Originally Posted by
camdozer
My wife showed this to me on facebook the day the story broke. Worst part for me is that it happened in my home town :(
Pretty damn offensive, and I'd echo Bones sentiment about piers and stupidity. Literally only ever seen 1 true sportsman fishing a pier, and he was just loading up on mackerel for a catfish derby he was participating in the next day. Everyone else is just out there harvesting meat or bringing the kids because they read somewhere online that fishing can be good family bonding.
Also, I wouldn't be concerned about any threat to human life because some juvenile whites are swimming in the surf zone. At that size and age they are feeding on fish and some invertebrates. The chance of it thinking a surfer or swimmer is food is downright out of the question. Also, they tend more toward flight than fight when they feel threatened, especially at that age.