time to pay the rent

[cascade pinner]

This happened the other day at the Florence Jetty......

I talked to a fishing guide on Sunday who had just had his client's 25 pound chinook bitten off clean right at the boat at another south coast location.....said you could have put a basketball into its mouth clean...about 12 feet long.

keep your eyes open at the river mouths this time of year......the landlord is out looking for his rent

Oregon Man Beats Away Shark Attack with Surfboard

(Florence, Oregon) – A Eugene man was bitten by a shark in waters just off Florence - on the central Oregon coast - Tuesday night, suffering several tears in his foot.

Tom Larson was surfing near the south jetty when he felt something grab his foot, saying it felt like a vise or a bear trap bearing down on him. It began shaking him, and Larson said he soon realized it was a shark when he saw the fin.

Larson said adrenaline took over and he repeatedly hit the shark with his surfboard until the fish let go. He immediately started screaming “Shark! Shark!” in an attempt to alarm his friends and get them out of the water.

He was able to paddle his way back to shore. He was treated at Peace Harbor Hospital in Florence and then released.

Now on crutches, Larson says he is not in much pain, feeling more pressure in his white, bandaged foot. He has eight holes in his foot, resulting in 35 stitches. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Sharks are sometimes seen a little more often from September through March. A man surfing in the cove at Seaside suffered a similar attack last year about this time, also smacking the shark on the nose until it let go.

Shark attacks in these cold waters are quite rare, however. Still, the episode has reportedly spooked a few surfers in the Florence area from returning to the waters for a while.

Larson plans to continue surfing.

[Alkasquawlik]

they just spotted a few of your large white friends at the beaches south of town. They're back a bit early this year. Must have been a bad summer, cause it sounds like they're hungry.