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08-15-2015, 08:43 AM | #1 |
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Carlsbad Scare
Something has always freaked me out about that place. Just always feels "sharky." Well,Yesterday something very very large went beneath my yak 3-4 times. I don't know what it was for sure, but it wasn't a whale and obviously was waaaaaay thicker and longer than a sea lion. Seemed to definitely be checking me out. I got out of the water, loaded up and decided I'm done 'testing' that canyon. Back to the comforts of La Jolla for me!
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08-15-2015, 08:58 AM | #2 | |
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08-15-2015, 09:30 AM | #3 |
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Is that a wise idea ? I am assuming the stringer was hanging in water ? Glad you guys are ok . My understating is that it is the ones you don't see that you have to worry about . I am not sure if that pertains to sonar returns ?
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08-15-2015, 09:53 AM | #4 |
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I usually have no problem with a stringer hanging out , but now I have all my catch inside my yak. I saw the hammerhead ping on my sonar, but didn't realize it was a shark till it came up and my cousin started screaming shark!
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08-15-2015, 12:38 PM | #5 |
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08-15-2015, 03:06 PM | #6 |
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08-15-2015, 09:32 AM | #7 |
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You're not even safe at la jolla. Last week when I went out there was a hammer head and a great white lol
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08-15-2015, 10:29 AM | #8 |
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Yep... there are no sharks in La Jolla
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08-15-2015, 10:51 AM | #9 |
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Definitely no sharks in la jolla
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08-15-2015, 12:05 PM | #10 |
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There's definitely hammerheads around Carlsbad and Oceanside. I went out on my buddy's skiff last week and this hammerhead about 9ft long was eyeing my yf tuna.
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08-15-2015, 12:22 PM | #11 |
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Ya it was probably a Hammerhead. I just don't like the idea of something that big cruising and waiting beneath my yak. Always makes me feel like one bad tip and I could become hammerhead bait!! Just say no to Carlsbad Canyon!!!
It sits right outside that kelp so I think the natural upwelling brings the big predators around close to the beach. At least La Jolla is angled off away from the point. I just feel better out there...safer launching and landing too. The swell can really change from morning launch to afternoon. I Lost a net and rod there in the surf on a 'small' day just because three hours later it was bigger. |
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08-15-2015, 04:12 PM | #13 |
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I always keep my fish on a stringer inside/on top of my kayak
While spear fishing I've had my stringer buzzed by a shark only once and that was enough. Luckily it was a grey smooth hound and not a larger shark that I need to worry about. But unnerving none the less. I've also had to fight off and eventually loose an entire stringer to a sea lion that was as big as me. So I won't leave fish on a stringer in the water anymore As soon I shoot a fish it's on the boat asap On the kayak it's inside if it fits or on top of it doesn't Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by HobieScot; 08-15-2015 at 04:23 PM. |
08-15-2015, 10:04 PM | #14 |
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Whites mako hammers are all at La jolla right now. Not a big deal. Keep doing your thing. If he follows you turn towards him and chase him. He won't know what to think. They're more afraid of you than you are of them. If you run away you look more like food. Go at them you might be a bigger predator, they got other things to do than get hurt.
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08-15-2015, 11:41 PM | #15 | |
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Not a big deal. Maybe, maybe not. One of our fellow BWE members got launched about 10 ft into the air by a great white last year up around Vandenberg
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08-16-2015, 07:42 AM | #16 |
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Nice getting launched into air. Sounds like a ride. You didn't mention anything about getting bit so that's good. If your worried about sharks then avoid the ocean. No sharks in our lakes. Me I'm a dumb ass that doesn't let anything scare him. If it does I go back for more. Adrenaline junkie. I have chased a great white and a couple hammers. They all ran away . But before I started chasing them they followed. And second off how many hours per day does this website have a person off it on the water. I'd say everyday there's a lot of people on water from here. That means since this website was created the hundreds of thousands of hours on the water by people off here and only one time did someone have a truly bad encounter with a shark? I'd say that was a fluke and the odds are better of hitting lotto twice in a row than getting attacked. Not to say you couldnt prevoke a bite if you wanted. I had a yellowtail head I was trying to get the white to come over and take. He wouldn't. Maybe next time I will get to hand feed him and try to catch him by hand. Tickle the nose and turn them over. Tonic immobilization will keep them calm. They do this all over the world to research sharks. It works and I'm going to post on here soon I hand fed and caught a big shark. That's on my bucket list. Not catching a tuna that's not scary at all stay safe and never run from a predator that will cause them to chase. It's instincts to them to chase something running and not in their instincts to fight with something that isn't afraid of them.
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08-16-2015, 08:17 AM | #17 |
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You're going to hand line a white shark yet you got flipped by a yellowtail?
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08-16-2015, 10:21 AM | #18 | |
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Hardcore brah...yaksharktamer of the the jewel!
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