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Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:30 AM
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How many of you swim in the ocean and do not think about sharks? I did as a youngster, but you could not pay me to do that now.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:39 AM
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Not concerned about sharks one bit. I'm a diver/boater/surfer.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:40 AM
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nope, not swimming in the ocean. A pool is just fine by me and even then I do not really care for it.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:42 AM
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I still do. For some reason, I feel "safer" if there is someone else with me. But the ex-Ms. Mole never would swim in the surf, nor would her family. When we would vacation with them, I was the "fool" out there risking my life.
I actually went into the water to get away from them!
Sharks vs. inlaws. It's not a difficult decision.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:49 AM
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LOL!!!! Now that makes the most sense of anything I've read in awhile
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:22 AM
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Thanks for the laugh this morning, I needed that!
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:43 AM
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If I went to the beach and did not get in the ocean it would be wasted money for me.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:50 AM
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I go to the beach to play golf everyday. I may see the ocean a couple hours a day when I’m there. Have not been in a few years though. I am more of a mountain trip kind of guy now a days.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 9:27 AM
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Same here. I grew up on the coast and then lived in South Florida and St. Thomas as an adult. Wouldn’t care if I never went to the beach again. But I will hike 7-8 miles along a mountain stream to see a waterfall.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:44 AM
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There is nothing better than catching a strong body surf all the way into shore. That said you probably won't catch me swimming alone in over the head deep water in the ocean.
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Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...***
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:48 AM
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Re: Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...***
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:51 AM
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I brung him!
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Taxidermy man gonna have a heart attack when he sees what
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:52 AM
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I brung him.
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Re: Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...***
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:55 AM
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I friend that taught diving told his classes that if the shark isn't bigger than you not to worry too much and even if it is you aren't part of it's menu. As long as you don't do anything to disturb it or attract it, like spearfishing, you are usually OK. But if it's a Great White all bets are off!
The only other thing I would add is there is some added risk if in murky or stirred up water. But more people are killed by traffic accidents and struck by lightning than shark attacks.
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They are also big, dumb animals that make dire mistakes...
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:05 AM
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but yeah, the chances are lower than some other life threatening or maiming happenings.
Lara & I were at Ramp 34 in Avon when this took place, the attack was south of us toward the Pier.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/09/06/survivor-of-shark-attack-able-to-speak/7fc855c2-3ee3-4aca-ae2e-b982260da8d6/
Growing up in St. Petersburg, FLA, I have a healthy respect for those animals. It's a good swimming tip about murky water as sharks & rays aren't just sight feeders. If the wind is coming off the beach for a good amount of time, the water will churn murky, which is a bad time for mistakes.
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I know in Florida you are about
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:54 AM
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200x more likely to be sued into bankruptcy by a fellow motorist, or a neighbor, should you decide to make improvements on your home, so sharks do not scare me as much.
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Yankees are toothy too.***
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Re: They are also big, dumb animals that make dire mistakes...
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Jun 16, 2023, 9:06 AM
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I was wondering how I had never heard this story being that I live so close to where it happened. Then I noticed the date of the story and well, bigger things went down just a few days later....
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I've fished HI since the late 80s until the Bonner issues...
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Jun 16, 2023, 9:16 AM
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and courts got involved.
That was the only attack I "witnessed", but HI & Ocracroke have had their share. And yep, bigger things...
This is late 90s, just North of Avon pier where the attack took place. We only swam on the big island, inviting trouble to swim the sloughs along HI.
Will always <3 HI, the sounds, the barriers there and below.
Frisco is a great drinking village with a bad fishing problem...
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Re: I've fished HI since the late 80s until the Bonner issues...
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Jun 16, 2023, 9:36 AM
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My family always vacationed on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Those are probably my favorite family memories. We never had a shark sighting.
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Awesome place, good on you for the family memories.***
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Re: Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...***
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:59 AM
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Saw a of a tiger shark repeatedly attacking a swimmer. Did not end well.
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lifeless eyes, black eyes... like a doll's eyes....
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Stop playin with yourself Hooper!***
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 7:53 AM
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I grew up and live in Charleston. Lived at the beach during the summers and swam, skied, kneeboarded in the goose creek resevoir as a young lad. I will swim in anything....ocean, lake, pond, river, stream, pool, ditch, flooded road, reservoir, anything, it dont matter. I certainly aint skeered of sharks.
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^^^ LOOK AT ME BEING LOW ON THE FOOD CHAIN...***
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:05 AM
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If you swam in the GC reservoir then you ain't scared of #####! I'll swim in the ocean but not brave enough for the GCR...no way now how. Although i do duck hunt the cooper river rice fields and have been known to do that in warmer weather. Probably not the best idea wading out there with those dinosaurs either.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:16 AM
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Gators scare me more than the sharks. Them, and bull sharks swimming miles upriver into fresh water. Never know what might be swimming with you - time to go check out the original Lake Placid movie for kicks.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 9:12 AM
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My cuz does some offshore fishing out of charleston and i get invited to go from time to time. One of the guys that goes pretty regularly likes to take a dip 60+ miles off. The week after a mid may trip they pinged a tagged 10+ feet great white off charleston. Nope lol.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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I'm with you bud. Moved to the Charleston area when I was 8 and grew up in all all the bodies of water from lake Moultrie to the Goose Creek reservoir to the tail race, to the beaches and ocean. Love the water and can't keep me out. Still live here in the creek.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:03 AM
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This gem of a message board is now defunct, but the home page will remind you what is close enough to catch from the beach:
https://tx-sharkfishing.com/
Also wild to me that people still party on the sandbars during Hammerhead breeding season.
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Is he reeling in the guy that's standing in the water?***
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Re: Is he reeling in the guy that's standing in the water?***
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That's funny!
It was a 12 foot Tiger Shark on a bait dropped a couple hundred yards out via kayak.
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Yeah, the big ones are never that far away
Jun 16, 2023, 2:53 PM
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Just because you cant see them doesnt mean they cant see you.
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Me! But only when I'm there!
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:14 AM
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(hahaha, I crack myself up)
Sharks don't bother me. They've always been out there. Always will be out there. The reason shark attacks/bites (I hesitate to call most of them "attacks" because most aren't - they're simply people bumping into sharks, sharks taking a self-defense/get out of my way bite, and then letting go when they realize you're not a fish) make the news is because there are so few, so any one, anywhere in the world, makes news.
It's a heckuvalot safer than driving down 85 or 95 or 26 or whatever to get to the beach! THAT scares me far more than swimming in the ocean.
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Re: Me! But only when I'm there!
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I-26 has got to be the safest road on the planet now...every time Im on it traffic is at a maximum speed of 7 mph, and an average of about 3 mph....
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On my bucket list is a shark dive
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Jun 16, 2023, 8:15 AM
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Looks like a ton of fun. I'm a certified SCUBA diver and unfortunately don't get to get in the water much to dive anymore, but I've seen sharks when diving, as well as barracuda and other "predators" and there's never an issue. Would love to do a shark dive, though (not the cage dive, but a real shark dive).
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I worry more about jellyfish than sharks.***
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Did as a kid. Hard pass now. Seen too many things
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Seems like there are more sharks now.....probably due to all their stupid protections. Last time the fam and I were at the beach down on IOP I had the girls out a little deeper than we probably should have been. About a minute after we came back to shore I saw a good sized black tip right in the exact spot we had been. Not to mention great whites are being seen around the sc beaches now. Not worth the risk.
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Re: Did as a kid. Hard pass now. Seen too many things
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I just make sure I'm between people and the beach.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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If I can’t see the bottom of the water I’m in it’s a hard pass for me.
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When I was a young lad I would swim out at night
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way out, and turn around and tread water and see the lights from far off.
I was an idiot.
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Re: When I was a young lad I would swim out at night
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Nice avatar.
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Re: Swimming in the ocean
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Yes I swim in the ocean. I fish, spearfish, scuba, boat, and I know the sharks are but I'm not from Ohio so I'm not concerned about getting bit.
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I live in the CHS area and I swim all the time in the ocean.
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If it’s hot, I’m in the water!
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