Man Bites Shark and I've got the pics!
 

Last fall I decided to take a little photo expedition to Florida's Sebastian Inlet which is located on the east coast about 40 miles south of where they launch the space shuttle. It's a place full of energy and action with lots to photograph in every direction. Here are just a few of the pics I captured in one afternoon at the inlet.


The inlet is know for it's great surf and is one of the best breaks in Florida. Surfers catch waves while fisherman try their luck on the jetty behind them.

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During the fall the baitfish are everywhere which in turn attracts the bigger gamefish highly sought after by the fisherman. The fish are so abundant fishing is great from both the jetty and the beach. This guy nabbed a keeper Snook right in front of me in the shorebreak.

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While the fisherman and surfers control the jetty, some guys on their personal watercraft were having their own fun jumping the waves down the beach.

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Not to be outdone, a Dolphin took to the air and put on a show of his own.

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All the baitfish attracts the bigger fish and all that action attracts something everyone in the water knows but doesn't want to think about and that is swimming all around underneath them are the sharks. Mostly black tip spinners. Not maneaters but big enough to ruin your day. They swim around looking for fish and grab a hand or foot by mistake letting go quickly but the damage is done. A fisherman hooked one and dragged it up the beach.

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The shark was hooked off the jetty and pulled through the pack of surfers sending those with half a brain or half a bikini scrambling to the beach.

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The fisherman had his hands full with the shark and finally subdued it with a bite to the shark's nose.

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If you only bring one hook to the beach you'll need to get your hook back so you can keep fishing. I think in this case I would just call it a day.

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The shark was cut up as the fisherman had many uses for the different parts and inside were found a bunch of babies that were still alive. They were thrown back into the water to fill the void their mother left behind. The cycle of life continues.

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Nice pics :thumbsup

1.the nice brown, wet girly ass doesn't fit in this picture series at all
2.those baby sharks have no chance to survive

nice....

lol nice pics indeed..:)

Don't see that everyday.

I really care about #1 the most.

hehe... nice pics

nice story!

Those are some very cool pics. That last one is sad. :(

nice picture story

i love surfer chicks :thumbsup

sweet ass pics man

Great pics.

Can you eat that? I know I've heard of people eating shark but I'm just curious what he's going to use it for.

me too buddy, me too :upsidedow

I have surfed that a few times. and man there is nothing like being there when a nice big hurricane is rolling. 18 to 30 ft waves.

Nice photos and story

The guy with the shark pulled it out of the water for the fisherman that hooked it off the jetty. Some people eat shark just like some people eat racoons and opossum. Most people won't eat it. I think there's something like the sharks urine passes though the flesh that makes it bad for most. The guy who caught it wanted to keep it and he looked like the kind of person that would eat it. The shark was gutted and the entrails were thrown back into the water for other fish to feed on.

As for the shark pups, I watched them throw them into the water. Three were able to swim away and one washed back up on the beach.

Amazing pictures !! Aww I hope the babies will survive, although I highly doubt it.

:warning As for eating shark, it really ain't unusual at all ! I live in Montreal and we can buy shark at any good fish market and restaurant ! I ate shark not too long ago actually, it doesn't really taste anything IMO and its more of a steak texture than fish. It's not soft flesh, it's kinda hard and you need to chew a lot. Don't really like it personnaly.:)

some very cool pics

Okay, I might not know many things about sharks but one thing is sure; sharks lay eggs just like any other fish does; how come live babies were found inside this one?

awesome pictures!!!

Nice, the Inlet is an awsome place to chill on the beach and drink : - )

Yeah .. it looks like the type of place that has something going on everywhere you look. I can spend hours just watching at a place like that .. it beats channel surfing on the couch ..:thumbsup

Haha - yeah, no doubt! Any day Mike!

Amazing pics. There are a few ways that sharks have babies actually.

Found this on google -- apparently sharks make babies three different ways:

that is classic !

Sharks give birth in three different ways. Some sharks, like the cat shark or bull shark, lay eggs. The eggs look like squares. On each of the four corners there are strings which tie them up between water plants until the baby sharks are ready to leave. Other sharks, like the blue shark, the hammerhead shark, the gray shark, or the saw shark, give birth to their babies. Then there is another way, which is between laying eggs and giving birth. Sharks like the whale shark, the white shark, the tiger shark or the carpet shark hold their eggs inside their body. If the babies are ready, they come out of the eggs’ hard shells but inside the body of their mother. Right after that, the mother gives birth to the babies.

Interesting... Thanks for the lesson :)

Had no idea myself.

that surfer chick is Hot....

Even if the babies don't survive, they'll still serve a purpose as food for another...

Great story!

Yes she is. Who would even care if the sharks are swimming right underneath you when something like this comes paddling by:thumbsup

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Pretty cool pix..I tried shark before and it was kinda chewy but tastey

Actually, those babies weren't born yet ... meaning they threw premature babies iinto a dangerous environment. They probably died within days!!!

That's like taking a baby out of a human mother prematurely and leaving it on the street.

Nice. :(

Thats funny shit. Hot girl with the bikini falling off. :)

Actually the shark pups were fully developed and were ready to be born at any time. When the shark was being gutted the pups were discovered and put back in the very water that they would have emerged in. There is no " shark nursery " so even though it's dangerous for them that's the way it is. The fisherman tried to give the babies a chance. For your analogy to be correct, the fisherman would have had to just leave the babies on the sand for the seagulls to pick at.

very interesting pictures.. i felt bad when i read about the babies being found. :(

but then again.. those babies are going to grow up one day and i'll be scared as hell of them. :)