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[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

We get that with the Mackral all the time.........Sighhhhh

 

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Shark gave kayaker fright of his life, say police

11 January 2005

 

A kayak fisherman got the fright of his life when a large shark - believed to be a great white - stole two fish from his line before circling and nudging his vessel on Northland's east coast at the weekend.

 

 

The shocked Auckland man, who was fishing several hundred metres out from Taupiri Bay, about 13km south of Cape Brett, paddled for shore to escape the shark's clutches.

 

"He headed for the beach as quickly as he could," Paihia police Constable Mark Caswell said. "He was pretty fortunate."

 

The man was both excited and upset by the close encounter on Saturday afternoon and had not ventured back into the water on Sunday, instead preferring to watch the shark, which remained in the area, from the safety of shore with several other onlookers.

 

Speculation was rife that the creature was a great white up to seven metres long.

 

There has been speculation that what the man actually saw was a herbivorous whale shark but that would seem ruled out by the fact it took the man's fish.

 

"No one knows for sure. They are guessing it was a great white but no one knows," Mr Caswell said.

 

"He (the fisherman) believed it was up to seven metres long and that was based on the size of his kayak - that's pretty big.

 

"He was still pretty upset about it on Sunday when I was talking to him...I don't know if he will be going kayaking again for a little while."

 

Despite the shark remaining in the area the next day and warnings given to the public about its presence, people still ventured into the water to surf and snorkel.

 

"They were aware of it (the shark sighting) but they weren't worried about it," Mr Caswell said.

 

"There were about three or four surfers and there were still people swimming out there."

 

Department of Conservation shark expert Clinton Duffy said if the shark ate the fish as claimed, it was almost certainly a tiger or great white shark, both known man-eaters.

 

There had been only two great whites recorded worldwide at seven metres in size, he said.

 

The tiger shark was relatively unknown in Northland waters but the great white was known to venture close to our shores on a more regular basis.

 

"If the guy was fishing, the reason it was showing interest was it would have felt the struggling fish then it would have come across the kayak and gone to investigate," Mr Duffy said.

 

Northland Ministry of Fisheries compliance manager Dave Turner said his department would not be getting involved unless asked to do so by police.

 

"It's a creature living in its own environment," said Mr Turner.

 

"People have been told to stay out of the water in that area. There's nothing else that can be done apart from killing it which is obviously not a go.

 

"If it was attacking people it would be a different story, then it becomes a personal safety issue," he said.

 

There were no reported sightings of the shark yesterday.

 

The shark's presence near the Northland coastline was the third in a series of exciting marine events locally in recent times.

 

Four surf lifeguards were saved from a great white shark when a pod of dolphins surrounded them while swimming at Ocean Beach in November.

 

And in a rarely seen clash of the titans, a pair of orcas attacked an eight- metre Bryde's whale and its calf at Ocean Beach last month.

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Anyone know of a cheap Desrtroyer for sale

One that can be paddled.

I just love these posts.......makes me feel realy at ease about Kayakfishing

Its amazeing that some people ignored the warnings and still ventured into the sea

If one of them had been attacked, we may have been one shark less !!

 

YY