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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: JimK on May 24, 2019, 05:39:27 AM
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Hey Guys,
A friend of mine Paul Sykes got "Bumped Hard" (NOT BIT!!)by a large shark while body boarding a couple of days off of Ship Bottom
Lots of bunker in the water (not to mention fishermen...but that is another story)
Be careful out there!
JimK
Extreme Windsurfing
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Just when I thought I was safe... ;D
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You East Coasters are IN TROUBLE.
Although Creek would say "You're all freaking out over nothing."
Just don't ride a boogie board:
Just in time for Memorial Day, oceanic researchers said they have tracked a great white shark off Connecticut’s coast, the first time ever that the prodigious predator of summer movie fame has been pinpointed in Long Island Sound.
Connecticut!!!! :o What's next Ohio?
See Here:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-great-white-long-island-sound-20190520-4nedfszk2ndfbmjvrleutxo2eq-story.html
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I have been a couple of miles off the NC coast the last couple of weekends and might be going 3 on Monday; paddling out to artificial reefs to fish.
A shark? They are reporting a "cluster":
https://www.wwaytv3.com/2019/05/17/cluster-of-massive-great-white-sharks-spotted-off-carolina-coast/
They are pretty far out and it isn't unusual.
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"They are attracted by shiny jewelry and colorful swimsuits..."
Have not heard that before... so avoid looking like a giant spinning lure 8)
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More on the Longe Island scare...
https://www.trackingsharks.com/great-white-tracked-in-long-island-sound-maybe-maybe-not/
Jim
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whoa @jimk thats scary stuff as I surf where you do some times.
nothing as scary as essentially what Creek paddles out in year round....... (Ill be there July 4th to see how frequently I can keep my legs out of the water
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More on the Longe Island scare...
https://www.trackingsharks.com/great-white-tracked-in-long-island-sound-maybe-maybe-not/
Jim
That article said the Long Island sound of New Jersey. From other articles it seems that the shark “might” of been between Connecticut and NJ in the Long Island sound. That news thread seems like a silly overreaction as one shark getting a ping in an area that large doesn’t seem scary. The bump in NJ seems much more scary. Did the boarder see anything?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9cSnlkuQRM
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Saw my first GW last spring on an outer reef. Around 3 meters, so just a "baby." Thought I'd be way more spooked than I was. Tried to follow along as it swam along the bottom, just off the reef (me staying on top of the reef in the shallower water). After a while, it just moved off. Only reason I saw it was because I was on a SUP. Makes me wonder how many times I haven't seen them. I see Black Tips all the time, and the occasional Tiger, but the White was next level.
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I see Black Tips all the time, and the occasional Tiger, but the White was next level.
The other way around for me. GW's don't bother me, but Tiger sharks do.
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I'm gonna stop reading this thread after beasho. I try to stay away from sharks!
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Am I crazy because I want to see a shark?
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ICHABOD
If you wanna see a shark
First you have to come to the Ocean
2) They are there and mostly unseen ie predator
3) Chop up some bunker (10/20#) and throw it in the water slowly for an hour or 2
YOU'LL SEE SHARKS
JimK
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I'll be there!
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So, on Monday when the bunker were flashing to the horizon at Long Beach, mighta been some sharks nearby?
Ive seen dolphins galore, whales, skates, rays , massive boils of blues and strippers—all the time, but I’ve never seen a shark in hundreds of sessions over the years, many recently up high on a Sup. NJ up to Pophams Maine. Of course I haven’t been on cape cod since the 70’s.
Florida? Fuggedaboutit....always see sharks in FL.
Net, I would just as soon not see sharks when surfing.
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East...
I think water clarity (or lack there of) has alot to do with not seeing the sharks in NJ
Cool to hear all the wildlife you are seeing, proves NJ waters are clean
JimK
Extreme Windsurfing
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water's much cleaner round here--but warmer water temps may be problematic--like i was told the quilt of skates i saw last year was a couple of months off normal seasonal timing, whatever effect that might have
in general our northeast US atlantic water is uniquely clean--due to its normal cold temps and effective environmental regulation over last several decades
in heat of august it can seem stinky dirty, but not sure if the science backs that up
where water is warm and very polluted, gets bad
cold water is cleaner of microbes and crowds! not all bad
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I remember hearing from the Provincetown whale watching folks that a lot the turbidity we get in the northeast is plankton. That's why we get all these whales; they come to feed. When the Atlantic whales are in the clear waters of the Caribbean, they're fasting.
The Hudson where I paddle is very turbid, but it's river silt. Most people think it's pollution, but many rivers are like this.