Thread: Another fatal shark attack in SW WA

Currently in Broome and the rule of thumb is if the local kids are swimming its ok but if they start to get out, make sure you are not last out.
cheers
blaze

Originally Posted by Defender Mike

Sharks don't seem to like me much. I drove trawlers in the Gulf of Carpentaria when a young fella and had to go over the side at night to open cod ends underwater that were full of mud, fish and sea eggs after we flipped a board. The jaden winches couldn't lift the weight on board.
The crew used to say I came back out of the water like a Polaris missile after free diving down 6 m to empty the nets. When we got the nets on board you could see the holes , bite marks . I remember once my progress to the surface was suddenly impeded when I head butted a rather large object above me. I think I must have given the shark a fright as well as it moved away and I was on board in a split second. A few years later I went over the side for a few hours of unintentional swimming while wearing a red T shirt ,leapord skin jocks and with a 6 inch shifter tied to my wrist.
It took a while for the crew to realise I was missing and then longer to find me. While treading water a 3m Bronzy became quite infatuated with me every time he came close I swam at him and tried to attack him. This a lesson I learnt from spearfishing with Black tip reef sharks it seemed to work on the whaler as well. When he disappeared I was worried he was coming up from below but the attack never came.
While snorkelling on Woody Island off Esperance a few years back as I dived down to look at a little sail boat wreck, a nice size White was on his way up to check me out . We were on a head on collision course , I made it to a large boulder and stood up in only 1/2 a meter of water about 100m from shore. My wife waved from the beach you have no idea of the courage I had to muster to leave that boulder and make the beach. I have never swum so fast in all my life.

Last summer I was snorkelling and free diving on the North Mole off Port Beach Freo. When I came back I swam diagonally across the beach from the Mole . I got out of the water and my wife said there's something big and black in the water . A couple of minutes later the chopper sighted a big white and closed the beach.

As I said Sharks don't seem to like me, the above and a few more events not yet discussed are proof of this . I spend a lot of time in the water on Sea kayaks , racing skis, diving ,fishing and swimming. It would appear hat I have placed myself on the menu many times but have always been ignored . Or maybe i'm just a lucky Bas$##^%& .
Mike

You should get together with Stevo.