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Friday, August 17, 2012

Sharks In The Chesapeake: More Likely Than Thought

SOLOMONS ISLAND, Md. - Bay captain Pete Ide signals to the oncoming crab boat he'd like to parley.

It's a sunny day on the Chesapeake Bay and boaters of all sorts are out conducting their business. Ide had been steering his charter boat with his feet while instinctively scanning for fish and eyeing the sonar.

Aboard the crabber are three watermen who look as comfortable on the water as the crabs they haul onboard. The boat slows down along the route of their trap buoys.

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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    There have always been sharks in the Bay. If there is food, they will come, it's easy as that. You'll also find sharks in the Nanticoke and Choptank too. It's not well known but it's definitely true.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    DON'T FORGET THE DEAD ZONES IN THE OCEAN ARE CAUSING THIS

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  3. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    google "bobby ford shark"

    sharks have been there for a while

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  4. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    1123-No it's not. Sharks are hunters, they go where the food is. The bay, is the country's largest estuary. Like it or not, sharks are going where the have for millions of years.


    I've pulled in a few bull sharks at the mouth of the Nanticoke/Choptank. Just take a mullet or blue schoolie, hook it onto a heaver or tuna rod, and have at it. Just make sure to catch and release!

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  5. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    SHARKS HAVE BEEN IB THE BAY FOREVER

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  6. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM

    Sharks are to be protected not hunted down and killed for sport. Without the apex predator in the oceans, the ocean life will not survive.
    We need to remember they are where they belong to be, we are the ones that enter their world. When something happens to a swimmer, people want to go out and kill every shark they can find. Stop and think about it, the shark can't talk, and they think we look like seals, or other fish in their diet. They are programmed to eat not to search out man and have him for dinner. I hate seeing the overkilling of these amazing creatures. I have been out in the open oceans around them and if they really meant harm to me, I wouldn't be here. I treat them with the respect they deserve, and as such, I have learned many things from them. They are amazing,social, and beautiful.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    . I treat them with the respect they deserve

    I do too. I stay the hell away from them...or anything else that can eat me.

    And I would have no problem at all in killing one.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 18, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    maybe sharks are the reason for the decrease in crab population???

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  9. AnonymousAugust 18, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    ...and other fish

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