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One Mile Point
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Post by One Mile Point » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:09 pm

Healthy 6-8ft shark off fingal point last week :twisted: Got outa there fairly quickly
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Post by Beanpole » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:20 pm

Fingal Tweed Heads or Fingal Port Stephens?
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Post by silvynn » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:50 am

so who's going to be the first person to bring out the car accident on the way to the beach statistic?
You have more chance of getting ring-sting after a hot curry....
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Post by Spoon » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:05 am

Butts wrote:Its funny, but when I'm surfing I never even think/worry about sharks. :shock:

But when I'm in the water with the camera, I sometimes "spook" myself. :oops:

Whites are the ones I DON'T EVER want to see :oops: :oops:
If you do get a photo 8)
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Post by WANDERER » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:09 am

its peak season, they'll be spotted in the harbour and rivers over the next month.
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Post by One Mile Point » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:42 pm

Beanpole wrote:Fingal Tweed Heads or Fingal Port Stephens?
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Post by amsay00 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:03 pm

y do we talk about sharks on this sight its like saying ''new butcher shop open'' on a hippie forum, WE DONT WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT!!!!! just accept when ur in the ocean ur at risk of a shark attack. and a very fkn low one too.
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Post by Lairdy » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:35 pm

silvynn wrote:
so who's going to be the first person to bring out the car accident on the way to the beach statistic?

I stumbled upon this little beauty...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 945AA6Mc2u

:lol:
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Post by macca202 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:51 pm

Lairdy wrote:
I stumbled upon this little beauty...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 945AA6Mc2u

:lol:
well yeah maybe it's easier to get eaten by a shark if you want to be eaten... lame
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Post by TMC » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:00 pm

Lairdy wrote:

I stumbled upon this little beauty...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 945AA6Mc2u

in a similar vain, if you were to walk out into the middle of a feild during a thunderstorm in bare feet holding a large metal pole, your chances of getting struck by lighting would increase greatly.

This proves nothing, other than if u want something to occur, there are many variables that you can change in order to increase you chances of them eventuating
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Post by Cpt.Caveman » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:50 am

I've been spearfishing off the bower just out from the spot where theres always backwash and its definitely the kind of place that you would expect to see sharks. It drops to about 20m deep just off where the wave breaks in front of the rocks and then rebounds.

The only thing is, that its frequented by people spearfishing almost every weekend and lesser so through the week, and I never ever hear of any shark reportings.

I've been out there with fish burleyed up and everything, and not a single shark.

Its extremely rare to see a large shark like a tiger or white pointer during daylight hours, as they're usually way way out in the deep sea in those times. Even at dawn and dusk the chance is very slim. The only sharks you will get in abundance near surfing locations are bronze whalers and bullsharks. Bronzies aren't anything to be worried about, people spearfish with them all the time. Bullsharks are a little different, but still not as bad as people make them out to be (e.g. have a look at this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByE33GAA58 )
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Post by evow » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:03 am

I always love watching this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzRsxh1VdM

Shows that we can be one with them.
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Post by creased » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:21 am

:shock: How do they fit their balls into their suits :?:
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Post by Surfin Turf » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:24 pm

Lairdy wrote:
silvynn wrote:
so who's going to be the first person to bring out the car accident on the way to the beach statistic?

I stumbled upon this little beauty...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 945AA6Mc2u

:lol:
a dead set d!ckhead of epic proportions ..... a bull shark is one of the last creatures I'd fr!ggen trust ....
sorry shark lovers but I hate 'em and all this hype is giving me the willies on a murkey overcast morning with bait fish jumping around me .... maybe I'll change my mind about surfing in a crowd ...
must say though that after over 30 years I have never actually seen a shark in the surf in Australia (have elsewhere) and hope I never do ....
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Post by creased » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:56 pm

Edit........ may not have been appropriate showing the aftermath of his leg post that chew, especially in the General section. :oops:
Whole calf missing skin draping down like chewed up pasta :shock:
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Post by Sleepy » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:59 pm

this is absolutely insane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLMCDcz3ns
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