The Oregonian, Wednesday, May 23, 07
Story Title; Were Gonna Need A Bigger Nose
“Everyone on the pier was watching me jumping up and down with a shark hanging off my nose. People were singing the ‘Jaws’ theme tune.”
Fisherman-Phil Tanner, 38, of Folkestone, England, who was showing off the small shark he had caught when it clamped on to his nose.
(The Sun) 
I am sure no one on this BB would stoop this low to get their name in the news! 
I don’t have the details but I understand that a fisherman in Florida ended up in even worse shape with a shark he caught. After landing the shark, he tried to remove the hook, embedded well inside the shark’s mouth, with his bare hand. He won’t be tying flies anytime in the near future. 8T
I recall seeing a fisherman on TV get the shark on board and try to take the hook out of it’s mouth (before it was dead!) and it wasn’t a pretty picture.
Another time a fisherman had fought the shark right near the boat, leaned over too far and fell rod and all into the ocean, with the shark.
I bet THAT would make you soil your trousers!
Kirk
i don’t think i want to fish for sharks :shock:
Carp are safer! Worst case scenerio…hickey marks on your skin! You’d have a lot of splainin to do! :lol:
Now, I’ve heard of people givin em a kiss before releasing em, but ain’t that going a little too far?
Kirk
I would actually watch a Jimmy Houston fishing show if he would do that (ONCE)
Doug,
I am just shocked that you would wish such a thing on carp or shark! :shock: :lol: :lol:
Eric,
I would Pay Per View on my cable TV service to see Jimmy kiss a Shark! :lol: :lol:
I think ole Jimmy would be just too darned ugly for a decent shark to want a kiss from him. It might be bad for that shark’s reputation. 
I used to be a 3rd mate on a fishing boat out of Destin, Fla. (when I was waaaayyy younger). We had a customer catch a small nurse shark (around 2’ long). We had previously instructed the customers not to bring any fish on board until one of the mates were there to assist, but there is alway one cowboy who doesn’t listen and reels in a moray or scorpionfish. Anyway, this guy brings the shark onboard, and holds it up by the tail like he is going to swallow it, I guess so someone could take a picture. The normally docile nurse shark took offense to this undignified pose and protested by clamping on to the the guys face. The shark would not turn loose, and if we’d tried to force it, it would’ve torn his face more, so we had to up anchor, go to the docks, place him in a waiting ambulance and both him and the shark went to the emergency room. I understand that after it was over, he needed 24 stiches on both sides of his face, and some minor plastic surgery to cover the scars. On top of all that, he tried to sue the Captain. He’s lucky it was just a Nurse Shark! They have teeth, but they’re not very sharp, more for crushing. But they have REALLY strong jaws.
Sometimes people really amaze and scare me, mainly because they let people like this vote and drive!
I think this happened in 1973 or 4.
Semper Fly!
Working in the ER must be interesting sometimes.
This is one of those things that I just have to know. How do you remove a nurse shark from a person’s face. Even at two feet, we ain’t talking :lol: a tick or a blackhead here. My guess would be that you cut the muscles which hold the shark’s jaws closed or cut the hinge that holds the jaws together. 8T
I didn’t go to the hospital with them because as 3rd Mate (low man on the totem pole), I had to stay and clean up the boat. I heard later that they did kill the shark (it was still very much alive in the ER and still very peeved) and cut his jaws loose somehow. And all the shark was doing was defending himself. It is a shame it had to die because of someones stupidity.
I would’ve loved to see the insurance company adjuster’s face when he or she read that report, though.
Semper Fly