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How close you been to a..... #17469780 07/30/22
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS BigDave39355 OP Campfire Ranger
OP BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS	Watching shark week.... Anyone been up close to a great white?? Shark cage? Fool enough to surf in great white waters? Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

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Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469791 07/30/22
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,691 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna
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Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469813 07/30/22
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY A auk1124 Campfire Tracker
auk1124 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY	I been spined by a catfish a few times.

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469815 07/30/22
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,718 NE Illinois D DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker
DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,718 NE Illinois	No Great Whites, but fishing down in the Keys, out of Marathon, had a very close encounter with 3 big Bull sharks. One of them came right up out of the water, right next to the boat, following a fish I was bringing into the boat, less than an arms length away! Thing was bigger around than a 55 gallon drum and about 11 feet long. As far as I'm concerned, that was close enough! It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

Re: How close you been to a..... auk1124 #17469824 07/30/22
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS BigDave39355 OP Campfire Ranger
OP BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS	Originally Posted by auk1124 I been spined by a catfish a few times. Prayers sent. 🙌🙌 Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

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Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469829 07/30/22
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auk1124 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY	Originally Posted by BigDave39355 Originally Posted by auk1124 I been spined by a catfish a few times. Prayers sent. 🙌🙌

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469872 07/30/22
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 6,239 Sierra Nevada foothills Scott_Thornley Campfire Tracker
Scott_Thornley Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 6,239 Sierra Nevada foothills	Kayak and Abelone dive in landlord territory, but no sightings. Friends have had their boats chomped, but no injuries as yet.

Re: How close you been to a..... Scott_Thornley #17469873 07/30/22
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS BigDave39355 OP Campfire Ranger
OP BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS	Originally Posted by Scott_Thornley Kayak and Abelone dive in landlord territory, but no sightings. Friends have had their boats chomped, but no injuries as yet. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469875 07/30/22
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OP BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 18,974 Central MS	Surely HotRotLincoln has had to fend off a great white attack or two….. Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469888 07/30/22
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Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,124 Montana	I was on a boat once. I am MAGA.

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Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469915 07/30/22
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,248 Columbia, South Carolina S Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker
Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker S Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,248 Columbia, South Carolina	We'd see sharks when surfing years ago... we did not swim/surf at dawn/dusk, in schools of menhaden, or when the water was really dirty. Cuts your risk greatly. When I was a child, I would paddle my blow up raft into schools of menhaden... hard to believe the adults did not stop us. "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers

Re: How close you been to a..... Jim_Conrad #17469919 07/30/22
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FatCity67 Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 19,553 Central Valley NorKal	When Quinn the Eskimo gets here everyone is gonna jump for joy. "Maybe we're all happy." "Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."

Re: How close you been to a..... slumlord #17469921 07/30/22
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,589 somewhere " downdabayou " in ... D dpd Campfire Regular
dpd Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,589 somewhere " downdabayou " in ...	Originally Posted by slumlord Now that's funny !!!!

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469925 07/30/22
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,500 Lived all over the world H hotsoup Campfire Outfitter
hotsoup Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,500 Lived all over the world	I learned to scuba dive while stationed on Puerto Rico. Saw lots of sharks but was never threatened. Scariest time was always during night dives because one can’t see anything except where your light beam illuminates. Never saw a great white that I can remember, but have seen plenty of bulls and hammerheads. A 12 to 14 foot hammerhead gets and keeps your attention.

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469928 07/30/22
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10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,859 Missouri	Bucket list. In a shark cage in Australia. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469930 07/30/22
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Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,871 N. La.	Use to catch sand sharks when I worked offshore. Only sharks I ever been around. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469931 07/30/22
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,152 MT J Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker
Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,152 MT	Only its close cousin, but I was in a boat. Salmon Shark

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469932 07/30/22
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,465 Rio Rancho, NM N NDsnowman Campfire Tracker
NDsnowman Campfire Tracker N Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,465 Rio Rancho, NM	Was fishing a charter in Australia and another guy on board had a tiger shark on that was around 10 feet. Had it around the boat for a while and it went on a sizzling run and then stopped. When he reeled it back in all that was left was the head. Not sure if it was a GW or not, but it was something big and toothy.

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469943 07/30/22
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Mannlicher Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 67,655 N. Central Florida, and Miami	wreck diving off Ponte Vedra Beach back in the early seventies and at about 80 feet. Swimming down a dark corridor of a WWII torpedoed ship, I ran face to face into a fairly large bull shark. I put the flare in his face, and he charged past me. I never went back down there again. Sam......

Re: How close you been to a..... BigDave39355 #17469955 07/30/22
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hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 150,857 Texas	As close as I am right now

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