And before that, around Boston, they were called "Dutch Rudders".
Posted on 08/18/2019 5:53:07 AM PDT by C19fan
During a recent morning surf at a town beach here, Andy Jacob spotted a dark shadow in the water just a few feet away. He assumed it was a gray seal because they are everywhere these days—until he got a better view. “As clear as day, it was a great white shark,” said the 40-year-old Wellfleet resident, who had been surfing around the same spot where a great white killed a boogie boarder last September. He said he warned others nearby and that a lifeguard temporarily ordered people out of the water, standard protocol after a sighting. “Any person could be attacked at any moment,” said Mr. Jacob, an artist and oyster farmer. It is peak shark season on Cape Cod, and this summer, the huge animals lurking just offshore are an inescapable presence to the people on dry land.
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The “sharks” have always been there. Back in the day, they were called “Kennedys”.
“might need to stop at a tackle shop to buy stronger reels and heavier line.”
And a bigger boat??
It would be impressive to land a Great White from the beach!
Sharks eat seals, Duh...
Have the democrats started filling out voter registration cards for the sharks yet?
Mr Jacob, an artist and oyster farmer is an expert on sharks..
In California, white sharks are a protected species and catching or killing them is prohibited.
PING
Do the math.
And before that, around Boston, they were called "Dutch Rudders".
The irrational protection of sea mammals has resulted in the up surge of sea mammal predators. So if the occasional human gets bit or killed just chalk it up to environmental craziness which made the irrational law.
Hilton Head is the shark fishing capital of the world?? Lol.
I do have a t-shirt that proves it....
Surfed there for years.
No more.
Very few people in the water there this summer.
:-)
Seems kind of strange that they are protected since Moonbeam saved the sea lions. When he did that he rang the dinner bell for Great Whites and they are all over the coast clear into Mexico. But not as much north as they don’t like cold water a lot and it gets colder the closer to Alaska.
rwood
They definitely need some Inuit people there...
Maybe some Japanese.
And whoever else likes to eat seal blubber.
Does seal meat taste like... chicken?
killer whales hunt the great whites - there has been a war on for the last couple of years I’ve heard mention of here and there. It seems as though the killer whales are chasing the sharks around the globe killing them off. Maybe the sharks have found a bit of a hide out from the whales.
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