its shark week on the discovery channel!!
anyone else exited?!

i sure am

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

Makes me wate to go fishing! I caught a young 8 ' Tiger shark in the Washington Canyon 2 years ago along with 2 Dolphins but that shark was 2 hours fighting.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

I love fish in general and read about them and watch everything I can.

Makos have a special shape to their scales that kind of cup water aginst the sharks body. When they move it is a water-to-water connection with very little friction. No one really knows how fast they can swim, but it may be around 60mph.

I was trolling for makos off SoCal with a guy and he was doing about 26 knots. The artificial bait was bouncing off the top of the water. I told the guy he was nuts and no shark would even see the bait. All of a sudden here comes a mako coming in FAST at a diagonal to the bait. He was barely getting wet and about 80% out of the water during the whole attack. He missed the bait, but it was impressive indeed.

Thanks for reminding me about shark week, pal.

no problem, i nearly forgot myself

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

Ah yes.. My family reunion!! Of course I'm excited!

I'm in a band called HaleAmano. English translation= House of Sharks.

Oh man, those Sharks are mean!

BTW: what wood doesn't float? Natalie Wood.

Oooooh! Too soon?

Cheers - C

you may have already heard this one, Ceri, but here goes...

How could the tell the girl attacked killed at sea by a shark had dandruff?

the found her Head and Shoulders washed up on the beach

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

Hi trj 1393: did you hear about the guy who had both arms and legs bitten off by a shark? His friends call him Bob.

Cheers - C

But he still can smile!!!!

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Dolphins?

He is referring to the dolphin fish not the mammal. A dolphin fish is also called mahi-mahi at the supermarket or on a menu. A male dolphin fish has a large forehead. Dolphin fish have incredibly bright colors of yellow, blue, and green that "light up" and get even brighter as they fight.