He's Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
April 11, 2013 6:53 PM Subscribe
Hawaiian kayak fisherman almost catches a little more than he bargained for. SL more or less YT.
That guy was wearing camo crocs. Your argument is invalid.
posted by Brocktoon at 7:04 PM on April 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Brocktoon at 7:04 PM on April 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
Oh man I remember that one. Did I post that too? I worry that my mefi posting history is becoming a little shark heavy.
posted by mygothlaundry at 7:04 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by mygothlaundry at 7:04 PM on April 11, 2013
Looks like he's got a shark 'aumakua watching out for him - hope he said thank you!
posted by rtha at 7:08 PM on April 11, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by rtha at 7:08 PM on April 11, 2013 [4 favorites]
Reminds me of my favorite Hawaii shark video.
posted by flod at 7:08 PM on April 11, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by flod at 7:08 PM on April 11, 2013 [7 favorites]
Dunno where I saw it first, but it is a classic of the Surprise Shark genre.
posted by Ad hominem at 7:12 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by Ad hominem at 7:12 PM on April 11, 2013
Oh,Surprise Shark you crack me up.
"Surprise!...Bet you thought we all forgot your birthday!"
"Surprise! ...I'm pregnant ...and you're not the father"
posted by Ad hominem at 7:21 PM on April 11, 2013
"Surprise!...Bet you thought we all forgot your birthday!"
"Surprise! ...I'm pregnant ...and you're not the father"
posted by Ad hominem at 7:21 PM on April 11, 2013
Pop a scuba tank in its mouth and shoot it with a flare gun, right? It's been a while, and I live in Iowa, so I forget how we're supposed to react to these things.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:21 PM on April 11, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by cjorgensen at 7:21 PM on April 11, 2013 [3 favorites]
Notice that he never once asked to be rescued by the Coast Guard.
posted by salishsea at 7:34 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by salishsea at 7:34 PM on April 11, 2013
Gonna need more bait.
posted by arcticseal at 7:44 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by arcticseal at 7:44 PM on April 11, 2013
Penn Torque reel on a Penn International V rod- nice piece of kit, made here in the USA for the New England surf fishing crowd, and would translate nicely to shark kayak fishing in the tropical Pacific. Can't tell the type of line, but it looks like red flouro.
It's like when I tried to re-wire a stove outlet for an electric dryer... I was really damn nervous I didn't shut down the right circuit at the box, and that the circuit tester I had was old and broken, so I taped a screwdriver to broom handle, and touched the leads of the exposed outlet.
The expression I had on my face as sparks rained down onto the concrete floor of that garage exactly mirrored his when he got that tiny shark right the fuck off his hook.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:49 PM on April 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
It's like when I tried to re-wire a stove outlet for an electric dryer... I was really damn nervous I didn't shut down the right circuit at the box, and that the circuit tester I had was old and broken, so I taped a screwdriver to broom handle, and touched the leads of the exposed outlet.
The expression I had on my face as sparks rained down onto the concrete floor of that garage exactly mirrored his when he got that tiny shark right the fuck off his hook.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:49 PM on April 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
Seeing sharks up close like that is definately scary as hell! We saw a lot of sharks fishing off Kauai and I even caught a couple small ones. Lil ones are scary too.
posted by SteelDancin at 8:06 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by SteelDancin at 8:06 PM on April 11, 2013
SteelDancin: "Seeing sharks up close like that is definately scary as hell! We saw a lot of sharks fishing off Kauai and I even caught a couple small ones. Lil ones are scary too."
I remember a friend catching a little-ish nurse shark once. We took it home and while prepping it for a mass dinner, I grabbed the head, stuck it on my hand, and chased another friend's (incredibly cute, but not mine) girlfriend around the house with it as a puppet.
Does this story have a point? Not so much, but it IS about one of my only shark experiences, so there's that.
posted by Samizdata at 8:26 PM on April 11, 2013 [6 favorites]
I remember a friend catching a little-ish nurse shark once. We took it home and while prepping it for a mass dinner, I grabbed the head, stuck it on my hand, and chased another friend's (incredibly cute, but not mine) girlfriend around the house with it as a puppet.
Does this story have a point? Not so much, but it IS about one of my only shark experiences, so there's that.
posted by Samizdata at 8:26 PM on April 11, 2013 [6 favorites]
The shark in flod's video is so elegant, for lack of a better word. What a beautiful animal.
posted by juniper at 8:37 PM on April 11, 2013
posted by juniper at 8:37 PM on April 11, 2013
He named the shark Chompy. YES.
posted by davidmsc at 9:33 PM on April 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by davidmsc at 9:33 PM on April 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
Few things can put one's perspective about life into the correct mindset like having a toothy clever beast eye you for more than 5 minutes in the hopes you do something stupid and become dinner.
posted by Iosephus at 9:35 PM on April 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Iosephus at 9:35 PM on April 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
His whooping reminded me of the Winston Churchill quote, "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." [src]
posted by dhartung at 11:23 PM on April 11, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by dhartung at 11:23 PM on April 11, 2013 [5 favorites]
Oh my, that "previously" story has caused a sudden dust storm here in my office...
posted by blurker at 8:49 AM on April 12, 2013
posted by blurker at 8:49 AM on April 12, 2013
I love shark videos. That is all.
posted by touchstone033 at 9:37 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by touchstone033 at 9:37 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
I never wanted to go kayak fishing before this. Now I'm absolutely certain I won't.
posted by Goofyy at 10:01 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Goofyy at 10:01 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
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