Quote Originally Posted by CorbinFisher_BD
So they don't suffer or feel pain?
I'm sure your a nice guy and I can see how someone might think that I'm nothing but a good old boy that likes to walk around in the woods handling weapons and drinking beers with his buddies. I also speak my mind and don't give a Tom-cod about what anyone says

So having said that...

You know I don't mean to take a whizzz on your parade. I still don't believe in owning pets and I don't love animals like XXXwriter or Basschick. And my opinion always remains the same. "Animals are animals and People are people."

But having said that my father always taught me to to have a clue what I was arguing before I opened my mouth.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I'm most likely the only person on this board that grew up in a fishing village without electricy to plumbing. Trust me I know my fish and I know animals.

Fish don't feel pain. In fact they don't feel anything the way you or I would or most creatures understand it. To be blunt they don't have the the same nerves and when you touch a fish they react more to sudden temperature change and pressure. But no one uses live bait when you catch shark and yes I've caught my share of atlantic sharks.


You don't troll for shark. You bait the water and cast your lines and wait.
So in the dog's case I can pretty much work out what they are doing.

And here is whats happening:

1) The water is baited with something like chum, cut up fish, half-rotted butcher's blood or any other strong blood scented product.

2) The dog is hooked via the snout. Then tossed into the water.

3) The dog panics and swims desperate to try to get back into the boat.

4) Now if the water is too warm the sharks might take longer to appear because they aren't as hungry. If the water is too cold it will take longer for the stuff in the water to reach a shark's senses.

5) When the sharks do appear they will slowly begin to work into a frenzy. This has got to put the dog in a complete panic. Imagine a preditor in the water like that making "runs" on you? (And animals know when there is a preditor around)

6) When a shark finally does strike it will be from the side and most likely grab only a leg and begin to tear.

Now sharks don't "Bite" through their prey. Instead they bite, clamp and saw through them by shaking their bodies back and forth. Literally tearing their prey in half. Or in the dog's case, limb by limb.

Trust me the damn dog is alive for most of the ordeal. The average dog is just too damn big to for a shark to kill it in one strike. And yea, I'm factoring in great whites and pretty much almost any other shark species.

You see they are using the dogs not because they are cheaper. But because they will guarantee more catches.

The dog is warm blooded, so the shark reacts to it better.
The dog is paddling all over the place and that further helps attraction.
Plus sharks prefer live game over dead.

Live game will get more sharks frenzied and bitting. Thus overall a better day of fishing.

In normal shark fishing...
You toss in your chum and put a big chunk of something tasty on the hook and wait.


So yes b'ys. I don't agree with this.