10-03-2010, 12:05 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Great fishing all around the coast there. Love the Panama City area.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BUT...you really gotta be nuts to tube in that area. Bull sharks and lemon sharks both come into very shallow water. I am sure you have seen them while wade fishing. Lemon sharks are not nearly as dangerous but they have been known to bite folks, especially if they are dragging some fish on a stringer. And bull sharks are responsible for more attacks every year than great whites. There also used to be a few tiger sharks in the area. They come in very close at night but not as much during the daytime. They get BIG and they are fearless.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have never tubed that area just because of the sharks. I had enough problems with them even in a large boat. There were places where we could not fish because everything we hooked got "hit" by bull sharks. I would not have wanted to be IN the water, even in a steel float tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Be careful and be safe. Hopefully we will read lots more posts from you...without teeth marks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BUT...you really gotta be nuts to tube in that area. Bull sharks and lemon sharks both come into very shallow water. I am sure you have seen them while wade fishing. Lemon sharks are not nearly as dangerous but they have been known to bite folks, especially if they are dragging some fish on a stringer. And bull sharks are responsible for more attacks every year than great whites. There also used to be a few tiger sharks in the area. They come in very close at night but not as much during the daytime. They get BIG and they are fearless.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have never tubed that area just because of the sharks. I had enough problems with them even in a large boat. There were places where we could not fish because everything we hooked got "hit" by bull sharks. I would not have wanted to be IN the water, even in a steel float tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Be careful and be safe. Hopefully we will read lots more posts from you...without teeth marks.[/#0000ff]
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