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VINNY
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
Posts: 128
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Great White Attack
Rules to follow 1. If there is a first attack, its time for everyone to come in. They are unpredictable 2. Always stay Calm in all situations 3. Always have your Marine Radio. Also know how to use it. Be calm 4. Never go without a buddy 5. Stick together as much as you can, even 5ft of distance can mean you getting launched in the air 6. Do not leave your fish hanging over the edge 7. After you have been attacked, stay calm on the radio so you can give clear directions. These above items were in place during our attack. We had all these things, unfortunately we have planned on great whites being in our fishing grounds but had not planned on seeing what we saw. Always plan on the unplanned. I hope that makes sense. The three of us on the second attack were first responders at for work careers and im not sure if we can credit that or not but there was no time for shock. We had a guy in the water and he needed to get. We pulled Ryan out of the water onto my kayak and there was still no relief due to the fact we didn't know when the GW would be back. I hope you guys can learn from our experience. |
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Emperor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Buena Park
Posts: 3,649
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Pretty crazy there vinny!
So is uh jurassic park norte closed for the season?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Dana Point area
Posts: 438
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Be calm? Is that even possible? Were was the attack in Central Calif ? Glad no one was injured.
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VINNY
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
Posts: 128
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donkey roper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Beach
Posts: 968
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Holy smokes!! I heard about this incident Saturday. So everyone is ok??
I case some people don't know, October is by far the most active time of year for GWS attacks in CA. A surfer was also attacked this weekend near pt conception. The most recent fatal attack in SD was also in October. Stay frosty! |
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VINNY
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
Posts: 128
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It occured just North of the boat house at Vandenberg
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VINNY
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
Posts: 128
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OOps I forgot a tidit
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,641
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It is so hard to imagine what is worse to get launched 10 feet in the air and be saved by your buddies or be the buddy 10 feet behind and see the kayak get launched with your buddy on top and get to see the massive Great White directly in front. To experience the girth and power, let alone get to see the teeth of that open mouth. I hope to never experience either. Thanks for sharing.
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VINNY
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
Posts: 128
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I wasn't even 5 feet away to Ryan on his left side. Had I been on the other side of Ryan it would have landed on me.
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donkey roper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Beach
Posts: 968
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After an attack in western oz last week, the local authorities issued a green light on the killing of the "rogue" sharks which took off both arms of a local surfer. It's sad that they have to resort to killing the sharks so that people can feel some sort of justice or security.
It's their ocean after all, and it has been for hundreds of millions of years. Glad no one was hurt. |
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Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 57
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Thanks for the post, 10 feet in the air sounds like getting hit bit a car! I'm glad you guys were there to help and were able to keep calm. It's surprising that Ryan doesn't have a sore back.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta
Posts: 729
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![]() ![]() I'm not going to name names but last week someone called me out as "over-reacting" to the Hammerhead incidents in S.D. (and if I'm not mistaken, they are more unpredictable than GW's) by wanting to build a "TASER" for sharks. ![]() I'm just glad the kayaker was OK and my concerns for the surfer that was attacked. FFY ![]() Last edited by FlyFishinYakr; 10-07-2014 at 04:58 AM. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 128
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wow.... amazing story... despite the deterrence.... I'm sure some of us are still thinking "hey swells look small this weekend, let's go get some yellows!"
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Menifee
Posts: 2,509
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HOLY $HIT VINNY!
Glad you guys are OK!
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: La Jolla
Posts: 82
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Best kayak fishing story ever! Although I'm sure you didn't feel that way at the time. So glad you lived to tell the tale and hopefulyl fish another day.
In June I had a close up encounter with a curious GWS in LJ. About 14-15 feet and it didn't actually make contact with my yak. It just cruised up to me, checked me out and thought about taking a little taste for a few seconds. I didn't move and it lost interest. Definitely not an ambush/attack. Just a curious shark. A couple takeaways - Those things are girthy and the eyes are way bigger than I realized! Shark week is awesome but they look so much fatter up close and personal. A buddy told me a story about being thrown out of his yak in LJ a few years ago by a white. It made a run at him from below, and must have turned at the last minute when it realized he wasn't a seal. Again, the shark didn't make contact with his kayak but a big animal moving so fast displaces a lot of water. This guy got thrown up into the air and out of his yak by just the rush of water from the shark turning under him to avoid him at the last minute. I believe his story, as he's not the type to make something like that up and he spends a ton of time on the water. I can only imagine how terrifying it was to get attacked like that and how high you must have flown out of the water. 19-20 feet is HUGE! |
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 81
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RULE #8 THEN GO HOME AND CLEAN THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR PANTS
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192.168.0.1
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 397
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h.o.l.y s.h.iiiiiiiii.t!
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Currently @ MLO Territory
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Under the Shadow
Posts: 2,290
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I wonder if hobie will give him a free replacement.... at the very least. I think that is a very good reason to quit Kayak fishing if you ever needed a reason. I will not be going out in the area if I hear there has been a first attack!
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Orange County
Posts: 202
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Under a bridge
Posts: 2,169
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