Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 10538803)

These were small moons but they still hurt like a son of a bitch!

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 10538790)

There were two shark attacks while I was down there as well. The spinners and black tips are crazy this time of year. Overhead shots just off the break are insane:


http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j...96712529616916

This was happening last year when we were down there. It was freaking AWESOME to watch:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...tart=0&ndsp=16

Sharks were like "surfing" the waves and coming right up to the beach. I was dying that I didn't have a fly rod, as they were chasing the shit out of anything that looked like a baitfish.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 10538775)

There was some controversy about it, because quite a few experts say that fish mortality on a shark that's fought for over an hour is like 90%.

Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 10538818)

Why's that, I wonder?

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 10538826)

The fish is injured (hooked) and in a fight for it’s life. They literally expend every ounce of energy they have trying to get away. If not properly revived by forcing water through their gills they can very easily die.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 10538811)

Pics aren’t coming through for me. Got a link to them or something?

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 10538852)

Fixed it.

Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 10538838)

Ok. I've heard sharks need to continually swimming in order to push water through their gills for oxygen but wasn't sure if that was the actual cause of death.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 10538826)

The fish is injured (hooked) and in a fight for it’s life. They literally expend every ounce of energy they have trying to get away. If not properly revived by forcing water through their gills they can very easily die.