzled and says good bye and walks away. I wonder what they would think, if we started talking about the GW's and Makos we have seen or hooked up, really close to the buoys the swimmers like to swim to on their way to the pier or shores everyday. I think the swimmers are the ones that are nuts, swimming in their area and close to so many seals. I think the last thing we need is the public to think the kayak fishermen are the ones responsible for the shark when they have been in the area all along. I mean it's their back yard and we are all just passing through. Enjoy the beauty of seeing then and leave them alone.

Originally Posted by HELLSTER INC. (Post 241002)

http://https://youtu.be/e2dBB0wS8e0https://youtu.be/e2dBB0wS8e0https://youtu.be/e2dBB0wS8e0I hooked that damn hammerhead 3 times yesterday and the 3rd time he wrapped the braid around mirage drive and sliced it:the_finger:. Sharks are getting to be as bad as the seals!
Hear is a little video of the culprit...
https://youtu.be/e2dBB0wS8e0

https://youtu.be/e2dBB0wS8e0Attachment 16796
http://https://www.youtube.com/chann...2yPYqU6pHhMXSw

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 241006)

That totally sucks!!

Yesterday I was dragging bait across the canyon and got bite, as soon as I tried to set the hook the line went limp.........wtf? I start to reel hoping that the fish swam towards me but the whole time I had no pressure on the line. As soon as I pulled my line out the I noticed it was completely fraid, not wanting to know what it was I kept going.