For anyone considering the beach over the lake.

[sethman919]

 

[Dye210]

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[jjmparsons]

Now that's funny!!!

Last year my cousin and his wife came out to stay with us for a week and we had the absolute pleasure of taking them to Chattanooga for a few days then back here to Huntsville where we all hopped on the boat and headed down the Tennessee River towards Guntersville Dam. Now you have to understand that my natural obsession with boating entails me driving the boat far away from dock, putting it in the middle of the river and turning it off, tying myself off to the boat and in the water I go. I have spent many a hour in the water with my life jacket on, tied to the boat and floating down the river while the wife suns in the bow and keeps a watchful eye out for pirates and other boaters. On this particular venture however my cousins wife was kind enough to provide us some humor in her questioning whether or not sharks have ever made it this far inland. Jokingly we did do the infamous Google search and did in fact find out that a 4' Bull shark had been caught in Decatur Al however some news stories did indicate the shark was most likely brought back from an out of town fishing trip and put in the water as a gag. Needless to say I will still send random pictures of our outings on the river to them and denote that as of today's date and time, no additional bull-sharks have been found in the Tennessee River.

Now if you want to talk Aligators, that theres a different story all together. =)

 

[haknslash]

Instead of sharks we have gators and poisonous snakes though. We also have alligator snapping turtles that are very aggressive and could break your limbs off like a twig. Pick your poison .

Exhibit A


There are shark sighting in some lower Alabama areas not in the gulf but still brackish waters.

 

[Julian]

Now that's funny!!!

Last year my cousin and his wife came out to stay with us for a week and we had the absolute pleasure of taking them to Chattanooga for a few days then back here to Huntsville where we all hopped on the boat and headed down the Tennessee River towards Guntersville Dam. Now you have to understand that my natural obsession with boating entails me driving the boat far away from dock, putting it in the middle of the river and turning it off, tying myself off to the boat and in the water I go. I have spent many a hour in the water with my life jacket on, tied to the boat and floating down the river while the wife suns in the bow and keeps a watchful eye out for pirates and other boaters. On this particular venture however my cousins wife was kind enough to provide us some humor in her questioning whether or not sharks have ever made it this far inland. Jokingly we did do the infamous Google search and did in fact find out that a 4' Bull shark had been caught in Decatur Al however some news stories did indicate the shark was most likely brought back from an out of town fishing trip and put in the water as a gag. Needless to say I will still send random pictures of our outings on the river to them and denote that as of today's date and time, no additional bull-sharks have been found in the Tennessee River.

Now if you want to talk Aligators, that theres a different story all together. =)

Bull sharks will indeed swim a long way upstream in fresh water......BUT....they don't swim over dams (Jordan lake is behind a dam).

 

[jjmparsons]

Instead of sharks we have gators and poisonous snakes though. We also have alligator snapping turtles that are very aggressive and could break your limbs off like a twig. Pick your poison .

Exhibit A
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There are shark sighting in some lower Alabama areas not in the gulf but still brackish waters.

That right there is what nightmares are made of!!!! Holy Cheese and Rice Man!!! Thats Friggin Awesome!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ancient canoe]

Bull sharks will indeed swim a long way upstream in fresh water......BUT....they don't swim over dams (Jordan lake is behind a dam).

Who says they have to swim there.

 

[haknslash]

That right there is what nightmares are made of!!!! Holy Cheese and Rice Man!!! Thats Friggin Awesome!!!!!!!!!

This one was caught in the same lake I normally boat on . Estimated 200 lbs and over 100 years old!

Alabama Man Catches Gigantic Alligator Snapping Turtle

We spoke with the Alabama fisherman who got the surprise of a lifetime when he found that instead of a log, he had actually hooked a gigantic alligator snapping turtle.

www.google.com

 

[jjmparsons]

This one was caught in the same lake I normally boat on . Estimated 200 lbs and over 100 years old!

Alabama Man Catches Gigantic Alligator Snapping Turtle

We spoke with the Alabama fisherman who got the surprise of a lifetime when he found that instead of a log, he had actually hooked a gigantic alligator snapping turtle.

www.google.com

And to follow that one up he caught a bigger one some time later???!!!! DAYUMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Trevor Shipman]

You mean to tell me you guys wouldn’t do this with me!?!

Hah in all seriousness, we did this in May in West Palm. An amazing experience (not to say there were not a few “Holy Shit” bubbles coming out of my mouth).

The real predator is us unfortunately. ?

 

[RiverRat]

Just got back from a 2500 mile tow to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach from Milwaukee. While we were down there my wife told me not to mention to the kids the tagged 9.5 foot tiger shark pinging within a few miles of us....