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Subject: Re: Bull Sharks off Florida!

Author:
Rusty Hudson

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Date Posted: 933059445PDT
In reply to: Jim Morris 's message, "Bull Sharks off Florida!" on 932604768PDT

> The following is an email that I had recently received
> from a contact of mine in Florida:
>
> > Hi Jim,
>
> > Just wanted to let you know that the sharks are
> everywhere. They
> would not
> > let us have a fish and there all big , we can get
> some good
> footage.Talk to
> > you soon.
>
> > Tony
>
> Tony wrote:
>
> Jim
>
> It seems like this time of year, summertime, a few
> species of
> bottom
> fish are spawning. My guess is that is what brings in
> the bull sharks,
> must
> be easy pickins' for dinner! Sunday we were hunting a
> barge in 50ft of
> water
> (free diving) and I wasn't in the water more than 20
> seconds when this
> giant
> bull shark came up from the deep with 5 nice size
> cobia swimming right
> below
> him. I could have shot a cobia, but would have lost
> him to that shark
> instantly and did not want to risk losing a shaft. The
> bull sharks
> seemed to
> hang around as long as we stayed in the water. It's
> like they knew as
> soon
> as we speared a fish, they would snag it. Like they
> had done this
> before! A
> few local old timers told me that these bull sharks
> could be very
> aggressive
> when it's eating time. They do come close!
>
> If you plan on coming down, plan on doing it ASAP. I
> don't know how
> long
> these sharks will be around. For some reason, I have
> noticed more
> sharks
> this year than in other seasons. [ Go to Your Message ]

Sounds like the Florida Atlantic Ocean state and federal management plans are showing some benefits for the shark populations after seven years.

Rusty

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