An NCKA brother of ours gets attacked by GWS

Check this thread for a full account.
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,25902.0.html

Z

Much too common occurrence lately! Glad he got out OK

Their server appears to be getting hammered right now.  Can't really get the pages to load all the way.  Glad the guy is ok! 

They are out there.... scary stuff, gave me the pucker factor just reading about it. 

Makes me think those among us who hang their catch in the water or just let them slosh in the tank well are even more nuts . A good example for why to keep the "blood in the water" to a minimum!

Damn.  Glad he's okay.

DAMN.  Bother Adam gots ballz he does.

-Allen

A hard thump, followed by what sounded & felt like my kayak was getting dragged over boulders. It came from the depths. hard and as soon as it touched, my yak was suddenly tilting sideways and being pushed hard. As i'm sliding out of it sideways, my body&legs were getting pulled underneath. i'm holding onto my seat straps or the handles as I knew what was happening to me then, I was about to be eaten.I remember a quick calm like feeling, like a thought of, "oh well, a shark is attacking me and this is the end" but my grip was solid and I had a whole day of fishing ahead. picture my kayak on its side spinning and me plastered chest to seat with legs being pulled under.The beast would not stop attacking and every forward thrush drove me deeper into the water until I finally ended up underneath and still holding on. This went on for what felt like a long time. I was completely underwater and losing grip, but somehow held on to the handle that was on the safe side. I remember kicking and grasping for whatever i could find with my lose hand. I pulled myself up on the one handle, cuz there must have been enough counter balance to keep it from getting sideways i guess. It countinued to hit&chew. My head above water now and stil getting pulled under, I feel for the scupper holes below my seat and like a rockclimber I stick a finger in and start pulling and kicking, now having both fingers in both holes, I pull myself chin-up style up & onto the bottom of my yak, he is still driving me in circles, knowing there is LIVE prey somewhere in here.Its head&gills were completely out of the water, locked onto my lifeline. I looked into the Real_Hunters eye which is now only a shimmy down the hull and think "well this pattern didn't work at all na d if you dont stop soon, i'm gonna have to crawl up there and punch you in your face= choose wisely!
 It chose to let go of my kayak at that point, turn around/do a u-turn, raising higher out of the water with fully opened mouth and nail the flickering blade of the paddle that was still leashed and following right behind it. I remember it's mouth closing and them feeling the pop of the leash. It was my chance to slide back into the water and upright my yak. My survival mode must have been fully engaged, because i dont remember thinking"ok, now is the time i need to go back into the water and flip this thing", it just happened and i was able to jump right back in without a hitch. I grabbed my handles, lowered my center of gravity and braced for round two. Maybe a few seconds passed by,thenI remembered my waterproof WestMarine VHF radio and relaxed knowing the crew heard my request for assistance. I sat there looking at the circle of my stuff around me and one of the articles were my much needed paddle. I did a couple of hand strokes, but quickly returned them to the handles and back into the fetal position. My knife sheath must have broke somehow, but guess where i found it, sitting in the footwells, just laying there, so in my mouth it  as i see my rescue party on the horizan.

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/nationalbreaking/ci_15796029

-Allen

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back

Damn fine outcome!

-Spot-

Thats not fun reading...funny at times, but not fun.  He sounds like he has a good attitude about it all.  Dang lucky, glad to see he is allright.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Bay-Area-Kayaker-Survives-Great-White-Attack-100817914.html

Could have been the end of his pork loin w/chorizo stuffing. God that dish looks damn delicious. Glad he made it out of that pickle without an E.R, visit, one little nick from a tooth that big and you could be bleeding something fierce.

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,24783.0.html

 

that is f'n crazy! i would be f'n crappin if that f'n shark bit my f'n Kayak... I really like that guy

 i was going to launch last friday at fogarty creek north of depoe bay, there happened to be a freshly killed seal on the beach. i am assuming it was a shark by the two 10'' chunk's taken out of it,its tail laying about 20' away.
 oh well! i think i still feel safer on my yak than driving I-5.


   cby do you carry any ordinance on that tank of yours?

   cby do you carry any ordinance on that tank of yours?

I haven't to this point. I was gonna take my 9mm out when we went for butt's.. I forgot it..

I'm sure if i did have some ordinance and this same scenario happened, would i let go of my yak to try to use it?..I seriously doubt it, i'd have a death grip on the end of my security blanket that wasn't getting chewed on, just like fishhunter did...

If the shark is chewing on my yak on one end i sure don't want to be the only thing splashing around near it...

I always carry, even on the kayak, and I really don't think it would make a difference if I was attacked by a shark.  IF, I knew it was coming for me, then maybe, but you don't (and it's stored in the hatch in a dry bag).  The only thing I can really see happening in that situation is using my K-Bar on the damned thing, and honestly, if he's gotten a big chunk out of me already, that isn't likely to happen either.  Surviving an attack like that is pretty much luck and quick thinking to get out of the water and back on the boat. 

Really, that situation is like the original Predators - except you're not Arnold or Jessie with a hand-held chain gun, you're just a dude in a plastic boat.  Carrying a gun isn't going to make a difference.

Now, those retards that float in those wetsuits and fish with no boat, maybe having a gun strapped to a belt might help them, since they're pretty much a floating bait ball.