Anyone else hear about this? Supposedly washed ashore in that town.
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Anyone else hear about this? Supposedly washed ashore in that town.
looks like someone dumped it there. Highly doubt one would come in that far.
nice!:cool:
They ran the story on hearsay. What a way to rile people up and scare them :rolleyes: although there was a shark attack in Matawan creek back in the early 1900's.:scared:
By ERIC SCOTT CAMPBELL Staff Writer, 609-272-7227 | Posted: Sunday, August 2, 2009
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn..._dc=1249267203Howard Sefton, of Captain Howard’s Bait and Tackle in Egg Harbor City, uses a blackboard to inform his customers about reported bull shark landings in the Mullica River.
Photo by: Anthony Smedile
Reports of bull sharks in the Mullica River have prompted the owner of an Egg Harbor City fishing shop to warn customers who would consider swimming or rowing there.
These reports do not come from the state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, which has confirmed no bull sharks this year, according to its records. But Howard Sefton, of Captain Howard's Bait and Tackle, trusts the folks who tell him their friends or neighbors have hauled in a 4-footer, a 6-footer and a 7-footer in the past several weeks.
"I've had a couple people call me about it and tell me there were sharks in the Mullica. They're not going to swim there anymore," Sefton said. Asked whether he feared being pegged as an alarmist without proof, Sefton replied, "Better to err on the side of caution."
Bull sharks have never been seen so far up the river, Sefton said. The animals are known for entering fresh water and have attacked humans in a few infamous instances of U.S. history, including a series of attacks in 1916 off New Jersey.
Other veterans of Mullica fishing are staying skeptical.
"I haven't seen anything like that, and I do watch for things like that," said Barry Douglas, who mans the Lower Bank bridge across the river every weekend afternoon and night. "First I've heard of it, but I wouldn't be a bit suprirsed to see one. ... I've heard bull sharks come up (other rivers) that far."
News of the shark discussion frustrated Bill DiFilippo, owner of Nacote Creek Marina in Port Republic, just off the Mullica for recreational boaters.
"I think it's ridiculous," said DiFilippo, a 20-year area resident. "Bull sharks live in very, very warm water, and I can't see the water being that warm to support them."
Bruce Gehringer spent Thursday afternoon hanging a fishing line off the Lower Bank bridge, trying to catch a perch big enough to eat.
"I'd like to talk to somebody who's actually seen it. Usually the information you get is pretty good, especially from the people at Captain Howard's," Gehringer said.
Gehringer sometimes fishes the Mullica in a kayak, and he said he would not be scared to do so again.
"No, I'm curious. I'd love to see a shark," he said. "From what I understand, (bull sharks) are not aggressive. The stories you see on TV, seems like that's one in a million."
Sefton said he caught bull sharks off the beach in Brigantine four years ago. The following summer, reports of bull sharks in the back bay behind Atlantic City created a buzz.
Said Sefton: "I guarantee you if the water's warm, they're there. ... They're opportunistic. They'll take a meal if it's thrown in their face."
Posted in Atlantic on Sunday, August 2, 2009 10:35 pm
:huh: The article does say the customers reported more than one. Even with no weigh ins, I would think that increases the credibility, no?
I think it's possibe. This came from another site...
bull sharks have been documented to swim over 2000 miles into full fresh water in the amazon river and its tributaries. the bull shark contains two unique features that no other shark has that allows it to survive in fresh water. one is a specialized liver that metabolizes salt diferently and is able to re use salt stored in the body from when in salt water. also near the sharks anus is a special organ that stores the salt instead of letting it exit the body and then sends the salt to the specailized liver in a closed loop that the fishcan sustain for an unknown period of time
Man that's a big shark, 400lbs. I would love to see one that big close to the boat.:scared:
From Al Ristori's column
8-foot thresher fought off Manasquan Inlet
Published: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 8:34 PM Updated: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 9:13 PM
Stripers didn't cooperate outside Manasquan Inlet this morning when Robert Palmisano of Caldwell fished there on his small center console in a bunker school. When one of his baits did get hit, it turned out to be a fish they had no chance of boating -- a thresher shark with a body length of about eight feet that was hooked on 20-pound test line. Christian Palmisano (16) fought that shark for over an hour as it towed them two miles offshore -- but they had no means of boating it even if the estimated 400-pound thresher tired. Threshers are often spotted in bunker schools, and their small teeth may not cut mono leaders if hooked in the corner of the mouth. Yet, few small boaters are equipped with flying gaffs and are better off enjoying the fight without attempting to boat a dangerous adversary.
http://www.nj.com/shore/blogs/fishin...t_off_man.html
:kooky:This happened on the 28th, thought some haven't seen it yet. The shark was small only 2 feet. You should see all the online arguing it started. People who don't fish should do some research before they open their mouths.
Woman catches hammerhead shark in NJ bay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 30, 2010
VENTNOR — Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
A woman reeled in a baby hammerhead shark in Lakes Bay in southern New Jersey.
The shark was about two feet long and had a flat head with eyes on each end.
Stacy McCarron and her husband, Matt, were on a boat when she felt a tug on her line Sunday. Her husband says "everyone on the boat was freaking out" when she landed the fish.
They posed for pictures with the shark before releasing it.
Matt McCarron says a buddy is wondering "where the shark's mother is."
I heard there was a shark alert from Atlantic City to Maine.
Some sharks were sighted in Seaside yesterday.
Seaside Park beaches temporarily close after shark sightings
Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 8:05 PM
Updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 6:17 AM
Judy Peet
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Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerBathers stay close to shore in Seaside Park just before 3 p.m. in an area of beach that was temporarily closed for about four hours after local surfers spotted two five-foot-long sharks at about 10 a.m. Wednesday.
SEASIDE PARK — Beaches for several miles north of Island Beach State Park were closed for hours today after two sharks were spotted swimming near the shorelines, authorities said.
Surfers first reported five-foot-long sharks just off the surf break around 10 a.m. at Seaside Park, said Joe Gomulka, head of the Beach Patrol there. Gomulka said the sharks cruised the beach for about four hours, at some points coming as close as about 20 yards offshore.
Seaside Park beaches were reopened about 2 p.m., but reports of what are believed to be the same sharks closed down beaches at Seaside Heights, the next town north on the coast, for much of the afternoon.
Gomulka said the sharks were not positively identified, but their unusual swimming patterns raised the question of whether or not they may have been sick or injured.
Every summer has its own unique pattern, Gomulka added, and "2010 appears to be the summer of the shark."
The season started with the Coast Guard issuing its first ever shark warning for the northeast. Earlier this week, sharks were spotted both in Ortley Beach, which is a few miles north of Seaside and near Ocean Beach on the barrier island of Toms River.
Authorities said sharks have not been seen at either locations since then.
There have been no reports of shark attacks in New Jersey this summer.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...temporari.html
sharks are looking for the bunkers, no big deal:scared:
Yeah, but you have to keep the tourists safe, right?:D
That is scary to think I could be minding my own business, throwing out my favorite Finchaser rod and all of a sudden.........GULP......, I am taken away forever by a hungry shark. :eek:
I think Dark would protect you, Pebbles, at least it seems that way.:viking:
The sharks are all over, I don't really see the cause for alarm. They're going through the schools of bunker, that's all they really want. People are too crunchy, not much nutritional value there.
The real sharks to worry about are great whites and bull sharks. If you check the historical records, great whites dont come into the surf that much, at least in the US. Australia, California, maybe, but they tend to attack surfers and swimmers swimming way past the last breaker. If we ever get bull sharks in the surf, I would say even Dark couldn't help you, Pebbles.
By the way, they closed a Berkeley twp beach, 23rd, today because of another shark sighting.
:kooky:I'm going to attempt shark fishing some time this weekend next week.:scared: I'm afraid if I do catch one.:kooky:
This happened 50 years ago. Sand tiger shark, no thanks.
Shark attack!!! 50 years later, Readington man tells of having his leg mauled
Published: Sunday, July 04, 2010, 6:19 AM
Teresa Fasanello
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Sand tiger shark attacked a Readington man 50 years ago
READINGTON TWP. -- In July 1960, a sand tiger shark attacked then 24-year-old John Brodeur and ripped through his right thigh as he stood in the ocean at the Sea Girt beach.
50 years later, the Readington Township resident is grateful he lived through it to experience 40 years of marriage with his wife Celine, and life with his four children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
“I’m very happy with my life. It was just an incident along the way,” said Brodeur, a retired accountant, who has been featured in books about sharks and was once a guest on the “O’Reilly Factor.”
Brodeur was told the shark had been a 12- to 17-foot sand tiger shark, judging from the teeth marks in his leg, At the time of the attack, he was standing farther out than other bathers, his feet firmly planted in the sand.
“I ride waves and I was getting ready to ride a wave in,” Brodeur said. “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“I saw this big black thing coming toward me — I thought it was a telephone pole,” he said. The shark was long and black, and there had been a bad storm earlier that week.
When the shark bit him, Brodeur slapped the top of the shark’s head with his hand, and “eventually it let go,” he said.
“The lifeguard pulled me out of the water and then dropped me in the sand,” Brodeur continued. “My right thigh was all torn open.”
Celine Brodeur, who was not present at the time but knows the story well, said the young lifeguard panicked. “It’s not every day you get a shark attack,” she said.
A Marine veteran named Norman Porter, from the Bronx, took his belt off and used it to apply a tourniquet to Brodeur’s leg to slow the bleeding until he could be taken to the hospital. Because his nerves were severed and he was in shock, Brodeur does not recall feeling much pain.
He still thinks highly of Porter. “He saved my life. I was a lucky man.”
Celine noted that Porter has passed away, “but he’s been my husband’s hero.”
Brodeur’s leg had to be amputated, and he spent three months recovering in the hospital. Now with a prosthetic leg, he can’t run, but he can walk, and he enjoys playing tennis.
“I still go to the beach,” he said. In fact, the Brodeurs and their children will be taking a family vacation in Cape May this summer.
“He never, ever let one thing stand in his way,” his wife said. “It was never a handicap to him.”
In spite of the attack, John said he has always loved swimming in the ocean. But he warns other swimmers to be careful, especially because it is not always true that sharks will only attack someone who is already bleeding.
“Make sure that there are lifeguards, and other people in the water,” Brodeur warned.
More shark stuff - check out the comments the people make
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...-99690509.html
btw, looks like a threasher to me.
I think that's a blue shark, basshunter, but you're right, some crazy comments.
Anyone want to venture a guess as to when they will attack someone in new jersey?
http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/sha...ast/2094158596
They are nasty, I wouldn't want to run into one in the surf.
Most bloodthirsty sharks in the ocean, I think they are worse than great whites. Wasn't that a bull shark that attacked that child in one of the jersey bays in the early 1900s?
another shark attack in NC yesterday, knee deep surf. i think that's 4 so far this year.
boyfriend of victim said it was a 6 footer, but who knows
Tis the season, Jon, the warmer water and bait migration means sharks will be closer than most of us think. Thanks for the info, we need to promote awareness of the danger, that should take precedence over the tourism angle. Some towns don't like it to be known they have sharks around.
It's a fact of the time of year, almost every town on the coast now has sharks swimming near or through it. For the most part you would never know those sharks are there because they are really not keyed in on humans.
But the bull sharks, they scare me more than great white sharks, as has been said here. They have no natural aversion to humans or the noise and activity that keeps other sharks away from the surfline. They are deadly because they are so unpredictable. And everyone should be aware of this, without going into a panic mode.
There is no reason not to take that vacation just because you hear about sharks. They are everywhere, even great whites off the coast of NJ. Things like not swimming in the surf if it is too murky from a storm, and not being in a position where you were splashing or thrashing the water too much, are all things that are good to be aware of.
Probably, here is the story -Quote:
Originally Posted by stripercrazy
Over a 10-day period during July 1916, five shark attacks occurred along the New Jersey shore. Four of the victims died and the fifth was seriously injured. This extraordinary cluster of attacks was almost certainly the inspiration for JAWS and is among the most notorious events in the long and grim history of shark-human interactions.
The particulars of each attack — who got bitten, when, where, and how badly — have been told and re-told many times in popular shark books and documentaries. These facts are well established and most of them need not concern us here. What does seem in need of a more thorough investigation is whether one or more sharks were involved in these attacks and of what species was — or were — most likely responsible.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/educa...carcharias.gifTwo days after the fifth attack, an 8.5-foot (2.6-metre) shark was caught in Raritan Bay, some 4 miles (6.5 kilometres) away from the mouth of Matawan Creek. It was identified as a White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) by Dr. Frederick Lucas, who was director of the American Museum of Natural History at the time. Upon examining its stomach contents, Lucas found "the shinbone of a boy and what appeared to be part of a human rib". Since the animal's gut contained incriminating evidence and no subsequent attacks occurred, it was widely assumed that this individual was the shark responsible for the recent spate of attacks. No one seemed to be bothered that the three most recent attacks occurred 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) up tiny Matawan Creek, a very unusual habitat for a White Shark.
White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) — since the infamous series of attacks seemed to stop with the capture of a young White Shark, reportedly with human remains in its stomach, it was widely assumed this animal was the culprit; other researchers are not so sure.
Nearly 60 years later, artist-author Richard Ellis uncovered some intriguing evidence that made him seriously question many long-standing assumptions about the identity of so-called 'New Jersey Man-Eater'. In his 1976 Book of Sharks, Ellis points out:
- the first two attacks took place in the ocean, 70 and 25 miles (113 and 40 kilometres), respectively, from Matawan Creek; to assume that these distant attacks were perpetrated by the same shark that attacked three swimmers in Matawan Creek is stretching the 'rogue shark' theory beyond reasonable limits
- the White Shark is relatively rare in New Jersey waters and is not known to enter brackish or fresh water; conversely, the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is more abundant in New Jersey waters than the White Shark and is well known to haunt river mouths and to penetrate far up freshwater rivers
- two days after the Matawan attacks, the New York Times reported that "the man-eating shark that killed [two swimmers] . . . was trapped in the upper reaches of Matawan Creek", a most unusual habitat for a White Shark but quite common for the Bull Shark
- the same edition of the New York Times went on to say that, "Matawan Creek . . . was alive with sharks yesterday, according to the score of men who went out to hunt them with rifles, shotguns, boat hooks, harpoons, pikes and dynamite", implying that more than one of them may have been involved in the attacks there
- three days after the Matawan attacks, the New York Times reported that, "a giant shark plunged through the chicken wire net that penned it in at Matawan Creek and escaped into the ocean last night", demonstrating that at least one shark swam between the Creek and the Atlantic Ocean
- Six days after the attacks, a 7-foot, 230-pound (2.1-metre, 105-kilogram) shark was caught in Matawan Creek; Ellis suggests that this is a reasonable length-weight ratio for a carcharhinid shark, such as the Bull Shark, taking this as evidence that such a shark occurred in the Creek
http://www.elasmo-research.org/educa...nus-leucas.gifIn truth, 230 pounds is about 35% too heavy for a 7-foot carcharhinid and about 15% too heavy for a 7-foot White Shark. Thus, the length-weight ratio given is more consistent with that of a White Shark — but fishermen are notorious for overestimating the weight of their catches and none of the foregoing proves that this shark, captured in Matawan Creek nearly a week after the most recent attack there, was responsible for any attack on a swimmer either in the Creek or along the New Jersey seashore. Another possibility is that a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) may have been involved in one or more of the attacks, perhaps even in Matawan Creek. This carcharhinid species is well known to be dangerous, to enter river mouths during summer months in North Carolina and other coastal states farther south along the east coast of North America, and to travel northward along the Atlantic seaboard during summer months, regularly riding the Gulf Stream to New Jersey and even as far north as Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) — this species is notorious for entering fresh water and attacking people there,
a reputation that makes it an obvious suspect in the Matawan Creek attacks.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/educa...rdo-cuvier.gifSo what are we to make of all this? Only that large sharks along the New Jersey coast - and even in such unexpected places as Matawan Creek — are not that unusual. The capture of an 8.5-foot White Shark in Raritan Bay two days after the spate of attacks nearby may merely be a coincidence. Although its stomach contents appeared to contain human remains, these could easily have been scavenged from the body of a drowning victim. Even during the early part of the 20th Century, dozens of drownings occurred along the New Jersey shore each year. An 8.5-foot White Shark is about 4 years old and, at that life history stage in the western North Atlantic, feeds primarily on bottom-dwelling fishes such as searobins, hakes, and skates. It seems unlikely that it was the shark responsible for all five attacks in New Jersey during July 1916. Analysis of the wounds on the victims suggest that at least three, different-sized sharks were responsible for these attacks. Based on the available data, the White Shark shows little or no inclination to enter brackish or fresh water (although a close relative of the White Shark, the Porbeagle [Lamna nasus], has recently been reported in brackish water in Argentina). So it seems unlikely that a White Shark was responsible for any of the attacks in Matawan Creek. In short: the case against the 8.5-foot White Shark captured in Raritan Bay as the sole perpetrator of the July 1916 attacks in New Jersey is entirely coincidental and, ultimately, unconvincing.
Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) — could this species be the New Jersey Maneater? It seems possible but unlikely.
In the final analysis, it seems highly unlikely that a single shark perpetrated all the attacks blamed on the New Jersey Man-Eater. Whether the attacking sharks included a Bull, Tiger or White Shark cannot be concluded at this time, and may well remain forever open to speculation and debate. But what seems most remarkable about the evidence turned up while investigating the New Jersey Man-Eater is this: while large sharks — including species known to be dangerous — regularly occur along the New Jersey shore and in some of its tidal creeks, attacks against humans are surprisingly rare. After all, if these sharks really were inclined to attack people, incidents like that of the New Jersey Man-Eater would be commonplace and unremarkable. The notoriety — indeed, celebrity — of such incidents is due largely to their rarity.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/educa...j_maneater.htm
i'm staying on shore
This is one of those nightmare scenarios that we all think about when we are waist deep in the deep of night. Not enough to make me stop fishing but I wouldn't drag caught fish around with me (I've heard of sharks taking them off of tethers attached to belts....yikes) or stand in the middle of a blue fish swarm.
This guy knew what he was doing and it still took his leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pjbH5OuBc4
Wow, awesome catch!
Seven-foot shark captured off Ocean City beach
August 16, 2012|By Sam Wood, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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"Shark Tony" stands next to his catch on the 58th Street beach in Ocean City,… (Mark Miedama/ Special to…)
A South Jersey man on Wednesday pulled a seven-foot thresher shark from the waters just off the shore of Ocean City.
Just in time for Shark Week.
The man, known as "Shark Tony," landed the 7-foot long beast after hooking it from a kayak and backpaddling to the beach near the 59th Street Pier.
Mark Miedama, who worked as a member of the Ocean City beach patrol this summer, was sitting on the sand with friends about 7:30 p.m. waiting for Shark Tony to return to shore. Miedama noticed him struggling with a big catch.
"It was pretty frisky," Miedama said.It took three men to bring the beast out of the water, Miedama said.
"It didn't want to be beached, for sure." Miedama said. "I helped him pull it up."
Nearly every night at dusk, Shark Tony paddles out into the ocean on his kayak with a bucket of chum, Miedama said.
Usually, Shark Tony's catch is limited to small sand sharks.
Not Wednesday.
"That's the biggest he's pulled up," Miedama said. "It was pretty intimidating."
Distinguished by a long tail fin used to stun prey, thresher sharks are solitary creatures and known to leap out of the water. Threshers are not considered dangerous to man and attacks are exceptionally rare.
Bill Kazmarck, a lifeguard who watches over the 58th Street beach and Miedama's friend, said it's common knowledge that sharks swim off the shore.
"It's their home, too," Kazmarck said. "People ask all the time if there are sharks out there. I'm honest with them. Of course there are. But if they wanted to attack, they'd attack every day
"They don't."
The waters remain safe, said Lt. Brian Booth of the beach patrol. The beach on Thursday remained crowded with vacationers and sunworshippers taking in the last days of summer.
"There were people in the water all day today because it was gorgeous," said Booth. "There's absolutely no cause for concern. There's fish all through the ocean and sharks are part of it. We went in today, so I'm not worried about it."
Kazmarck isn't rattled by the prospect of a shark encounter.
You don't give 'em much thought," he said. "Otherwise, you'd scare yourself right out of the water."
Miedama concurred.
After Shark Tony released it back into the ocean, there was only one thing left to do.
"We went swimming," Miedama said.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-1...rks-shark-week
nice
Look at the teeth on that thing!
Nice shark but thats a sand tiger. Protected species.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iar44...yer_detailpage
Maybe some tuna next break out the big rods.
That's some great footage, Surfstix...thanks for posting....:HappyWave:
One of the most awesome fishing videos I have ever seen. :HappyWave: :thumbsup:
I've heard rumors they have been in close in NY also,the bait supply must be getting short offshore or the gulf stream is pushing in real close but on the other hand the ocean is very warm this year.
Surf, guys have been getting them, on and off, right from the surf in the Breezy and FI areas.:HappyWave:
I agree, this is definitely an unusual year.
Sharks are all over going after the spot and kingies as you said. Hoo rah! Catch em up!
That is an awesome video. Inspired us to ge out sharking last night in nomoco. 1 brown and 3 dogfish. Lost the brown in the wash. Thanks for posting surfstix.
Very nice work. Tom Lynch is a regular at Island Beach. There have been sharks and dolphins feeding on large bunker all week.
Tommys a good dude. The video went viral, it now has over 142000 views. Was on the news too. wtg Tom.:thumbsup: