Shark Bit My Jetboat, Chipped a Tooth

[ToddW850]

Came across a Bull Shark in the Gulf of Mexico, here in Destin. We were barely outside the East Pass (where the jetties are). Shark bit and hit the back of my boat. He actually bit my Thrust Vectors from @JetBoatPilot and chipped a tooth! He bent the TVs pretty good. I've tried bending them back, but you can see they're not where I want them yet.
But I guess that's a win for the TVs and Yamaha ?

 

[ToddW850]

Here's the YouTube video of it I posted

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Yikes!

 

[MidnightRider]

Was the tooth still stuck in the TVs or how the hell did you get the piece of tooth?

 

[YamaHog]

Crazy! And nice footage btw! I was just down there visiting a couple weeks ago (didn't bring the boat this time)! This is also a great example for people that these guys don't just stay in the deep water. Hope you get your Thrustvectors fixed, but definitely makes for a great story!

 

[ToddW850]

Was the tooth still stuck in the TVs or how the hell did you get the piece of tooth?

Correct. My daughter saw the white piece stuck in the TV and pulled it out before we realized what it was. It wasn't until then we noticed the teeth marks. We were only looking at it because it was bent so bad.

 

[fatboyroy]

I'm returning my TV, I can't believe it wasn't shark proof ?

 

[yam240sx]

wow .. your lucky it didnt do more damage

 

[JetBoatPilot]

That is definitely a first, and yes, we'll warranty the shark bit fin if you return the damaged one to us! Lol

 

[Canuckjetboater]

Only time in 51 years of scuba I ever had to kill marine life was in 1970 when I had to use a "bang stick" aluminum cylinder with a shot gun shell in it to kill a bull shark that just wouldn't leave us alone. When it grabbed my buddy's tank I killed it. Of all sharks I find the bulls to be the most unpredictable and aggressive. Lucky no one was wake boarding or wake surfing!!!!!!!

 

[Jack Long]

I always say if you don't have any scars, you ain't using it enough!

This is one for the records though!!!

Awesome!

 

[ToddW850]

Only time in 51 years of scuba I ever had to kill marine life was in 1970 when I had to use a "bang stick" aluminum cylinder with a shot gun shell in it to kill a bull shark that just wouldn't leave us alone. When it grabbed my buddy's tank I killed it. Of all sharks I find the bulls to be the most unpredictable and aggressive. Lucky no one was wake boarding or wake surfing!!!!!!!

That's pretty crazy too. Where was that?

 

[Canuckjetboater]

That's pretty crazy too. Where was that?

In the Florida Keys about 30 feet of water. The bull circled us for about 15 minutes. We went to the bottom as you have to do as they like to come up under you. Then it started making close passes at us. You have to be in the water to realize how fast they can accelerate. On one pass it turned, almost in its length, and grabbed my buddie's tank. I do not like to disturb marine life but the situation had gotten past dangerous. We had to surface quickly as the noise and blood attracted a number of sharks. Bulls can also adapt very quickly to fresh water and have been found well up many coastal rivers in the U.S. eastern Seaboard. I would rather be in the water with a Tiger or Great White as they usually signal their intentions in plenty of time to retreat. Bulls can change behaviour in a second. When we encountered the one in question it immediately became aggressive. We had not been spear fishing and there did not appear to be any distressed marine life in the vicinity. I have to confess once on board the boat my hands were shaking. The only other time I was in a situation like that was when we came upon a commercial shark feeding enterprise in the Bahamas run by the guy who provided the diving gear and personnel for the underwater James Bond films. The bloody sharks were outrageously aggressive I have some pictures and video of them and it was so dangerous I signalled to my wife to hug the bottom. When we got to our dive boat - about 100 yards away, we pulled out our dive knives and surfaced watching below us. I was rarely that happy to get out of the water!

 

[2kwik4u]

That's a pretty ridiculous story.

We're leaving for a trip to Destin in 2 days time. DO NOT tell my wife about this until we're home. Otherwise I'll be dragging a boat 10+hrs for no reason!

 

[anmut]

Damn! What a story - nice of JBP to warranty a "wildlife claim" like that too! I'm guessing the dark color of the TV's looked like food to the shark. What a d**k.

 

[Street glide]

That was crazy but very cool footage

 

[ToddW850]

That was crazy but very cool footage

Thanks!

 

[ToddW850]

That's a pretty ridiculous story.

We're leaving for a trip to Destin in 2 days time. DO NOT tell my wife about this until we're home. Otherwise I'll be dragging a boat 10+hrs for no reason!

Your secret is safe with me ?