Shark jumps onto fisherman's boat (5 1/2 ft bull shark)

wsvn.com ^ | 8/10/2009

[SonOfDarkSkies]

After a day of spear fishing and lobster diving, a group of boaters got the scare of a lifetime when a shark jumped into their boat.

Michael Powers and his friends were on-board a 21 foot boat Saturday, when a shark decided to pay them an unannounced visit. "One minute it was in the air, the next minute it was in the boat just beating everything in God's creation," Micheal recalled. "It hit one of the crew members. It hit Patricia, then it went between Paul's legs and my legs in the back. We're all scattering for cover trying to get up on the deck and out of anywhere we could, just to be safe," Michael said.

[dfwgator]

“We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!”

[Jeff Chandler]

Are bull sharks edible?

[Texas Eagle]

In the shark world, this sort of embarrassing misstep is known as “jumping the boat”.

[Jeff Chandler]

(Pit?) Bull Shark

[Texas Eagle]

"One minute it was in the air, the next minute it was in the boat just beating everything in God's creation,"

The bigger story appears to be that this was a flying shark, by jiminy.

[Joe 6-pack]

I think it was about 8 Augusts ago when the news was full of shark stories...All that seemed to disappear about a month later.

[Jeff Chandler]

“jumping the boat”

You win.

[OldDeckHand]

from the article...

"No one was injured. "

I think the shark might take issue with that. From the pictures it appears that he's gone over the rainbow to see Dorothy and ToTo.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“I think it was about 8 Augusts ago when the news was full of shark stories...All that seemed to disappear about a month later.”

If I remember, right before 911 happened.

[a fool in paradise]

Sharked the jump.

[Joe 6-pack]

Yep...it was “Shark attacks caused by global warming” and “Gary Condit” 24 and 7 right up until about 8:00 a.m. on 9/11/01.

[PIF]

I have heard from the tons of sharks I’ve caught that sporties are really tasty... very popular item but hard to catch.

[RandallFlagg]

"Radar, sonar, 'lectric toothbrushes. Heh-heh-heh!"

[Danae]

“I’m familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass.”

That sounds like a real mess in your pants kind of moment....

[KarlInOhio]

In Russia shark jumps you.

[Tallguy]

I’m not sure what kind of shark is pictured, but I’m fairly certain that it isn’t a Bull Shark. Bull’s have a distinctly ‘stubby’ and ‘thick’ profile. The shark pictured in the article has a slender, hydrodynamic profile. Possibly a Reef Shark.

[xp38]

at 5 and half feet maybe not

[JimRed]

Five and a half feet? Just a little guy...with lots’a teeth!

[SonOfDarkSkies]

That's what I wondered. Bulls have big, broad heads and this one didn't appear to.

OTOH, might have been a camera angle problem.

[Daffynition]

Give 'em an ice cream cone 'n be done with it.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Bull shark? Sure it wasn’t a spinner shark? We have spinner sharks here and they leap out of the water on occasion.

[Tallguy]

Bull shark? Sure it wasn’t a spinner shark?

That's it! I couldn't remember the name of the slender shark species that's known for leaping from the water. It does indeed look like a Spinner. I've never seen one personally, but from the pictures that I've seen that seems to fit.

[Cheburashka]

A “Hold My Chum and Watch This” moment on the part of the shark.

[TexasTransplant]

Happens to me all the time with Redfish and Speckled Trout... word gets out in the fish world that I am fishing and they just flat surrender.
In these tough economic times it really helps, I just rent my Mojo and boat to those poor guys that still rely on a hook and line.

TT

[Oratam]

I recall those sharks circling in the Gulf off Florida . . . seems like they were trying to tell us something.

[meyer]

Greg Norman?

[Joe Brower]

All I can say is: "Welcome to Florida"! $:-)

Florida Freeper

[BJClinton]

Well played sir.

[Chet 99]

Sharks are no more dangerous than goldfish.

[Jeff Chandler]

Most people can't even identify a shark.

[Chet 99]

I was once bit by a Guppy!

[Sax]

bull sharks have the highest levels of testosterone measured in any creature, land or sea.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Is that right! Not at all surprising considering their aggressiveness.

I wonder how Great Whites compare?

[mojitojoe]

That’s just a baby. The ones that hang around my house in the winter are huge!

[Jeff Chandler]

I was once bit by a Guppy!

Are you sure it was a guppy? Might it have been a moose? And might not the bitee have been your sister?

[Jeff Chandler]

bull sharks have the highest levels of testosterone measured in any creature, land or sea.

Excuse me?

[Sax]

I heard/read it at least twice, so I think it’s legit.

[Larry Lucido]

But not as bad as “jumping the Fonz.”

[Slings and Arrows]

He was auditioning for West Side Story.

[JRios1968]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWlfHhka2k

[ApplegateRanch]

I just rent my Mojo and boat to those poor guys that still rely on a hook and line.

Only way to fish.

[TheOldLady]

Good thing a jet didn’t show up and enter the competition.

[Slings and Arrows]

*snicker*

Show tunes at 20 paces...TO THE DEATH!

[TheOldLady]

ROFL!

[Capt. Tom]

Bull shark? Sure it wasn’t a spinner shark? We have spinner sharks here and they leap out of the water on occasion.

It is not a bull shark. Looks like a blacktip. - Tom

[GladesGuru]

Regarding post #37, there’s no excuse for him.