charlieannear Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 From BBC News C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Nice one Charlie - I reckon Tom will be after taking Abi on a romantic west country cruise shortly... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 i like the bit were it says and it swam away so fast it broke the 10lb line seen as they brake 200lb line wasn't exactly surprising sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 What flipping trace was he using? Even 25lb trace wouldn't last 1 rub from its grinderlike skin...... Not to mention it had to be hooked right on the scissors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamouse Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 The article also reckons bull sharks have been seen in Cornwall. I missed that one! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 The article also reckons bull sharks have been seen in Cornwall. I missed that one! Steve I think it's a typo...... it should read bullsh*t..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I would happily wager that the fish was a Basking Shark and not a Mako or any of the toothed variety. I spent a long time down in Corwall in my early teens and the huge Baskers were a common summer sight (late 1950's). All this hype is typical media borrocks. Every man and his dog that sees a Basker shouts GREAT WHITE or MAKO at the same time some other man and dog shout GLOBAL WARMING fish from the tropics. The Cornish play this up for the tourist industry and good luck to them. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 If it tuly got airborne a couple of times then it wasn't a basker, but may have been a Mako or Thesher. We do have a number of Mako's cruising around here, not many, but a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Added to which, I don't think man-eating sharks is the kind of media hype the tourist office particularly wants. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Added to which, I don't think man-eating sharks is the kind of media hype the tourist office particularly wants. Terry. The shark fishing/sight seeing industry is a summer cash crop down in the annex, people will still go to the beaches, surf, swim, scuba dive just as they do all over the world where sharks abound. A shark of the size they allege would not even know it had been hooked on a 10lb trace let alone break water in it's haste to get away. A wind up for sure, I expect we will be getting Nessie stories any day now, it is the silly season for news. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 And there's been plenty in the news about basking sharks on Cornish beaches in recent weeks, such as this picture taken at Porthcurno And these here C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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