I am tempted to vote "not crap" just to cut some of the sanctimony up in this bitch.

If you drive, wear gold or a diamond, eat out or pay taxes, you've got just as much blood on your hands as Mr. Redneck Shark Fisherman.

It's nice to get up on your high horse once in a while, though, innit?

The air's a little cooler up there and you can quite smell your own arse....

madlee wrote:I just heard that coconuts kill 10 times more people than sharks.

I read this as saying that 10% of the number of people killed by coconuts is the number of sharks killed by coconuts, annually. Ha!

I can't think of a way a shark would be killed by a coconut. Choking?

I'm envisioning some budding epidemiologist cooking up an interview protocol for determining the number of people conked on the head by coconuts around the world. That's some doctorate work right there-I'd appreciate an author credit.

madlee wrote:I just heard that coconuts kill 10 times more people than sharks.

I'm quite certain that if sharks lived in trees this statistic would read much differently. Coconuts also aren't killing people for the purpose of eating them. Sharks are the polio of the ocean. They should be eradicated.

Mark Hansen wrote:

Adam I wrote:I've fished regular fish for kicks plenty of times, so I guess I'd be a total hypocrite if I voted CRAP, assuming that the sharks aren't an endangered type.

It's pretty hard to not look like a tool while fishing for sharks I'd guess, but I also bet it's really, really fucking exciting. Really retarded, but really exciting.

Somebody else fishing for sharks: CRAP!

Fishing for sharks: NOT CRAP!

It's totally possible to fish for sharks and practice catch and release.

That certainly seems less retarded I guess, but simultaneously rather silly. At what point have you 'caught' the shark, if you're not landing it and mounting it's head over the door? When it's kind of close to the boat? I mean, presumably when you're course-fishing for sharks, you don't stick 'em in your keep net until home-time?

Also, why do you all hate Hemingway?

Going out intentionally fishing for shark – especially revenge fishing – or just trying to kill something because it’s a shark is stupid.

But going out fishing and getting a shark is excellent. You better make sure your boat is big enough – sharp teeth in a little boat would be no fun. Shark tastes nice. It’s a great eating fish. In New Zealand people call it lemon fish.

I have no problem killing what I am going to eat. Why should a shark that falls for my bait be any different?

Adam I wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:

Adam I wrote:I've fished regular fish for kicks plenty of times, so I guess I'd be a total hypocrite if I voted CRAP, assuming that the sharks aren't an endangered type.

It's pretty hard to not look like a tool while fishing for sharks I'd guess, but I also bet it's really, really fucking exciting. Really retarded, but really exciting.

Somebody else fishing for sharks: CRAP!

Fishing for sharks: NOT CRAP!

It's totally possible to fish for sharks and practice catch and release.

That certainly seems less retarded I guess, but simultaneously rather silly. At what point have you 'caught' the shark, if you're not landing it and mounting it's head over the door? When it's kind of close to the boat? I mean, presumably when you're course-fishing for sharks, you don't stick 'em in your keep net until home-time?

Also, why do you all hate Hemingway?

People do fly fish for sharks, using heavier equipment and using flies about the size of a small chicken.

When practicing catch and release fishing, a saltwater fish, especially toothy ones such as sharks, is generally considered "caught" when you have the leader in hand. With sharks, the line is then cut, since retrieving the lure or fly or whatever you're using is not really a safe endeavor.

I've only fished salt water a few times, and have never fished for sharks, but I've certainly read enough on the subject to know what the general practice is, for fly fishing anyway.

I always practice catch and release fishing in fresh water. I do know there is a difference of opinion in Europe regarding catch and release, and some actually frown upon it there, but in the U.S. it is pretty accepted as a good way to preserve the fishery for future generations, and still enjoying the sport of fishing. In trout and muskie fishing, at least 80 to 90% of fisherman now practice catch and release in the U.S.

If I want to eat fish, I'll buy it at the store, since those are generally farm-raised fish, and will not affect availability of wild stocks of fish for the most part although wild run fish are also available, depending on what type of fish you want to eat.

I do have a request from someone to catch and keep some fresh brook trout when I go to the cabin at some point. I don't really have anything against this, but I'll only do it if the fishery is very healthy and can sustain an occasional harvest of it's fish.

Sport Shark Raping is even worse, especially if you let the shark live and mentally relive the nightmarish scenario over and over again.

killing anything is crap. total crap. fuckin' bitches!