Fishermen risk death by using kayaks in quest to catch sharks

[Big Don]

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Fishermen risk death by using kayaks in quest to catch [/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]sharks[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]08/10/07[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Brave fishermen set a new world first when they went hunting for sharks using simple rods and paddling in kayaks. [/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The extreme sportsmen shunned the traditional idea of a peaceful day's fishing when they rowed into the freezing shark-infested waters off Alaska. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The daring team of four were surrounded by 200 to 300 salmon sharks which were up to nine feet long and weighed between 400 and 1,000 lbs. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]They baited their Avet 50 reels with large pieces of salmon, and managed to catch four of the sharks during their intrepid expedition near Hinchinbrook Island. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Captain Christopher Mautino said: "Sharks were thrashing around in the near distance and we couldn't help but wonder what was in store. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"They attack salmon just like great whites attack seals. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"They thrash around and jump completely out of the water. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"It is quite violent and impressive to watch." [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Describing the expedition in July he added: "As I dropped the salmon down, feelings of 'what am I doing?' came over me. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"I could see the sharks, which looked to be the same size as the kayaks."[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The fishermen, who come from the American Ocean Kayak Fishing Team, spent an hour or more tackling each of the sharks they caught and reeling them in. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Two of the creatures were hauled in to the Prowler 13 kayaks and a further two were released again. [/FONT]

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[Big Don]

Extreme Fishing...

 

[Steel Tiger]

That's pretty serious!
200 to 300 sharks! That would be really cool to see.


It reminds me of an old British documentary about people living in the west of Ireland. Their life was pretty miserable but once each year they would go out into the Atlantic to hunt whale sharks in little boats.

The weird thing is that the film had no narration or dialogue and it was just silent the whole time except for the sounds of nature.

 

[Makalakumu]

Holy Crap! This is why I think extreme sports are for lunatics. Why do people think this up?

What if you hook a really big one...

"We need a bigger boat."

 

[CoryKS]

This should end well...

 

[Big Don]

Holy Crap! This is why I think extreme sports are for lunatics. Why do people think this up?

What if you hook a really big one...

"We need a bigger boat."

Clearly more balls than brains involved...
I saw that movie...

 

[tellner]

It's a real shame that so many sharks get killed. Shark populations are down and many (most?) species are threatened or endangered. If they get to eat dumbass testosterone cases once in a while more power to them. That particular species is in abundant supply and needs some thinning.

 

[Flying Crane]

It's a real shame that so many sharks get killed. Shark populations are down and many (most?) species are threatened or endangered. If they get to eat dumbass testosterone cases once in a while more power to them. That particular species is in abundant supply and needs some thinning.

agreed. I'd rep ya for it, but I gotta spread the love a bit first.

 

[Big Don]

http://www.npca.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/sharks.html

The worldwide population of each species of shark is unknown.

Not having an accurate count, the shark population estimates are little more than WAGs (Wild *** Guesses) with some anecdotal evidence added.
Edited to add: BTW, shark tastes pretty good.

 

[elder999]

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Edited to add: BTW, shark tastes pretty good.

Some shark tastes pretty good. Some sharks urinate through their skin, and don't taste very good at all-blue shark, for instance...

 

[Big Don]

Some shark tastes pretty good. Some sharks urinate through their skin, and don't taste very good at all-blue shark, for instance...

Well, that is just a nasty little piece of trivia.

I could have lived without that knowledge.

 

[newGuy12]

Those guys are going to horse around and get themselves killed doing this.

 

[Dave Leverich]

Heh, see them do that with Thresher sharks. SLAP, oops now you're in the water.

Though, a freezer full of shark sounds a whole lot better than one full of cow etc ;p.

 

[Big Don]

Icy cold water+itty bitty boats+ pissed off sharks, I don't know how they managed to land those sharks from kayaks...
Generally, to kill a shark, you loop a rope around it's tail and drag it backwards through the water drowning/suffocating it, that hardly seems possible given the size of the sharks and the size of the boats.

 

[CoryKS]

Icy cold water+itty bitty boats+ pissed off sharks, I don't know how they managed to land those sharks from kayaks...
Generally, to kill a shark, you loop a rope around it's tail and drag it backwards through the water drowning/suffocating it, that hardly seems possible given the size of the sharks and the size of the boats.

Don't forget the blood pooled inside GnarlyDude's kayak. Those other guys just think they're extreme. He converted his ride into a chum bucket.

 

[Dave Leverich]

Heh, nuts isn't it? The one 'sport' fishing where it's kind of even odds, you or the fish. This seems like Jaws fishing from inside a rowboat, aka I sense a Darwin award coming heh.

 

[Steel Tiger]

Heh, see them do that with Thresher sharks. SLAP, oops now you're in the water.

Though, a freezer full of shark sounds a whole lot better than one full of cow etc ;p.

Or Bull Sharks.

 

[elder999]

Heh, nuts isn't it? The one 'sport' fishing where it's kind of even odds, you or the fish. This seems like Jaws fishing from inside a rowboat, aka I sense a Darwin award coming heh.

Not quite so nuts-just unecessary. Remember, the kayak was invented by people in that part of the world, and used by them to hunt seal, walrus, and, occasionally, polar bear-though the preferred method there was to take the polar bear on ice,in numbers, with spears. They also used the kayak to hunt beluga whales.....

....of course, Inuit did occasionally get killed on hunts.

 

[newGuy12]

Those other guys just think they're extreme. He converted his ride into a chum bucket.

:lol:

 

[Big Don]

Don't forget the blood pooled inside GnarlyDude's kayak. Those other guys just think they're extreme. He converted his ride into a chum bucket.

Oh, Pissed off sharks in a Feeding Frenzy... so much better... GnarlyDude and his buddies are nucking futs