Shark Attack - Seaside Today !!!

FYI

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Surfer-attacked-by-shark-near-Seaside-135108888.html

Looked like a fun little longboard day out there in the video.

Doesn't appear to have done too much damage.

-Spot-

Sounds like her injuries weren't too bad.  That said, it can still be pretty traumatic.  I was attacked by a captive Great Horned Owl when I volunteered at a Raptor center when I was 19.  Got 5 punctures in my upper left arm.  That was bad enough.

My family and I were attacked and never saw it coming. It was the early 90's and my son was of an impressionable age. For at least five years, every time we turned around, we were subjected to Purple. First it was Prince in Purple Rain, then Oprah in The Color Purple. The topper that finally put us over the edge?
That damned Purple Dinosaur....Barney!!

Apparently, the times have caught up to him and personally, I'm still terrorizing every Dino I get a chance at 

Apparently, the times have caught up to him and personally, I'm still terrorizing every Dino I get a chance at 

Sing Along:
I hate you
You hate me
We're a dysfunctional family
When the shot rings out from behind the bedroom door
No more purple dinosaur

You guys crack me up As for the shark attack the only way to stop that is stay out of the food chain. In my case I will take the chance.

DHarley, did you get my CrabMaxes? Bring them Saturday!

iHop


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I am glad she was not badly hurt. One of our favorite family movies lately has been Soul Surfer (about a professional surfer who lost her arm in Hawaii). It sure would be freaky to get bit.

Scariest fish encounter for me happened when I was a kid snorkeling in the Bahamas. All of a sudden I noticed the fish had all pulled tight into the reef. I turned around and there as a barracuda that was probably in the 5-6' range swimming a couple of feet behind me. When I turned around it slowly swam off. I later read that it is pretty common behavior for large barracuda to follow snorkelers - I do not think that there has ever been a documented attack. Still at the time it was pretty terrifying.

Also, I just want to remind everyone that it is illegal to use surfers or any part of a surfer for bait when fishing for sharks off the Oregon coast. Any shark caught on a surfer is ineligible for AOTY points.

Scariest fish encounter for me happened when I was a kid snorkeling in the Bahamas. All of a sudden I noticed the fish had all pulled tight into the reef. I turned around and there as a barracuda that was probably in the 5-6' range swimming a couple of feet behind me. When I turned around it slowly swam off. I later read that it is pretty common behavior for large barracuda to follow snorkelers - I do not think that there has ever been a documented attack. Still at the time it was pretty terrifying.

I don't know if there have been attacks either, but snorkeling in the keys my dad (and everyone else that was on our boat) insisted that NOTHING shiny could be worn near the reef, as the baracuda might mistake it as baitfish and bite you.

Scariest fish encounter for me happened when I was a kid snorkeling in the Bahamas. All of a sudden I noticed the fish had all pulled tight into the reef. I turned around and there as a barracuda that was probably in the 5-6' range swimming a couple of feet behind me. When I turned around it slowly swam off. I later read that it is pretty common behavior for large barracuda to follow snorkelers - I do not think that there has ever been a documented attack. Still at the time it was pretty terrifying.

There have absolutely been people attacked by barracudas in those parts.  Heck, this girl was bitten by a 'cuda and she wasn't even in the water swimming!  The funniest part was that the dad stopped to pose with her and the fish right before they rushed off to the hospital!  The look on the poor girls face is priceless.  Heads up, some of the pics of her arm are a little tough to look at since she needed around 51 stiches.
(there's a "next" button to click through the pics.)
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2010/07/barracuda-jumps-boat-chomps-koral-wiras-arm

PRICELESS!

Note to self make sure Barracuda is dead before poseing! Just a thought.

Scariest fish encounter for me happened when I was a kid snorkeling in the Bahamas. All of a sudden I noticed the fish had all pulled tight into the reef. I turned around and there as a barracuda that was probably in the 5-6' range swimming a couple of feet behind me. When I turned around it slowly swam off. I later read that it is pretty common behavior for large barracuda to follow snorkelers - I do not think that there has ever been a documented attack. Still at the time it was pretty terrifying.

There have absolutely been people attacked by barracudas in those parts.  Heck, this girl was bitten by a 'cuda and she wasn't even in the water swimming!  The funniest part was that the dad stopped to pose with her and the fish right before they rushed off to the hospital!  The look on the poor girls face is priceless.  Heads up, some of the pics of her arm are a little tough to look at since she needed around 51 stiches.
(there's a "next" button to click through the pics.)
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2010/07/barracuda-jumps-boat-chomps-koral-wiras-arm

I agree with the no shiny rule! We even tucked in the drawstrings of our swimming suits. Did not want a cuda trying to pick off some little fish that was nibbling on that string that close to the goods!

After my adventure I had looked up barracuda in our encyclopedia and it had indicated that there were no documented attacks (clearly wrong). I had never looked since. I just checked and it looks like there have been maybe a dozen attacks over the past 60 years. No big deal. It rounds down to zero per year

I am more and more happy with my purchase of a Shark Shield every time something like this happens.  Fished the salt yesterday and the "magic box" was on the whole time.  Was I safer?  hard to prove, but it made me feel safer and that makes for an enjoyable day.

Years ago, while traveling thru Costa Rica with friends, we decided to hike a pristine stretch of beach east of Montezuma looking for waves.  About a mile in we found a rock reef that bent and focused the tiny swell onto a sandbar.

The scenery was idyllic and there was nobody else around for miles.  I don't remember who suggested it but we decided to follow the old addage and "Surf Naked".  Turned out that, well, there were actually other people around.....  And they took great delight, hooting and laughing everytime one of us caught a wave. But what did we care, they were waaaay over there on the beach.

After some time, I noticed a school of baitfish in the face of an approaching swell.  "That looks cool" I thought to myslef, just before a large green form appeared slashing and biting it's way thru the school....... 

Dave flashed me a telling look.  Derrek was already sprinting for shore.  Non of us wanted our pale willies mistaken for bait. 

While getting dressed on the beach we watched what I believe were dorado and Wahoo reduce the baitfish school to pieces all around the sandbar. 

Good times!
-Spot-