yikes!!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/20/SHARK.TMP

All this shark talk is giving me second thoughts about getting my first yt off la jolla.With all those seals out there,i even heard that a kayaker seen a seal get smashed by a white out there.My 12ft kayak seems really small now.

Don't do it! Although the odds are very slim of getting attacked by Whitey, it does happen like that article describes. A most unfortunate event...hard to survive the bite of a big shark due to blood loss as well.

That is really tragic. Does swimming with seals equate to being a lure in a chum line? As for yaks--I heard yellow is a bad color: hence the name "yum-yum yellow" True?

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Does anyone know if any kayak has ever been attacked by a shark? I was under the impression that the sharks usually bite people because they mistake us for seals. Ive also heard that we dont taste too good, thats why people only get bit once. Becaue of that its hard to believe that a shark would mistake a large plastic kayak for food.

http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/unprovoked_kayaker.htm

says 5% of attacks on the pacific coast in the 20th century were on kayakers.

Don't fool yourself. When you are out there, you ARE part of the food chain. Here's something else to think about... whales. I've seen video of a grey whale having a blast with a 12' dingey(sp) in the bay there in Ensenada. It was tossing it into the air like a sea lion with a ball at Sea World.

Now THAT would be fun.... THUNK... WEEEeeee!!! splash... :+

But that's what makes kayaking and tubing in the salt so bitchin' in the first place, right? There's nothing like being prey, while you're being a predator! }(

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Chris

Crazy! Im going to be a little more careful in my kayak:o

Yikes,my FnD is yellow.Damn,i think imight hit the other big salty this weekend(salton sea).Someone seen a 12ft hammerhead @lj yesterday or today,said it was so close to his yak that he could have touched it!No thanks.....But the allure of those tasty sportfish will have meback out there soon.I can feel it.Yak fishing in the ocean is the most intament and extreme fishing all in one.imho.Tight lines to all.
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The Trail 1 Whites that have been making regular appearances all year made the LA Times today- my buddy got some good footage Friday, you may hear more about these fish soon.

hmmm trail 1 huh....good thing i surf trail 2 more. Yea folks im being very serious when i say dont surf the rest of the summer. They are ready to eat you......

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