[kenny]

I was out this evening wading a local reef and doing some catch and release as usual. I've been catching some solid fish lately on Corky Devils so that's what I was throwing.
I had already caught two trout and a skipjack and all three did some tail-walking. I cast upwind and upcurrent, let the lure settle a bit, reel up some slack and I'm hooked up again. I'm thinkin' "man, this is fun" as this four pound fish comes up shakin'. I play it on in fairly quickly and it's inside rod-length. Then it happened. This big shark blows up on the fish and as I lunge back screaming like a little girl it tail-slaps me almost knocking me down.
Now I've surfed and fished my whole life and been chased out of the water by sharks before but this was just to **** close.

 

[seabo]

i take it that was all for the day ?

 

[CFARMS]

Shark

Wow Kenny that's a rush ! I found another (upward) octave slapping at a shark , but not quite that close. Glad you're safe, get back out there, we need the reports , JK . GC.

 

[cfred]

Man I love fishing from my boat! No stingrays, no sharks, no vibrio, no jellyfish, just cold beers and tasty sammiches! Glad you're okay Kenny. And I really do get why you wade, just makes me wonder how much of that kinda stuff I could tolerate.

 

[jake67]

ooo wee that would have made me $### myself lol

 

[Mrschasintail]

Man I love fishing from my boat! No stingrays, no sharks, no vibrio, no jellyfish, just cold beers and tasty sammiches! Glad you're okay Kenny. And I really do get why you wade, just makes me wonder how much of that kinda stuff I could tolerate.

Ya know. While your out there (well me anyway) I don't think about it. If it happens it happens. But I don't worry about it, and usually I'm so consumed by the chunkin that I don't think about it. Hopefully I will never have to.

Kenny. glad your okay. That might just scare me back into the boat.lol :rotfl:

 

[jeepjoe]

you weenie

I can't belive this thread, screamed like a girl, you shoud have dived into the water with a knife between your teath and taken care of that shark, that's what I would have done.

 

[SaltwaterAg]

Glad it was only a Close Call!

 

[roundman]

show that bad boy whos boss be back in his water at sun up! lol , but seriously, glad it was jus a close encounter

 

[Scout177]

Let me know where you were fishing/catching and I'll go run that shark off......from the boat.

 

[kenny]

It won't affect my fishing at all, but it did almost give me a heart attack. :wink:

 

[FishFinder]

kewl...or not! lol. Been der and done dat...

 

[Texxan1]

I feel for ya Kenny,

I had a huge bullshark do that to me this summer in the chandeluers... Yall be careful, chris phillips told me that two of his friends got chased out of the water by a big one at VP last week

 

[ANGEL]

dayum Kenny another close encounter huh
atleast you didint loose your devil
might want to get that chum out of your pockets lol j/k
glad your ok

 

[Rob S]

Kenny, Glad you are ok........I had that happen to me last week..luckily I was in the boat..

 

[backlasher]

Sharks, deep mud and stingrays got me into kayak fishing. Glad you're O.K.

 

[RedXCross]

Next time , reach in there and detooth that Critter, I got medicine for that LOL..

 

[fishingmanreggie]

Kenny great to hear that you are ok. I think all of my fishing equipment would be up for sale on ebay. Heck maybe my boat too. lol That might have scared me off the water period.

 

[JOHNNY QUEST]

i thought you were gunna take your big pole next time. sounds like that local reef is now thier local reef. i know i could scream like a little girl in a situation like that, even with a barritone voice.

if i would have been with you it would have sounded like a good opera.

 

[activescrape]

I just don't think I would deal with that well. Sounds scary to me. I have been bumped by solid critters before and I am glad I never saw them.