Thread: Sharks at GSPark July 31, 2015

Video link...
Large Gathering of Sharks near Gulf Shores


Picture link...
http://wkrg.com/2015/07/31/pictures-large-shark-gathering-back-in-waters-off-gulf-shores/#jp-carousel-38569

we watched from the shallow end of the pier as they were amongst the swimmers a couple of weeks ago. the swimmers had no idea...

Not a problem for me. I rarely wade more than knee deep when surf fishing. People who wade chest deep, chunking hunks of bloody cut bait are just asking for trouble. To quote a very old retired ships captain that used to sit everyday in the early morning on Fort Lauderdale Beach many years ago told me. "Boy I have seen things in that water that can swallow you in one gulp" He told that to a friend and I who would take an old flat bottom boat and free dive for Florida Lobster off that beach. Not wanting to end up as fish poop,
I have never forgot that advice.

Despite the number of sharks, it's rarely the fishermen that get mistaken for food. It's typically swimmers with all their splashing and horizontal orientation to the water.

Still, I dislike getting in water depth where I can't see my feet.

Are these blacktips I assume?

I need to schedule my trips around this migration next year for some good sharking action.

WOW WKRG, that is an amazing discovery; there are sharks in the Gulf!
You have a better chance of being pooped on by a bird than being attacked by a shark! How is this news?
Fish live in the water, birds fly in the air, and wild animals live in the woods; you are their guest when you enter their homes.
Keep an eye out for flying sharks though; because that would actually be NEWS!

The most amazing thing is that the pier fishermen aren't being blamed for for the concentration.

LOL!

There are MANY things in the water more dangerous and numerous than sharks...


Jellyfish sting millions and kill about 100 people each year (world wide).

Rip currents kill about 100 people each year in the U.S.
THOUSANDS more are rescued!
You are more than 5 times as likely to drown on a non-lifeguarded beach!

Lightning kills dozens of people every year in the U.S.
Alabama is leading the nation in lightning deaths so far in 2015 (5)...
NWS Lightning Fatalities

one of those was a girl playing volleyball near Ft Morgan.

Shark attacks (not deaths) are about equal average as lightning,
but the odds of being killed are less than 1 per year (out of over 250,000,000)
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Year 2000 USA Beach Injuries and Fatalities Compared To Shark Attacks and Fatalities

Originally Posted by Haywire

The most amazing thing is that the pier fishermen aren't being blamed for for the concentration.

Que the 'enviro-crazies' in 3, 2, 1...

THOSE ARE NOT SHARKS!! THEY ARE DOLPHINS!! That's what I would say if I was a city offical..