Happening more often?

[Sun Ra]

Not a shark attack after all ......

'Freak tragedy' was 'not a shark attack as such' as fisho goes overboard

The NSW Game Fishing Association says a missing man who fell overboard during a competition near Newcastle yesterday was not attacked by a shark, but a "freak" accident occurred as he tried to "capture" a large fish.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Poor bastard regardless r.i.p.
I guess he was doing what he loved.

 

[Goonie Goat]

So he got caught up in a wire trace or leader as the fish made its last run? That would be horrible knowing your last moments would be getting towed around by some big fish. When ya drown apparently it's pretty drawn out, body becomes paralyzed but your eyes still see what's going on or some shit??

 

[MM2K6]

Poor bastard regardless r.i.p.
I guess he was doing what he loved.

Yes man so sad, fuck that shit! imagine it was your family, so fucked up. so so sad! you wouldn't even want that to happen to some one you hated!

 

[Indy]

Bull shark knocks paddler off surf ski on Swan River

A shark warning has been issued for Blackwall Reach in the Swan River after a paddler was reportedly knocked off their board on Saturday morning.

www.watoday.com.au

I had a sizable one brush the rear left hand side of a surf ski once in the Coomera River. It didn't help that i dropped a trip 20 minutes earlier. But I still swear to this day it was legit. Just caught sight of it's rear as it brushed the side. Even felt a bit abrasive as it glanced it.

Bloody Bull Sharks. Worst one I heard, was when a young teenage girl some years back was attacked at Amity Point (North Stradbroke Island). Witnesses reported it was if half a dozen Bull Sharks attacked her as a pack. Apparently there was nothing anyone could do as it was over just as quick as it began.

 

[med180]

So he got caught up in a wire trace or leader as the fish made its last run? That would be horrible knowing your last moments would be getting towed around by some big fish. When ya drown apparently it's pretty drawn out, body becomes paralyzed but your eyes still see what's going on or some shit??

I broke my back in the late 90s getting dragged off the back of a long line Tuna boat by a hook in my boot. Held on to the back of the boat, dragging 5klms of line while I was cut free. Wasn't letting go, to get dragged 20m under and drown!

 

[Goonie Goat]

I broke my back in the late 90s getting dragged off the back of a long line Tuna boat by a hook in my boot. Held on to the back of the boat, dragging 5klms of line while I was cut free. Wasn't letting go, to get dragged 20m under and drown!

That's crazy .. lucky you had a hold of the transom.

 

[med180]

That's crazy .. lucky you had a hold of the transom.

I went face first on the deck and got dragged out by my feet, letting go was not an option I can't hold my breath that long!

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Anyone remember this?
Saw it when I was in primary @ local shopping centre.
Vic Hislop dragged it around Oz in a truck for years.
I think it ended up rotting in a paddock.
The liquid probably formaldehyde was quite cloudy and murky even in the early days.
Constantly moving it around wouldn't have helped.

 

[VinDeezle]

Anyone remember this?
Saw it when I was in primary @ local shopping centre.
Vic Hislop dragged it around Oz in a truck for years.
I think it ended up rotting in a paddock.
The liquid probably formaldehyde was quite cloudy and murky even in the early days.
Constantly moving it around wouldn't have helped. View attachment 58018

 

[Harry bootlace]

Anyone remember this?
Saw it when I was in primary @ local shopping centre.
Vic Hislop dragged it around Oz in a truck for years.
I think it ended up rotting in a paddock.
The liquid probably formaldehyde was quite cloudy and murky even in the early days.
Constantly moving it around wouldn't have helped. View attachment 58018

no. but i remember this one

Shark! | naa.gov.au

Great White sharks, Jaws and a fear of the ocean.

www.naa.gov.au

 

[MM2K6]

I had a sizable one brush the rear left hand side of a surf ski once in the Coomera River. It didn't help that i dropped a trip 20 minutes earlier. But I still swear to this day it was legit. Just caught sight of it's rear as it brushed the side. Even felt a bit abrasive as it glanced it.

Bloody Bull Sharks. Worst one I heard, was when a young teenage girl some years back was attacked at Amity Point (North Stradbroke Island). Witnesses reported it was if half a dozen Bull Sharks attacked her as a pack. Apparently there was nothing anyone could do as it was over just as quick as it began.

karragarra island is not far from there, That's where I lived a couple years as a kid....

 

[Indy]

Anyone remember this?
Saw it when I was in primary @ local shopping centre.
Vic Hislop dragged it around Oz in a truck for years.
I think it ended up rotting in a paddock.
The liquid probably formaldehyde was quite cloudy and murky even in the early days.
Constantly moving it around wouldn't have helped. View attachment 58018

Yeah, Vic had it parked at Townsville's Kmart Shopping Centrefor a few weeks during the peak of Summer in the late 70's/early 80's. Back then i even thought it was a bit sketchy being up there at that time of year. It's good to eventually see what i missed out on..

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Surfer missing in WA's south-east after shark attack

Wharton Beach, east of Esperance, has been closed after the surfer was spotted in distress just after midday.

www.abc.net.au

 

[MM2K6]

Surfer missing in WA's south-east after shark attack

Wharton Beach, east of Esperance, has been closed after the surfer was spotted in distress just after midday.

www.abc.net.au

Yeah found the board but not him! not looking good! it is more often mate, I've noticed to, spun out a bit the boys told me in the Murry river to

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Tiger shark 'circled boat' after biting swimmer at Fremantle beach

A shark warning is issued after a swimmer is bitten by a tiger shark at Perth's Sandtrax beach, near Fremantle Port.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Considering the fool hardy actions of ocean and river users I see daily it's only a matter of time before the inevitable will happen to someone.again.
Saw some twit doing a bobbing up and down crazy swimming action like a dieing seal .several 100mtrs out the whole length of the beach.
What are these people thinking?

 

[SAW]

Lucky bloke, defined in femoral territory that bite.

‘Insane!’ Surfer has miracle escape after shark takes bite out of board

Surfing legend Kelly Slater even weighed in on the near miss at a popular northern NSW beach, which has recorded two shark incidents in as many months.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Mellow oldfark]

We forget ,we've explored more outer space than our own sea floor!
Something is changing in the depths of our oceans.

 

[benn0]

We forget ,we've explored more outer space than our own sea floor!
Something is changing in the depths of our oceans.

and apparently algae or something in our oceans soak up more co2 than the rainforests