I met the landlord today. :shock: Holy Shit.

eli_anderson · Since 04 Jun 2007 507 Posts Addicted

Aug/Sept pretty much when all the bait fish/salmon/tuna are in. Sea
Bird are in by the thousands.

Keep yourself out of the water, rescue any down kiters and be aware of high tides.

I've posted tons about sharks out on the coast, I wasn't trying to scare anyone with big fish tales.

THANKS FOR POSTING your experience. It's pretty awesome and very real.

BTW, the S. Jetty is probably infested this time of year, the Columbia River Trench is a very common place to find them hunting.

eli_anderson · Since 04 Jun 2007 507 Posts Addicted

ah yes, names of all the whinney shite heads would be good

C Johnson · Since 17 Apr 2009 854 Posts Seattle Opinionated

went fishing out at westport on friday and caught tons of coho. we had problems of running into mackerel schools over and over again and taking our bate. those sure are fast little buggers! We also saw a sunfish which has gotta be the weirdest looking fish I've ever seen and it was huge too!

all this was only about 6 miles off the coast of westport. to give you an idea of how close that is I could still see the white of the waves breaking on the shore and windows on the buildings.

both sunfish and mackerel are warm water fish....

sounds like there's lots of food in the ocean close to shore right now Shocked

eli_anderson · Since 04 Jun 2007 507 Posts Addicted

SWEET, on a dive near san clemente I found a sun fish, 10ft from top to bottom, did you notice in that pic of sunfish the tail of the shark upper left corner. hmm..

Yardsale · Since 29 Mar 2005 387 Posts Portlanastan Obsessed

Not Directed at you Mike...just havin some fun! Very Happy

stringer · Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato

Thats funny steve...

but I thought they really liked to eat people who still have straps on their surfboards

registered · Since 12 Jul 2005 1319 Posts tsunami Sandbagger

no I am pretty sure they prefer the strapless kind of board riders thats why surfers are a staple.

those fools who ride with straps don't drag around prevoking the sharks they just ride and ride and ride. Rolling Eyes

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

stringer · Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato

I'm pretty sure the sharks know that the strapped riders are weak and lazy, easier targets.
Plus, I hear they can smell the stank coming from a strapped rider's yellow belly for miles...

C Johnson · Since 17 Apr 2009 854 Posts Seattle Opinionated

I'm pretty sure we all look like this when were body dragging back to our boards.

I'll always opt for straps W/ heel straps or boots so I can minimize the amount of trolling for sharks Laughing

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

how about this....?

pretty sure I looked like bait of some sort this weekend...

at least enough to be curious.... looks tasty to me

C Johnson · Since 17 Apr 2009 854 Posts Seattle Opinionated

wow that does look tasty!

although I hear the best part is what's riding on top.

I would imagine the quality has gone down over the last few years with the change in diet.

all the energy drinks make the meat a little dry.

nothing like the good ol' stuff marinated in beer Razz

btw check out my new kiteboard. its a door style hahaha

saleeba · Since 05 Mar 2006 238 Posts Masshole Stoked

holy shit chanson, never thought of the morphius as a lure. pretty f..ing scaring thinking back to the five hours we spent in the water saturday at manzo on that thing. water was warmer than i have ever experienced at the coast.

also, my girlfriends dad was fishing friday at longbeach and saw two 6 foot sharks close to the beach where people were hanging out. crazy!

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

yeah, we had the rainbow covered with the Morpheous and Rasta bottoms.......

hey, there was another Morpheous out there on Sunday...with the REv you shredded Exclamation

3 skim trollers....
lunchtime.. Cool

saleeba · Since 05 Mar 2006 238 Posts Masshole Stoked

oh yeah, sorry about the rev whoever that was? happened so fast there was no way i could avoid diving through the canopy.

Yardsale · Since 29 Mar 2005 387 Posts Portlanastan Obsessed

scottnorby · Tue Aug 18, 09 7:18 pm

I was working my way upwind to the Iredale boat wreck today and came upon a 2 1/2 to 3 foot dorsal sitting still in the water.
Turn and burn.

Not sure if it was a salmon shark or white---but def big.