[riverviewnative]

You have a plan and lets through in flordiabound09 as well. He would make the sharks sick and keep them from biting. Of course they would have to get by those black knee high socks and the plaid shrit might scare them off. Rick the county commissioners here are a joke and the biggest one Rhonda Storms just went to the senate. We are doomed.

Originally Posted by tallrick

I haven't heard of a shark attack in a while around here, but I think that developers should be thrown in the water to see if any are present. If they aren't bitten it's safe to go in the water! You never know, because like in your area, we have a bunch of sharks in our county government as well!

[sunrico90]

A 1,063-pound mako shark hooked close to shore in the Gulf of Mexico is being investigated as a possible world fishing record.

The Sea Ya Later II was cobia fishing when its crew spotted the 12-foot 6-inch shark Wednesday afternoon between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach. The Mother Lode, a 45-foot charter boat, helped bring in the shark. "If (the shark) hadn't been as tired as she was, this boat would be sitting on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

The registered weight of 1,063 pounds makes the catch eligible for the world record in the 30-pound line class for a short-fin mako. The class record is a 997-pound, 11-ounce shark caught in Sidney, Australia, in 1995. The largest mako recorded in the all-tackle division was a 1,221 pounder caught in Massachusetts in 2001.

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/sharks/shore-to-sea/images/mako-rh.jpg (broken link)

[sunrico90]

MORE INFO:
Standing world records for short-fin Mako sharks:
Class: 30-pound line
Record: 997 pounds, 11 ounces, Sidney, Australia. 1995
Class: 50-pound line
Record: 1,080 pounds, Long Island, 1979
Class: 80-pound line
Record: 1,075 pounds, 13 ounces, Spain, 1997
Class: all-tackle
Record: 1,221 pounds, Massachusetts, 2001

[firemed]

You should see the land sharks at the beach ! The best way to tell is the bright speedos.

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by firemed

You should see the land sharks at the beach ! The best way to tell is the bright speedos.

Post a Pic?

[dennis s]

Remember this ............ "Scars are tatoos with better stories"

[sunrico90]

See picture below: A 1,063-pound female Mako shark sits in a trailer Wednesday, April 18, 2007 on the docks of the Destin Harbor in Destin, Fla., after it was caught by anglers fishing for Cobia. The shark was spotted in the water after it was seen eating a dolphin 500 yards away from the beach between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach.



http://media.naplesnews.com/img/photos/2007/04/20/Mako_Shark__FLPLA101.JPG (broken link)

[Jammie]

OK I'll bite. How do they know if the sharks are male or female?

[BlueWillowPlate]

I wonder if it's size, Jammie. Female bald eagles are a bit larger than males.


I had read that the shark was eating a porpoise, not a dolphin, but whatever.

I am scared to death of sharks but am kinda sad that this one, a female, had to die.
a bit of humor to lighten things up

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by Jammie

OK I'll bite. How do they know if the sharks are male or female?

Here you go: Determine the sex; male sharks have claspers on their pelvic fins, females do not. The picture is a female. A male's claspers look like a pair of sausages.