Shark

raybo3

So look what washed up right next to my yacht club......... 

raybo3

Another shot............

rasbury

Yikes!

rasbury

Makes me glad I have a pool.....

LaRea

What is that, about six feet?  

reneechris14

I don't think he feels good. 6 ft he is still a juvenile. 

halifax212

Great shots @raybo3! Too close for comfort. Looks like it still wants to eat!    We had a few great whites around our shores this year. They had tracking beacons on them so you could check online where they were last seen. 

Handymans342

That's a short fin Mako

randy56

I'm glad I'm in fresh, Don't have to worry when skinny dipping. 

Handymans342

Its a deep water shark. Look at its eyes

skennelly

The thing about a shark, it's got lifelesseyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites you, and those black eyes roll over white.

Handymans342

skennelly said:

The thing about a shark, it's got lifelesseyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites you, and those black eyes roll over white.

Watching Sharknado again??? LOL

halifax212

Right on @skennelly!! What a great line that was

Michael T

.......and they say lawyers can't swim!

skennelly

@Alswagg Yes sir.

raybo3

It was 6 feet 6 inches long. It's a porbeagle shark. Not sure how it got to the club. Maybe it wanted a drink....lol

aero3113

Never heard of that type of shark, interesting. Almost looks like a baby great white.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porbeagle

Yachtsman1304

I would never go in the water again...ever.  Unsalted and shark free = priceless.

Willhound

One of the Admiral and my favourite pastimes when visiting Florida, Cuba etc. is surf fishing. Wade out about waist to chest deep and cast a line and stand out in the waves.....with a bag of bait...
We kinda joke that if we're going to fish we should give them a fair shot at us too. I will admit though that we try and do it on clear days when we can see what's around, and more importantly a passing shark can tell we're not their favourite food. I worry more about inadvertently stepping on a sting ray, so we do the "stingray shuffle" when walking out and back.
Odds are better of getting hit by lightening out on the boat than being attacked by a shark.

Michael T

@Willhound......as a very, very experienced scuba diver, who has been around great whites, tigers, reefs and the one I shark I fear, bull sharks, - there is no amount of money you could pay me to have a bait bag near me while fishing in waist deep water. The only shark attacks I have been familiar with involving attacks on humans have been associated with  bait fishing, spear fishing and scuba divers feeding sharks. We spend 4-5 months in warm waters and the minute we see a guy on the beach set-up a chair and rod to fish from shore I am out of the water in a flash. You have waay more "guts" than I do.

Willhound

Not sure about guts....less brains maybe.....bait is usually a couple of frozen shrimp or some live shrimp secured in a small bucket. And I have great life insurance on the Admiral......
wouldn't dream of taking cut white bait or anything.