Sharks

[Little FR]

I hate the beach, the ocean and the sand. If I want to be miserable I might as well be home getting something that benefits my family done.

When I was younger I always swam out to the sand bars however far it was. I’m not one to tempt fate but the odds of being shark ate are on par with a bobcat with rabies disemboweling you.

 

[bgkyarcher]

a couple years ago the wife got me a shark dive trip for Christmas ( she wasn't trying to get me eaten ,it was something i wanted to do ) well what she did not know ...... i had it set up to be cageless , we swam with 10 or so bull sharks ........ and nobody died ..... it was very cool and i highly recommend it....

Negative.

 

[bgkyarcher]

Yeah you can have that hot stank in place called the beach. Wife loves it, I stay home and take care of the critters. She's been trying to get me to go for years, doesn't appeal to me at all. Freshwater lake, farm or mountains that's my jam! When she wants to go I tell her go!

I love the beach.

 

[muddhunter]

I love the beach.

I love the way the beach looks and sounds. I do not like to participate in the beach. Not for long anyhow. I could however sit on a deck on the beach in the winter and listen to the waves crash for hours.

 

[Brody]

I like the sound of the waves, from ocean front balcony. Dusk and Dawn walks maybe knee deep. And especially the "scenery"

 

[drakeshooter]

After the navy I don’t care to ever smell saltwater again. I remember a swim call we took in the IO onboard the USS Forrestal circa 1990 with marine snipers stationed along the rails looking for the sharks that occasionally follow ships hoping for a morsel whenever trash is dumped overboard. I skipped it lol.

 

[xbokilla]

Love the beach. Could grab a drink and watch a good beach sunset every evening.

 

[bgkyarcher]

I love the way the beach looks and sounds. I do not like to participate in the beach. Not for long anyhow. I could however sit on a deck on the beach in the winter and listen to the waves crash for hours.

Sitting on the beach, under an umbrella, with a cooler full of beer, nothing to do but chill, tunes, beach games, and drink. Love it.

 

[Meatstick]

Sitting on the beach, under an umbrella, with a cooler full of beer, nothing to do but chill, tunes, beach games, and drink. Love it.

They make pontoons, and local lakes for that.
I hate a dambeach

 

[bgkyarcher]

They make pontoons, and local lakes for that.
I hate a dambeach

Don’t have the same relaxing effect, nor the scenery. Nor Barney Fife waiting to arrest your ass for having an open beer.

 

[JR in KY]

I love the beach.

I also love the Beach, I went 4 times the year I retired.
My son was at Ft. Bragg for a few years and that's only a couple hours away....daytrip every time we visited. But I wouldn't wish Fayetteville, NC on anyone.
I never was much for getting Out very far and especially Now after all the shark sightings.
I saw a Big one from my hotel balcony at Myrtle Beach one time, and never forgot it.They are always There.
Nice photos @xbokilla .

 

[bowhunter269]

I'm not a huge beach fan but when I'm in the water I'm looking for fish. I'm the one who goes towards them when I see them. Figure the chances of being bitten are minimal. I've seen several over the years pretty close, the biggest maybe a 5-6' hammerhead. This year had four (4) stingrays swimming back and forth within spittin' distance.

 

[WaterDog88]

I’ll get in and swim but not at dawn or dusk. I don’t wear anything shinny when I’m in the ocean. I wear my black silicone ring. A good way to loose a hand is a shark mistaking your wedding ring for a fish. If I’m fishing I’ll limit it to times when folks aren’t swimming much.

 

[timer]

I was on the pier at Navarre Beach many years ago and I saw three sharks that looked to be maybe four ft swimming VERY close to the beach. I know the odds are very low of being attacked by a shark....but I've never forgotten that sight.

I was fishing with a good friend who lives in Miami a few years later and we caught a barracuda in shallow water (not close to a beach)....Not a shark, but not something I'd want to bite down on my leg....

 

[bgkyarcher]

I was on the pier at Navarre Beach many years ago and I saw three sharks that looked to be maybe four ft swimming VERY close to the beach. I know the odds are very low of being attacked by a shark....but I've never forgotten that sight.

I was fishing with a good friend who lives in Miami a few years later and we caught a barracuda in shallow water (not close to a beach)....Not a shark, but not something I'd want to bite down on my leg....

Talked with some shark fisherman on a pier at Panama City in '81. Talked to them a couple of days. They told us sharks were always there. Hell, they had bonita hanging off the end of the pier for chum. We saw a true 8' shark swim within 10' of a woman and two kids swimming near the pier. We hollered at them, they had no idea what we were saying.