02-24-2003, 11:19 AM
[cool] If you hang any great whites, remember it is catch and release only. Now if the sharks will just play by the same rules.
What's the biggest leopard shark you have taken on your home waters? Man, I love to play with those babies. And, how about angel sharks? I have wrestled in a few of those big uglies, thinking I had record sized halibut.
Also, have you ever hooked into any threshers? I used to hang one up off Hueneme once in awhile. Never brought one to tube though. Between their spinning leaps and sharp teeth I never stayed attached very long. But what a fight while it lasted.
I decided a long time ago that I would rather stretch my string on a less glamorous shark than watch a straight stick all day when the 'buts didn't want to play. I've had some memorable "slow motion water skiing" behind some big rays too. Those babies can pull.
You oughta see the eyes on fellow float tubers in the inland ponds when I tell them about catching sharks from a float tube. Of course they all think back to the memorable line from the movie "Jaws"..."You're gonna need a bigger boat."
I just love it when wimps ask me "what about sharks?". I love to make them twitch by replying "Let the sharks look out for themselves." I've thought of taking one of my worn out tubes and hanging it on the wall of my "tackletorium"...with a big semi-circle cut out of one side. I could put a sign under it 'THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY". That oughtta shake up the troops.
But, seriously, for the benefit of young impressionable readers, I DO NOT ADVOCATE TAKING UNNECESSARY RISKS. The inshore members of the shark family taken incidentally by anglers are in no way to be
with the dangerous pelagic species. Big sharks usually feed on fish...and sometimes ocean-going mammals...like seals...and dumb humans. Don't ever launch your flotation system where there is a potential for larger sharks to be in the area. If they don't go after your fish, they might go after your dangling extremities. Don't risk it.
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What's the biggest leopard shark you have taken on your home waters? Man, I love to play with those babies. And, how about angel sharks? I have wrestled in a few of those big uglies, thinking I had record sized halibut.
Also, have you ever hooked into any threshers? I used to hang one up off Hueneme once in awhile. Never brought one to tube though. Between their spinning leaps and sharp teeth I never stayed attached very long. But what a fight while it lasted.
I decided a long time ago that I would rather stretch my string on a less glamorous shark than watch a straight stick all day when the 'buts didn't want to play. I've had some memorable "slow motion water skiing" behind some big rays too. Those babies can pull.
You oughta see the eyes on fellow float tubers in the inland ponds when I tell them about catching sharks from a float tube. Of course they all think back to the memorable line from the movie "Jaws"..."You're gonna need a bigger boat."
I just love it when wimps ask me "what about sharks?". I love to make them twitch by replying "Let the sharks look out for themselves." I've thought of taking one of my worn out tubes and hanging it on the wall of my "tackletorium"...with a big semi-circle cut out of one side. I could put a sign under it 'THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY". That oughtta shake up the troops.
But, seriously, for the benefit of young impressionable readers, I DO NOT ADVOCATE TAKING UNNECESSARY RISKS. The inshore members of the shark family taken incidentally by anglers are in no way to be
with the dangerous pelagic species. Big sharks usually feed on fish...and sometimes ocean-going mammals...like seals...and dumb humans. Don't ever launch your flotation system where there is a potential for larger sharks to be in the area. If they don't go after your fish, they might go after your dangling extremities. Don't risk it.[signature]