GWS Bites Kayak

[tony]

The shark held onto my kayak for 10-15 seconds, during which it seemed relaxed and was not moving

This is the part that weirded me out......considering it has the jaw power to chomp down on a kayak like it was a pad of butter...
Sort of like it's teeth were stuck or it was waiting,waiting,waiting for some kind of taste/movement to chomp down on.....Like a frikken cat and a mouse

[Nic D]

its only pure speculation, but Id bet that once whitey bit down on the yak, he probably realized that it wasn't food. So he just sat there figuring out what to do next... Good thing for the yakker whitey let go.

[Gino]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG5NX7fC8VM

Red is not the smartest color for a kayak. The more scared you get they can feel your hearbeating threw your kayak. even with a SOT rotomolded yak. If they sense a a change in impulses form your heartbeat, they get interested.

the guy paddling away, with the red kayak looked to the shark, like a hurt seal bleeding and strugling to swim away. so he went in for the swoop and got a mouthfull of wood.

If you paddle away fast when you see one, you could trigger an attack, the shark is checking you out to see if you might be food, if you decide to book it your giving the shark the impression your scared of it, like a Seal would be. That explains the incident where the shark followed those other 2 kayakers.

the Oil Rig paddler wasnt even hit hard. If they are gonna attack you, they are gonna hit you hard to try a injur you badly.. If that guy was victum of the first assualt he woulda been tossed out of that kayak a couple feet in the air.

That real popular video of the Huge Mako shark chompin on a seal at Catalina taken a month ago you can kinda see thier seal killing procedure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OP7B22cV2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnylC6SE9fU shorter close up version.

[deepdvr]

Originally Posted by Gino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG5NX7fC8VM

After watching that video I'm guessing there will be some very good deals on used yellow Hobies. No wonder Josh went to baby blue.

Everything I've heard has also suggested you don't move and you don't fight back or attack the shark. Doing those things can easily shift him from just being inquisitive to full-on attack mode. The key is to just be stunned and motionless while you piss and sheeet yourself.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by tony

This is the part that weirded me out......considering it has the jaw power to chomp down on a kayak like it was a pad of butter...
Sort of like it's teeth were stuck or it was waiting,waiting,waiting for some kind of taste/movement to chomp down on.....Like a frikken cat and a mouse

Yeah that got me too. It's like it could of crushed that thing like an eggshell, and essentially his legs were in the sharks mouth, so if he did bite down it would of taken out his legs as well.

Very spooky..

Jim

[cowboybill]

I heard or read that Yellow is the color that is most likely to get attacked...And do sharks even see color?

OK Brent, come to my defense?!?!?

Cowboybill with a RED tarpon 160

[kobra]

That's a gnarly experience. I saw on one of the episodes of shark week that curious sharks check things out with their mouths. Sounds like that's what happened. Good thing for the yakker the shark wasn't interested or pissed.

[j mo]

Gnarly! I got spooked recently at Seaside. I didnt scream like a girl but pretty sure I sharted myself

[dsafety]

I don't know anything about whether sharks and other fish can see colors but if they can, red may equal blood. Yellow could be diluted blood.

Sounds reasonable and makes me happy that I have a moss colored yak. Unless you are a carp, moss is probably not high on the wish list when the dinner bell rings.

Bob

[mckenzie]

Hey....it's SHARK WEEK! Whatever?

[cowboybill]

http://www.sharkshield.com/Content/Home/

I like the idea of this, but at $700.....

But $700 sounds cheap as insurance??

cowboybill

[WahooUSMA]

Originally Posted by cowboybill

http://www.sharkshield.com/Content/Home/

I like the idea of this, but at $700.....

But $700 sounds cheap as insurance??

cowboybill

http://www.uberreview.com/2008/03/sh...n-by-shark.htm

[umtduckhead]

just in time for shark week on discovery!


oops didnt read all the post..

[maui jim]

Back in June, a firefighter was reported missing in the Gaviota area, and was never found, they did recover his kayak and some personal items, I'm not sure but I think his kayak was red also.

I'm just wondering if this is connected in some way. I was in Carpinteria(Santa Barbara) the first week of July and the life gaurd told me to be careful in the area.

interesting...........

[kayakhunter]

My wife and I had a run in with one out of Newport last spring. It was circling the buoy outside the harbor, the dorsal was about 3ft. out of the water.

We were about 50 yards away when we saw it and we hastily turned around back to the harbor.

It was her first and last time in the ocean in a kayak.

[Oolie]

Originally Posted by tony

This is the part that weirded me out......considering it has the jaw power to chomp down on a kayak like it was a pad of butter...
Sort of like it's teeth were stuck or it was waiting,waiting,waiting for some kind of taste/movement to chomp down on.....Like a frikken cat and a mouse

Originally Posted by Tamarack Studios

its only pure speculation, but Id bet that once whitey bit down on the yak, he probably realized that it wasn't food. So he just sat there figuring out what to do next... Good thing for the yakker whitey let go.

you guys haven't been watching shark week.

the whites have around as much chomping power as a human, it's the teeth that do the damage.


so in other words, when the shark attacked, he realized he wasn't getting through the hull and gave up.