Great white shark attacks fisherman's boat in Gulf

[PolWatch]

My best friend and I were spearfishing about 9 miles out of Pensacola Pass in about 1997. I had shot a grouper and several snappers. I always keep my stringer close to me hanging on my weight belt instead of on a stringer like some spearfishermen. The water was only about 75' deep
and I'd been down for around 10 minutes when I saw a shark about 7-8' (not huge). The shark was making jerky movements and it really surprised me when the thing charged me and folded its eyelids down. It was about 18" from me when I jabbed my spear into it's nose. I can't remember being that scared. The beast peeled off and I didn't see it again, but my ascent was like a telephone cord. I'd seen plenty of
sharks on prior dives, just none that acted like that one. It was a bull shark... very common for this area.

Bull sharks are more aggressive than great whites. They are ones that attack around here most of the time.

[Mister D]

Bull sharks are more aggressive than great whites. They are ones that attack around here most of the time.

Yes, they're supposed to be the most aggressive.

[Common]

Bull sharks are more aggressive than great whites. They are ones that attack around here most of the time.

yes and bullsharks are known to go inland into fresh water and survive and attack. Great Whites get the most attention because they can become so HUGE. Everytime you hear about a boat attack its never smaller bullsharks its always the Great Whites

[Common]

Yes, they're supposed to be the most aggressive.

I believe the last shark attack in Jersey was a Bull shark

[Mister D]

I believe the last shark attack in Jersey was a Bull shark

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Common]

Wouldn't surprise me.

It was in brackish water too ill try to find the article

[Matty]

My husband & son have been trying to get me to go deep sea fishing with them for years....ain't gonna happen. There is stuff out there with a bottle of catsup, just waiting for me to fall overboard. If I can see the land I'm ok...no land...no me.

Several of the family have wanted to take a cruise...another thing that won't happen. I just don't find the idea of being penned up with a couple thousand strangers on a boat (that I don't trust) appealing. I'm a wuss.

Wa wa wa wa wah, I fell overboard one night in Crooked Island sound! I still here!

[PolWatch]

don't think you are safe from sharks in fresh water!

The Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes describes the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) as an aggressive shark that reaches 10 feet in length and has been known to attack man. Its range extends as far up the Mississippi River as Alton, Illinois.

Read more: http://www.in-fisherman.com/news/sha...#ixzz3PfvBvTpU

[Redrose]

Fishing is kind of peaceful. I don't mind that so much as long as it's calm and sunny.

I fished for several years, with my ex. I am terrified of the water, but I forced myself to do it. On LI, NY the bay can get rough. We got caught too many times in very dangerous weather. If I could fish on a lake on a pontoon, maybe. I agree fishing can be relaxing and fun, but I refuse to bait my hook with a worm.

[Polecat]

I was swimming at Blind Pass beach several years ago where Sanibel and Captiva are split. I got out a little too far and got stuck in the current flowing towards the pass. I tried to swim towards the beach but after a couple of seconds could see that was not going to happen. I made full steam for the jetty and made it to the tip right before getting sucked through the pass. After that I stepped on something up at Englewood beach that was BIG and very strong. I went ashore and have never been back in the ocean. Good riddance.