High number of shark attacks

[danvolker]

Also common to these attacks in volusia county are the high number of surf fishermen "attracting sharks" with the effects of bait and struggling fish.
A couple of weeks ago I jumped in to the water about 75 feet away from where a hooked sailfish was jumping like crazy...the 3 big bullsharks under him were not nearly as friendly as bullsharks normally are
Really, how stupid can municipalities be to allow fishing at a swimming beach ?

 

[Chugwhump]

Really, how stupid can municipalities be to allow fishing at a swimming beach ?

Shuddap Volker.
We have too many dumb Yankess down here as it is. :joke:

Chug
Darwin fan.
:hijackedthread: complete.

 

[Reck Diver]

Does anyone know of a confirmed shark attack on a diver in Florida?

 

[bilsant]

The Florida Museum of Natural History tracks them.

FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Map of Florida's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks

 

[danvolker]

Does anyone know of a confirmed shark attack on a diver in Florida?

I don't know what the documented numbers are, but in over 30 years of diving, the only times I have seen sharks act dangerously around divers, it involved spearfishing, and usually with a struggling fish.....the blood makes the sharks curious/interested, the struggling makes them pissed/agitated/demanding their portion of the food....

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Does anyone know of a confirmed shark attack on a diver in Florida?

yes there are several..