Lifeguard Report about "no blood" or scent near beach.....

[alanw]

"In Saturday's sighting, kayak fisherman captured cellphone video that looked like a scene from Jaws."

With reporting like that, it's only a matter of time. http://www.10news.com/news/2nd-shark...ompts-advisory

[skrilla]

Complete BS. Sounds like a violation of public access. Where is SAC and CCA-CAL? Might as well spend some of that money they made at Fred Hall to fight our right to access the ocean. That or start dragging your kayaks down to Children's seal's Pool.

/kneejerk reaction

[FARRIER]

I would be curious how they could legally justify closing a beach and public boat launch.

[Mahigeer]

Originally Posted by FARRIER

I would be curious how they could legally justify closing a beach and public boat launch.

Did you hear about a swimmer who got attacked by a GWS while a pier fisherman was fighting it?

The City of Manhattan Beach closed the pier to fishing for three months, removed cleaning stations and put up signs for new (but illegal) rules.


I testified on many of the meetings along with many other fishermen.

They finally opened the pier sooner than intended, but the cleaning stations are gone, and the illegal rules are being enforced by police officers.

[bolocop]

Originally Posted by FARRIER

I would be curious how they could legally justify closing a beach and public boat launch.

Haven't you learned from post 9/11 rhetoric? It goes something like this: "Out of an abundance of caution for public safety...(fill in whatever bs you want)."

That's how they shut it down.




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[Mr. NiceGuy]

Isn't there already "blood in the water" from normal food chain activity? --- fish eating fish, sea lions eating fish, sharks eating fish, sharks eating sea lions, etc., etc.

Isn't there fish scent in the water from all the bait balls, schools and fish boils? What about the normal death of sea life in general as a part of the natural life cycle?

What happens in the water now every time a shark eats a meal in the normal course of daily living? Any fish juice splattered around from fish and mammals masticating each other? What about the sports and commercial boats cleaning their fish on the way back to Mission Bay or San Diego Bay?

What impact do a few kayak fishermen have on all of this process of life in the ocean?


Haven't the hammerheads migrated into this area mostly because of warmer water temperatures? I'm pretty sure they didn't follow kayaks to La Jolla from Mexico.


Maybe they are drawn to the prolific sea life of the restricted preserve and the amazing ecology of the La Jolla & Scripps canyons, kelp beds and everything else that makes such a rich environment for sea life out there? Hmmmm?

Just another ho-hum day in paradise

[kurt]

How hard is it to bring out a sponge to wipe off the blood from your kayak before you head in? And a few heavy duty contractor garbage bags to throw your fish in at the end of the day? I think this is totally overblown, but a shark following a kayak in to a beach with swimmers in going to incite a media feeding frenzy every time. Do your best to stop a potential problem.