shark attack in the gulf

[rigdvr]

My good friend GR Tarr was recently attacked by a 400lb mako in the gulf....check out the resulting carnage

[Pastor]

Is that the GR of the GR gun fame Mike?

[rigdvr]

the one and only....."red tide" himself

[Marwan]

scary sh*t!!
i must say mike, you do make a comeback man , between this and the wahoo
so did he have a powerhead or just a regular spear,do you have the story....
I think GR TARR is a great diver, i watched him in Oceans in action 2 DVD, glad he's safe in the end..

[Pastor]

Cool my gun was made at the same time as his red tides I believe. With some luck his will have done all the shark attracting for the both of us. I wouldn't like to be in the water with a 100lb Mako let alone a 400lber. I think I would have lost my cool and ended up as shark shit

[cdavis]

Ok Rig, you can't just leave us with a headline and a picture: there must be some juicy details. What's the whole story?

Connor

[podge]

Originally Posted by Pastor

I think I would have lost my cool and ended up as shark shit

Jesus you and me both mate, mind you it looks a bit like he’s going to give the shark a good bite back.
Which is a dam sight better than I’d of managed; the only thing on my mind would have been that I hope they clean the brown stuff out of my wetsuit before they lay me out.

[Natedogg]

Gees Mike, that title scared the crap out of me for a second. I thought you got John Hansen bit in half on his first dive in the Gulf!

How you and Jr. been doing? R U guys going to the advance class in March?

[rigdvr]

ok, heres the story as told to me by GR....they were diving out of St Pete FL in about 120 ft of water doing well on aj's, cobia, snapper and grouper. One of the divers shoots an aj and this mako does what it does best and appears from nowhere snatching the aj in one bite. Rightfully freaked out, he srtarts shouting for the crew to get to the boat, theres a big f'n hungry mako out. GR is quite a ways away and instead of getting in the boat he swims to where the shark was seen as everyone else who is sane climbs aboard for safety.
The vis was bad, about 30' but GR really wants to see the shark so he dives to about 45 ft and levels out hoping to catch a glimpse. Well needless to say, he gets alot more than a glimpse as the shark appears below him, charging mouth open. When the shark is no more than 8' away, mouth open and coming fast GR is forced to let the steel fly. The huge beast drags him like no other fish hes ever seen and this is coming from a man that has shot many tuna in excess of 250#.
After an extended sleigh ride, the fish is finally subdude. No hard feelings, the shark was just doing what it does and so was GR. Almost a meeting of 2 apex predators in their element.

[Pastor]

I take it we can assume that the Mako wasn't just ambling slowly towards him showing it's Colgate white smile. So he had the time it took to react to seeing the shark, swing his gun down aim and fire, all in the time it took the fish to swim about 22ft (a mako is one of the fastest fish in the sea). So he didn't get that reputation for nothing then!

[DeepThought]

Sounds like a stupid thing to do, risking your life like this. I wouldn't wanna be there if the shark had turned up the winner.

[island_sands]

The photo looks almost like wind-up no offence! but its so clear etc it almost doesnt look real.

[critter getter]

i call bull shit

[Pastor]

It's actually quite a well documented incident now. One of the other forums had quite a lot of info and pictures about it.

[critter getter]

that pic has fake all over it. he may got charged but not like in that picture are he wouldn't had a story to tell.