08/07/2010....Pretty Bad Scare.

moontan360 · 08-07-2010, 09:10 PM

So headed out to Pickens this morning around 6:00am. Caught some bait, but the bite was really scarce. A gentlemen out there caught 2 nice Kings, but that was about it. Around 10:00am my wife met me out there with our son, and I proceeded to wade out in front of the old pier trying to catch some spanish. I was roughly half way in between the piers in water to my chest whenever a large shadow approached me. I slowly started to back up as I hollered to shore. This shadow was a 5'-6' shark that got literally within 5' from me. Once I started to retreat it turned and swam towards the pier (Thank God). Some people ran down the pier and got to see it as it swam off.

After this scare I decided to call it quits for the day...as the baby was getting hot anyways. Plus I did not want to chance it again.....atleast not in the same day (maybe tomorrow

)

So no fish....but a pretty good scare!

Realtor · 08-07-2010, 09:34 PM

I can tell it got the ole blood pumping, huh?

Redfish · 08-07-2010, 10:45 PM

Yea Jim Being in the water with them does Seem to get the Blood Moving!!! and Moontan glad you got home safe!!!

Nopierpressure · 08-08-2010, 01:09 AM

Freaks me out just reading it! LOL

GENTLE WOLF · 08-08-2010, 01:13 AM

5-6' he woulda just nibbled. I have been there more times than I care to admit. One of my favorite things to do is be out wading at daylight for trout. I have been run out of the water more times than I care to count.

bigfish44 · 08-11-2010, 08:55 PM

Even just reading that got my heart beating. Sharks are scary

Buckyt · 08-11-2010, 09:36 PM

I was at an Academy in North Ala yesterday and asked the young man who was checking me out what had happened to his hand (it was scarred and was missing some fingers). He answered that he had been bitten by a 5 or 6 ft hammerhead while surf fishing. It was a bad looking hand. He didn't offer any more info, so I kindly retreated.

BWNN · 08-12-2010, 12:28 AM

Glad you got out ok...chest deep water, would have been hard to get away if agressive!

parrothead · 08-12-2010, 12:41 PM

Just down from the pier is were we go shark fishing and we have never gone home skunked.Please be careful !!!!!!!!!!

Scott

TradeWinds · 08-15-2010, 02:22 AM

Coast guard station right inside the Destin Pass is a great wade-fishing spot... app. 500 ft from the Destin Bridge where I caught a 7 ft. Bull Shark 2 weeks ago. That'll get the ole ticker a-goin. Tourists are SO unaware of their Crab Island visitors :P

08-07-2010, 09:10 PM	#1
moontan360 Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 88	08/07/2010....Pretty Bad Scare. So headed out to Pickens this morning around 6:00am. Caught some bait, but the bite was really scarce. A gentlemen out there caught 2 nice Kings, but that was about it. Around 10:00am my wife met me out there with our son, and I proceeded to wade out in front of the old pier trying to catch some spanish. I was roughly half way in between the piers in water to my chest whenever a large shadow approached me. I slowly started to back up as I hollered to shore. This shadow was a 5'-6' shark that got literally within 5' from me. Once I started to retreat it turned and swam towards the pier (Thank God). Some people ran down the pier and got to see it as it swam off. After this scare I decided to call it quits for the day...as the baby was getting hot anyways. Plus I did not want to chance it again.....atleast not in the same day (maybe tomorrow ) So no fish....but a pretty good scare!

08-07-2010, 09:34 PM	#2
Realtor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 2,168	I can tell it got the ole blood pumping, huh? __________________ Jim Summers www.PensacolaSharkFishing.com www.PensacolaHouseHunter.com @CaptFatJax (Twitter)

08-08-2010, 01:09 AM	#4
Nopierpressure Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Holt, Florida Posts: 202	Freaks me out just reading it! LOL __________________ Help somebody if you can!

08-11-2010, 08:55 PM	#6
bigfish44 Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2	Even just reading that got my heart beating. Sharks are scary __________________ Fishing Pictures Fishing Guides New Mexico Fly Fishing

08-12-2010, 12:28 AM	#8
BWNN Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 272	Glad you got out ok...chest deep water, would have been hard to get away if agressive! __________________ 240 Bay Scout 250 Yamaha Crestview, FL

08-07-2010, 10:45 PM	#3
Redfish Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,985	Yea Jim Being in the water with them does Seem to get the Blood Moving!!! and Moontan glad you got home safe!!!

08-08-2010, 01:13 AM	#5
GENTLE WOLF Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pensacola Posts: 947	5-6' he woulda just nibbled. I have been there more times than I care to admit. One of my favorite things to do is be out wading at daylight for trout. I have been run out of the water more times than I care to count.

08-11-2010, 09:36 PM	#7
Buckyt Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 705	I was at an Academy in North Ala yesterday and asked the young man who was checking me out what had happened to his hand (it was scarred and was missing some fingers). He answered that he had been bitten by a 5 or 6 ft hammerhead while surf fishing. It was a bad looking hand. He didn't offer any more info, so I kindly retreated.

08-12-2010, 12:41 PM	#9
parrothead Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cantonment Posts: 2,054	Just down from the pier is were we go shark fishing and we have never gone home skunked.Please be careful !!!!!!!!!! Scott

08-15-2010, 02:22 AM	#10
TradeWinds Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 20	Coast guard station right inside the Destin Pass is a great wade-fishing spot... app. 500 ft from the Destin Bridge where I caught a 7 ft. Bull Shark 2 weeks ago. That'll get the ole ticker a-goin. Tourists are SO unaware of their Crab Island visitors :P

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