Shark attacks in Ayala Cove?

[DLL]

I asked this question before, but was a little obtuse on what I wanted to know.

If you are moored up at Ayala, close to shore and decided you would just swim in....are the Sand Sharks a threat?

I fear they would be a huge threat to my 45 pound dog. She might get the first one to bite her, but I fear they would take her down, me too, because I would jump in after her.

The sand sharks are small, but they are still sharks.

No one has ever heard of a human or dog being attacked in Ayala Cove??

 

[fstbttms]

I have been earning my living diving in Bay waters for 13 years. I have never heard of any shark attacking anything or anybody in the Bay. Relax.

 

[DLL]

Thanks, I guess I am puzzled that the guy next to us last time caught 2 Sand Sharks and nothing else around his boat. They were a couple of feet long,
give or take. Just curious as to what they eat.
Or where.

 

[jtybt15]

There's a shark that is the same color as a sand shark but has a sharp spine on the leading edge of the dorsal fin. I got poked on the inner arm and it took months to heal. Gotta be careful.

 

[Monterey10]

The trick with Ayala is the strong current. I wouldn't want to be swept away. I dropped a boat hook and it was across
the cove within minutes. Also, I've waded the beach there and found sharp basket ball sized rocks just under the surface,
so, coming ashore would be tough.

 

[birdog]

I'm no authority on sharks but I don't think sand sharks are a threat to you or your dog. I think they are pretty much bottom feeders and scavangers. As I remember from catching a few in my time, they don't have big tearing teeth like their bigger cousins.

 

[DLL]

Sorry, don't mean to be paranoid. I love that little girl an awful lot and she IS a water dog.

A year ago June we up to visit friends on Whidbey Island, NW of Seattle. I couldn't breathe well, so I stayed behind, but they took pictures of all their fish...they may have caught one or two that weren't Sand Sharks. Let me rephrase that. They caught more "sand sharks" than anything else (In the San Juans).

 

[Flutterby]

It depends how they were fishing and what kind of bait or rig, etc. Often different fish like different bait.

 

[sailorick]

Don't forget, Unfortunately, Dogs are not allowed on Angel Island..

 

[DLL]

Thanks Rick, but she is a licensed, registered service dog for me. She can go on the island with me, but you are right, it is restricted.

Thanks for the info on the Sand Sharks.