Sharks and Yaks

Actually, Mark's statement makes perfect sense, and reading what you wrote, you've already accepted that you aren't the apex predator.  All the mitigation in the world can't change that, and it seems you've mostly accepted that.  What he says just doesn't translate for you the same way it translates for him.  He's not saying he's gonna roll over and die, he's saying he knows the risks, accepts them, and I'm quite sure would do whatever he can to survive any attack that did happen to him.

Also, you can think out every scenario you like, but reality is this:

"No Battle Plan Survives Contact With the Enemy"
-Helmuth von Moltke

I'd also like to note that people who " don't accept that who keep kayak fishing" are not putting up some brave form of survival mentality, they are being ignorant of reality.

I hear you. And agree. And you're right about the way it translated.

It's not unheard of for an engineer to get laid.  It's just not a common event.

  Woah! Look out! Shots fired!

Blues normally stay much further off shore than that, or so I though.  They are considered a pelagic species.

It's not unheard of for blues to come in nearshore.

-Allem

Not unheard of is differnet from commonplace.

E.g. It's not unheard of for an engineer to get laid.  It's just not a common event.

Blues are extremely common nearshore.  There used to be guys targeting them regularly just out from the columbia.  Fishing 200yds offshore this summer, I watched one roll on the surface between Rawkfish and I while he was hooked up to a fat Chinook.    For some reason, Rawky didn't find that as funny as I did at the time.   

-Spot-

Learn something new every day.  I'd always thought of them (and seen them referred to in literature) as primarily offshore sharks.

It's not unheard of for an engineer to get laid.  It's just not a common event.

  Woah! Look out! Shots fired!

Note my profession as stated in other threads.

Well Sometime's we are the Bait, But I will Think twice about Dangling my feet and legs in the salt water, I would think it looks alot like a big seal soaking up the sun, to a shark from down below.

Blues normally stay much further off shore than that, or so I though.  They are considered a pelagic species.

It's not unheard of for blues to come in nearshore.

-Allem

Not unheard of is differnet from commonplace.

E.g. It's not unheard of for an engineer to get laid.  It's just not a common event.

Blues are extremely common nearshore.  There used to be guys targeting them regularly just out from the columbia.  Fishing 200yds offshore this summer, I watched one roll on the surface between Rawkfish and I while he was hooked up to a fat Chinook.    For some reason, Rawky didn't find that as funny as I did at the time.   

-Spot-

Learn something new every day.  I'd always thought of them (and seen them referred to in literature) as primarily offshore sharks.

Yeah, I would say they are more on the common side.  I've even caught one surf fishing for perch.

-Allen

E.g. It's not unheard of for an engineer to get laid.  It's just not a common event.

You must be a mechanical or a structural engineer.  We electrical engineers don't have the same problems.   

-Allen

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Oh boy, I don't even want to get into the fact that I'm a software engineer...

Interesting about the blues, btw. Good to know.

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Real women are attracted to physical and intellectual prowess!!

-Allen

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Real women are attracted to physical and intellectual prowess!!

-Allen

So, then, what do you do to attract them? 

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Real women are attracted to physical and intellectual prowess!!

-Allen

So, then, what do you do to attract them?

I tell them I know you!   

-Allen

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Real women are attracted to physical and intellectual prowess!!

-Allen

So, then, what do you do to attract them?

I tell them I know you!   

-Allen

That usually results in them running away screaming.  Might want to work on your technique.

Mechanical engineers are well versed in rigid body motions and fluid mechanics.

Electrical Engineers are well versed in dealing with very small things.

Real women are attracted to physical and intellectual prowess!!

-Allen

So, then, what do you do to attract them?

I tell them I know you!   

-Allen

That usually results in them running away screaming.  Might want to work on your technique.

I ain't scared of no sharks ... there, we're back on topic!

-Allen