“just about the time the dinner bell starts ringing for sharks...maybe a bit early,”
4:00pm-10:00am is stay out of the water time on the NC coast.
Some comments about this incident from a fishing website for the SOBX about 30 miles south of Ocracoke:
“Let us know how the sharks are doing! Seriously, next couple of months prime time for the big boys”
“I can tell you right now the sharks are doing great. Just got back today, and yesterday saw a 6’+ landed at the jetty and saw another one 4 minutes later on the other side, all in knee deep water.”
“Saw one at least 6ft long swimming in shallow water near the jetty Saturday. Have seen the most this year I’ve ever seen and they are coming mighty close to shore and huge at that...... “
“All true...
Rode out of Ophelia a couple years ago and the sharks were stacked along the bottom like cord wood. I have also seen 10 footers in knee to waist deep water.
The island that appears on cape lookout shoals is also known as shark island.”
“back the first part of June, i was sitting on the beach and saw a shark swim right up into knee deep water, amongst the swimmers, just bait in the water......just keep in mind if you need help, its at least an hour away.......just saying”
Back in ‘07 I was kayaking in shallow (hip deep) water in the sound behind the south point of Ocracoke when a 3’ sand shark hit the boat hard from below. He sheared off into the inlet and I never saw him again. It was about 1600 hours. I often wondered if it was a chance bump or if that shark was really attempting to attack. One way or the other I’m glad I had a nice sturdy kayak wrapped around me at the time. A 3’ Sand Tiger could take a hunk out of your leg the size of a filet mignon.