Do you swim in the ocean?

• reclegend22

  

  In Aruba, yes. Off the coast of Jersey, no. Like others, I love the ocean as long as I can see what is lurking beneath me. I'm not just going to blindly jump into a hole of terrifying creatures.
  
  The caribbean is like a giant swimming pool. I'm sure there are sharks around, but I've never felt unease in the waters there since they are so clear and open.
• Laley23

  

  reclegend22;1663166 wrote:In Aruba, yes. Off the coast of Jersey, no. Like others, I love the ocean as long as I can see what is lurking beneath me. I'm not just going to blindly jump into a hole of terrifying creatures.
  
  The caribbean is like a giant swimming pool. I'm sure there are sharks around, but I've never felt unease in the waters there since they are so clear and open.

  I havent either. Hell, I swam with hammerheads in the Galapagos this summer.
  
  But, when you can see them and how uninterested they are, your fear is diminished.
  
  And, when you see shit that is genuinely terrifying...like a Galapagos Shark...you can get the fuck out of the water right away lol.
• reclegend22

  

  Laley23;1663169 wrote:I havent either. Hell, I swam with hammerheads in the Galapagos this summer.
  
  But, when you can see them and how uninterested they are, your fear is diminished.
  
  And, when you see shit that is genuinely terrifying...like a Galapagos Shark...you can get the fuck out of the water right away lol.

  Exactly. That's what makes New York sharks so frightening haha.
  
  A trip to the Galapagos sounds in order for me. That'd be sick.
• steubbigred

  I swim and fish in the Ohio river and boy do I have some good stories about my travels along "Beautiful great river"
• ernest_t_bass

  

  steubbigred;1663176 wrote:I swim and fish in the Ohio river and boy do I have some good stories about my travels along "Beautiful great river"

  Shut the fuck up already.
• TedSheckler

  

  Indian Lake>Aruba
• thavoice

  TedSheckler;1663186 wrote:Indian Lake>Aruba

  Was at the IL beach the time of that bass kill off. Man that place was NASTY, smelly and just disgusting. Was hard to find a spot to eve walk out to the water because of all the dead fish on shore.
• salto

  

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• vdubb96

  

  salto;1663957 wrote:[video=youtube;liijgHmbBzg][/video]

  Would still swim there
• Automatik

  

  Classyposter58;1663052 wrote:Lake Erie out on the islands is a thousand times better than swimming in the ocean. I stayed on Pelee Island for a week and was amazed how clear the water was out there, much better than that salty shit and you don't get destroyed by waves all day

  LOL...I've heard it all now. Destroyed by waves? What kind of sissy are you?
  
  
  
  
  
  To answer the OP, yes...but I'm a bit more cautious now. As a kid, I was a fish....swimming out far as fuck without a care in the world.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Automatik;1664071 wrote:LOL...I've heard it all now. Destroyed by waves? What kind of sissy are you?

  You do realize he's like, 23 years old and like, works out in the gyms like every day, and could probably like totally kick your ass.
• O-Trap

  

  gerb131;1662646 wrote:Buckeye Lake count?

  Buckeye Lake is scarier than the oceans.
  
  
  I swam in the ocean. I don't really know if I can say I swim in the ocean, since I live in Ohio, not close to the ocean. I don't mind being about waist-deep in it, but that's about the extent of it.
• Enforcer

  

  O-Trap;1664364 wrote:Buckeye Lake is scarier than the oceans.
  
  
  I swam in the ocean. I don't really know if I can say I swim in the ocean, since I live in Ohio, not close to the ocean. I don't mind being about waist-deep in it, but that's about the extent of it.

  agreed only place I know where to find antifreeze colored water on a permanent basis
• steubbigred

  salto;1663957 wrote:[video=youtube;liijgHmbBzg][/video]

  That is what the carp look like down on the Ohio river in Steubenville. They come and feed on all the untreated feces and human waste. It is such a site to see. Sometimes we see them grab at old diapers and 40 once beer bottles. They are so good to eat and one carp can feed an entire household of 5. If we get about 30 of them we have a block party and gobble gobble.
• fish82

  

  Spend a week in the ocean at OBX every year. Always awesome.
• GOONx19

  

  steubbigred;1664830 wrote:That is what the carp look like down on the Ohio river in Steubenville. They come and feed on all the untreated feces and human waste. It is such a site to see. Sometimes we see them grab at old diapers and 40 once beer bottles. They are so good to eat and one carp can feed an entire household of 5. If we get about 30 of them we have a block party and gobble gobble.

  
  Lol at eating carp. I'd rather eat a shoe.
• salto

  

  GOONx19;1664902 wrote:Lol at eating carp. I'd rather eat a shoe.

  I'm still hoping he's kidding.
• Tiernan

  What wine goes with carp?
• fish82

  

  Tiernan;1665017 wrote:What wine goes with carp?

  
• O-Trap

  

  ^ LOL!