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Just saw a story on foxnews.com about a man from Jackson, MS, being rescued by CG helo after being bitten by a shark 65 miles southeast of New Orleans, in Breton Sound. He was aboard a boat named "Predator". Can anyone provide any additional info about this? Thanks.
I'm curious about this one myself. None of the stories I read indicated whether he was bitten by the shark after landing it, or if he was wadefishing when bitten. I'd be surprised if it happened to him while wadefishing.
Posted by rodeo4u on 08/02/09 at 8:41AM
The man was bitten by what appeared to be a bull shark. He was wading in appox 3 foot water while fishing. He reported seeing the shark open it's mouth and he tried to lunge away. The shark ended up biting through most of his ankle and foot. The man was assited back into the boat and a tournaquet was applied to stop and control the bleeding. A Coast Guard helo was responding to another case and was diverted to assist and evacuate the man. The helo arrived within minutes of being called.
Rodeo]s report may be correct but there has been no official confirmation. I fish that area regularly and I am very interested in learing how it happened.
We get a few Bull shark attacks here at Navarre Beach every year. Usually it's people wading out on the sandbar fishing .... with bait strapped to their body . Or swimming right on the edge of where the sandbar drops off.... they swim through a school of fish and the sharks are cruising the school of fish for a meal at the same time.
Rodeo]s report may be correct but there has been no official confirmation. I fish that area regularly and I am very interested in learing how it happened.
His report is correct, Im in the Coast Guard and just recently transferred from the unit that responded (Air Station New Orleans) and that is in fact what happened, the man was transferred to a near by hospital via Coast Guard helo.....
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Sure seems like it would be alot easier to get that rescue guy inthe boat if it were stationary. Looks like a calm day. I'm sure the GC guys can answer that though. Maybe because of the cyclic downdraft that choppers can cause when hovering too low for too long. Causes them to go crash.
The Guy was the owner of the "Predator" that fishes out of Venice. He was Wade fishing out around the Brenton Island when he was bitting by a shark. Lucky no broken bones or torn arteries. He was flown to New Orleans and than to Jackson, MS. See the new paper article here http://www.clarionledger.com/article...+off+La.+coast
He is doning fine and will be having surgery today.
My fishing partner was wading out at Breton that afternoon (he knew nothing about the shark incident) and told me that night that the sharks kept messing with his popping cork. Made it hard to fish.
I also saw the clip this morning on Fox and wondered why the boat kept moving at what looked like a good pace. Now that I know where they were I'm sure they were in Baptiste Collette or the river and were just doing enough to maintain headway. The paper indicated that Chris will be ok, but will need some serious surgery.
If I understand correctly,The rotor wash produces a large amount of static electricity,which has to be discharged before contact.Maybe if the target is moving,it doesn't build up as bad ???? I'd like to know the facts for future reference.
Don't say Spanish,The netters will sneak over there and finish wiping them out.I've yet to see any amount off DI.There used to be acres of them this time of year...
Thanks for your answers to my origional post. "Gmack" and several others had questions about the rescue technique that , as an old Army Medivac pilot, I might be able to shed some light on. "dryhydro" has a point about the buildup of static electricity but it's more of a problem during sling ops than hoist ops. Also "RingLeader" is correct about the "cyclic downdraft" idea. Helos can get sucked down by their own rotor wash. Having the boat and helo moving keeps it in "translational lift" which means that it's flying and not hovering.
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. Or swimming right on the edge of where the sandbar drops off.... they swim through a school of fish and the sharks are cruising the school of fish for a meal at the same time.
