Sharks and Yaks

Does anyone know of a shark attack on a kayaker on the west coast that resulted in serious injury?
There have been several 'encounters' but none that I know of where the kayaker was injured or killed. Probably a safe bet to say far more blood has been lost and stitches given for bait knife accidents.

Does anyone know of a shark attack on a kayaker on the west coast that resulted in serious injury?
There have been several 'encounters' but none that I know of where the kayaker was injured or killed. Probably a safe bet to say far more blood has been lost and stitches given for bait knife accidents.

I know that nobody has ever been killed by a shark off the Oregon coast.  I still surf and Freedive without worry, but I'll never cut into a fish again without my filet glove!

Does anyone know of a shark attack on a kayaker on the west coast that resulted in serious injury?
There have been several 'encounters' but none that I know of where the kayaker was injured or killed. Probably a safe bet to say far more blood has been lost and stitches given for bait knife accidents.

The only injury I've heard of with a shark/kayak encounter was the guy in Hawaii that bled to death after getting a dangling leg bit by (presumably) a tiger shark.  All the NorCal and OR attacks I've heard of involved damage to the kayaks but no injury to the person.

I'm pretty sure they all suffered a colon strain of some degree

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

I've caught one just at the Bar in Tillamook bay.

Wobbler

I Worked the ocean for 4 years out of the Tillamook bay and have seen quite a few of blues the largest about 8'