Originally Posted by
Harley's Dad
Just what type of shark got the poor wretched fisherman we'll never know but I very much doubt that it was a small reef shark.
Maybe it was a bull shark. They can be a lot nastier than given credit for (as it is they are considerd third most aggressive shark after the tiger and GW). Experts think the shark attacks in 1917 that the movie Jaws was based on involved a bull.
When I was 13 I used to snorkel off the beach in Ft Lauderdale Florida. I used to swim out 2-300 yards where there was a reef. I didn't realize how many sharks there were at the time. I saw a barracuda one day and made it back to shore in world record time. I went back out the next day though. 4 years latter I caught a 12 ft hammerhead from a boat near the same reef.