Special kind of stupid...

reflected in some anti-fishing remarks made by some of these frightened/uninformed 'snowflakes' in this series of fb pics taken recently while a shark cruised close to the beach. :bang
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8d&oe=5950799D

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

I'm not sure how proper it is for me to open this 'can', but wanted you fishermen to read for yourself just how endangered our freedom to fish is from nincompoops like some of the posters.

That is all...

I never can understand why people get so bent out of shape when they see a shark in the ocean. Do they get so excited to see birds and squirrels in trees? It's their home. The people on there who said people fishing brought it in close to shore are idiots. Obviously they don't spend much time around the ocean. I almost got into a fistfight with s guy who wouldn't shut up about me wade fishing last summer. I was in a spot with no one about 30 yards on either side of me because I obviously don't like to throw gotcha with treble hooks in a crowd of people. He kept yelling he's bringing sharks in look out. I finally had enough and got out if the water and went and had a talk with him. He left soon after.

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Originally Posted by Drownin' Bait

I never can understand why people get so bent out of shape when they see a shark in the ocean. Do they get so excited to see birds and squirrels in trees? It's their home. The people on there who said people fishing brought it in close to shore are idiots. Obviously they don't spend much time around the ocean. I almost got into a fistfight with s guy who wouldn't shut up about me wade fishing last summer. I was in a spot with no one about 30 yards on either side of me because I obviously don't like to throw gotcha with treble hooks in a crowd of people. He kept yelling he's bringing sharks in look out. I finally had enough and got out if the water and went and had a talk with him. He left soon after.

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Doesn't Alabama have laws prohibiting angler harassment? I've fished relatively close (about the aame distance) to swimmers on gssp beach and never had a problem.

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Originally Posted by fordguy

Doesn't Alabama have laws prohibiting angler harassment? I've fished relatively close (about the aame distance) to swimmers on gssp beach and never had a problem.

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You had no trouble because you fished around normal people.

In the Army when we briefed "environmental hazards" like snakes, bugs and critters we always ended that oart of the brief with "this is their house, y'all are visiting."

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4a&oe=58F13C71

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Originally Posted by Drownin' Bait

I never can understand why people get so bent out of shape when they see a shark in the ocean. Do they get so excited to see birds and squirrels in trees? It's their home. The people on there who said people fishing brought it in close to shore are idiots. Obviously they don't spend much time around the ocean. I almost got into a fistfight with s guy who wouldn't shut up about me wade fishing last summer. I was in a spot with no one about 30 yards on either side of me because I obviously don't like to throw gotcha with treble hooks in a crowd of people. He kept yelling he's bringing sharks in look out. I finally had enough and got out if the water and went and had a talk with him. He left soon after.

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Y'know how stupid the average person is?

Well, half of them are dumber than that.

Oh Lawd, there's a big fish in the water!

I would be tickled to get see a shark that size so close to the beach. Anybody got any idea what species it is?

Our society has become addicted to shock, outrage and hyperbole. Social media is the needle that delivers that drug. The truth will never get in the way of a good story. It's even difficult to get an unbiased news report IMHO. It's a tabloid mentality at work because that's what sells to the masses.