Select to expand quoteclimber said..laceys lane said...
Fact or fiction. A face book friend was in port Macquarie at a doctors. Story goes a local surfer he met there said a big 4m gws had being hanging around for 4 days but no one reported it.
Other reports have the attacked
pegged down to a bull shark.
Getting harder to know whats really going on.
Some coastal towns relying on tourists would be trying to keep a lid on things one would expect.
Media havent really gone nuts as of yet!!!!
My home beach. This happened literally in front on my house ..... Very friggin worrying. I have been fishing the area at night of late for Jew and have lost more baits to big sharks this year than any other
I have surfed it twice in the last two weeks only as it has felt really really iffy in the water there.....absolute bugger this has happened. Not good
As for the GWS. Yes there has been one of the local beaches and yes it is a 4mtr animal. Seen it???.....Yes!
Feel really sorry for the guy attacked and wish him a speedy recovery
Gods speed on healing
Gmac
Climber i read that a shark was sighted and reported at 10 in the morning. The beach was closed due to the sighting and large schools of bait fish. Did they have any signs up or flags visible that you would see if you rocked up at the beach
How do they close a beach or do they just not patrol throughout the day.
Once again reports say his mate saved his life, what a legend
i see the QLD gov dude that has something to do with the shark drums said in the paper.
that there will be no change to shark drumming in QLD with something like 600 sharks taken last year.
and after whats happening in NSW no change will happen.
they were interested in other ways of managing man eating sharks.
but they are limited compared to the system in place now.
Thank ****'n god.
Select to expand quotethePup said..
Time to bring in Vic Hislop 
Vic said this would happen.
go feeding sharks and they will come looking for food.
i remember him saying that in the early 80s.
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said...
Close to SP today. Check Paddy Kilmurray on Insta.
Yep.. Saw that earlier.
There are a few around. Beaches closed a few times lately and chat of others around the place.
Best wishes to old mate up the coast.
Select to expand quotejbshack said..climber said..laceys lane said...
Fact or fiction. A face book friend was in port Macquarie at a doctors. Story goes a local surfer he met there said a big 4m gws had being hanging around for 4 days but no one reported it.
Other reports have the attacked
pegged down to a bull shark.
Getting harder to know whats really going on.
Some coastal towns relying on tourists would be trying to keep a lid on things one would expect.
Media havent really gone nuts as of yet!!!!
My home beach. This happened literally in front on my house ..... Very friggin worrying. I have been fishing the area at night of late for Jew and have lost more baits to big sharks this year than any other
I have surfed it twice in the last two weeks only as it has felt really really iffy in the water there.....absolute bugger this has happened. Not good
As for the GWS. Yes there has been one of the local beaches and yes it is a 4mtr animal. Seen it???.....Yes!
Feel really sorry for the guy attacked and wish him a speedy recovery
Gods speed on healing
Gmac
Climber i read that a shark was sighted and reported at 10 in the morning. The beach was closed due to the sighting and large schools of bait fish. Did they have any signs up or flags visible that you would see if you rocked up at the beach How do they close a beach or do they just not patrol throughout the day.
Once again reports say his mate saved his life, what a legend
Unpatrolled beach outside of summer and the section that he was surfing was well outside of the (Beach visible ) range of the normal patrol if it was in SLSC season.
As for signs, yes entrances to the beach were signed after the event, from what was noticed. In Sydney now on business so not sure what has happened earlier in the afternoon today.
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..
Close to SP today. Check Paddy Kilmurray on Insta.
Thanks Ted got that,have you seen his update clip
Saturdays attack at first said Bull but an expert who examined the bites said 2.7 great white.
The human answer to meeting predators in their environment has always been to eliminate them.
Surely with the technology available today an electronic shark repellent system could be manufactured that is placed on buoys and utilising solar power with back up batteries that could be strung out over distances similar to shark nets to keep them away from surfing/swimming areas?
That would minimise the collateral damage of other species like whales, turtles and the like compared to traditional shark nets.
I remember a few years ago some of the Burleigh lads had stickers made "Save Burleigh - bring back the Superbank" after a savage winter swell ripped the bank at Snapper apart and the hoards descended upon Burleigh, maybe its time to for "Save the Goldie - extend the drum lines!" stickers.
My thoughts on it all is that there hasn't been a fatal attack at a beach with drum lines / nets, its tough call though as I don't think nets from Fingal to Sydney are a possibility.
It seems that spring has now come early with the Northerlies now set in which usually sees a drop in water temp & a shift in current to the south - not being a fisho not sure what impact this has on bait fish movements? Potential increase rain in catchment areas & run off through the rivers & creeks?
Lacey - what is the weight of the shark safe you are getting in the DWer? A little extra weight my board isn't going to effect my performance (or lack their off)
Fella's,
I bought and had installed a Surf Safe from Dave in WA 2 months ago when all this started.
Adds a little more than my Iphone in weight. Gives a good bite if you stick your hand on the electrode to check if its working.
I had it installed in a new 6'2" surf / kite board.
Dont believe it has effected the prerformance at all.
Been surfing Broken a bit but havent had any encounters.
When fully charged holds charge for 15 hours, thats a long surf.
Mike.
If I was still surfing on the east coast I would have one of those surf safes for sure. But then I am usually pretty happy to stick with a "keeper" when I find a good one and use it to it dies - so the cost gets averaged in nicely. Once Dave sorts out a nice interchangeable device it will be unreal.
from the "attackee" on the mid north coast
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that liquify mag are bunch of tards who do not research **** properly. hack journalists. they struck me off their fb page for disagreeing with them,,,i had facts and they had egg on their face...bye bye chrispy
ive always found them to be honest hard working surf journos who always do their homework and come across as great pillars of society
no really, wouldn't have a flying fig who they are,
but hey they annoy chrispy so that's a good thing everyday of the week
Select to expand quotesmicko said..
Yet another one this afternoon, Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie area again. I think you poor buggers have got it worse than we did a couple of years back.
Best wishes to the victim, hope he pulls through ok.
They've come over here on holidays. Everyone moves to Qld and Northern NSW.
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
ive always found them to be honest hard working surf journos who always do their homework and come across as great pillars of society
no really, wouldn't have a flying fig who they are,
but hey they annoy chrispy so that's a good thing everyday of the week
thats gold
well he got dingo to paint shark stripes on his board
placebo thinking maybe? me if I was old mate that board would have been left as and put in the pool room
a month or two is a lifetime compared to YOU buster
You havw more hide than a bull elephant
