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Location: Upper Left USA | Something Fishy
Fishy Fishy
The Story:
WESTPORT, WA
While the ocean vessel 'Dawn Raider' was commercial fishing for dogfish, this Great White was hooked in the mouth but only resisted slightly for 15 minutes before it came up alongside the boat to have a look; long enough for one of the crew members to slip a rope around it's tail !!! 'And that's when the s**t hit the fan!!. The Shark took off towing the 42 foot fishing boat backwards through the water at about 7 Knots. Just like in JAWS, the boat was taking on water over the stern and the crew watched in horror as the shark would actually jump completely out of the water at times. This went on for an hour before the shark finally drowned.
She weighed in at 1035 LBS. It is suspected she followed a weak El Nino current into local waters in search of food. Although mid 60 deg. water is considered ideal for these sharks, the larger ones can tolerate water in the
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Love a good story with the pictures to back it up! |
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Location: NJ | One time, . . at Band Camp . . . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | I dunno... something in the eyes...
looks like a lawyer fella I knew from around Seattle.
Or maybe it's the blood around his mouth. |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Fare - well and Adieu, to you fair Spanish Maidens . . . ." |
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Location: closely held secret | Heh, heh. Sing for us, Quint. |
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Location: Florida | Man I'd love to do that on rod and reel! Where's my Penn 12/0..... |
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Location: Tennessee | I dunno... something in the eyes...
looks like a lawyer fella I knew from around Seattle.
Or maybe it's the blood around his mouth. Might be my attorney for personal matters ... whom we have affectionately called "Mark the Shark" for the past 15 years. He's just the kind you want on your side when you need some ass kicking done. :cool: |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Fish heads, fish heads
roly poly fish heads
Fish Heads , Fish Heads
Eat Em' Up
Yum! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Isn't it funny how we hate all lawyers until they are our lawyer?
Well now there's two less, no shark and no cockroach. |
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Location: WV | Now this is exactly why I don't like swimming in the ocean. I don't particularly wanna be bait! :eek: |
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Location: NJ | ". . Fish heads, fish heads
roly poly fish heads
Fish Heads , Fish Heads
Eat Em' Up
Yum! . . ."
- Billy ("Will Robinson") Mumy |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | AKA one Half of Barnes and Barnes!
He's also been working off and on with the group America for years. He's releases Solo projects as well. DANGER!! DANGER!! BILLY IS TALENTED!! :) |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Most people don't pronounce "Mumy" correctly, so his license plate reads "MOO ME". :) |
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WAY OT: Not from around here!