mrfish 327 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 ....target big sharks near swimming beaches. In case you havent seen what happened recently in the states. I cant believe the carefree attitude of the fisherman in this footage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iron chef 721 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Cant be shore, but could it be that the swimmer got between the fishing line and shark and was pulled towards the shark jaws. The shark was hooked and jumping prior to the person being bitten. Apart from the fishers, for a known shark area, the support the swimmers had was a person on the paddle board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrfish 327 Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 looks like they are fishing off a jetty to me, quite possible that swimmer was in contact with the fishing line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keenfisho 1,416 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 imagine if it happened here in SA............ avidanglr1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Polonius 2 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think it's well been established fishing for sharks does not attract them; this is the flaw logic which got us the current shark fishing restrictions we now have in SA. This is actually a case of a freak accident. I mean look at the gear he was using; it wasn't exactly an International 130 with half a seal hanging off the end for bait. I'm also not entirely sure whether that beach would be classified as a swimming beach; in the sense that does it actually get a lot of human traffic all year round or not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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