Great White tracking

Stonedfish · Jan 31, 2022

This might interest some folks.
SF

Snowbird shark: 11-foot great white pings off South Florida coast

An 11-foot, 807-pound great white shark named Sable has decided to come south for the winter. She is pinging along Florida's coast and is expected to swim into the Gulf of Mexico soon.

www.fox35orlando.com

Nick Clayton · Jan 31, 2022

I'm pretty sure I saw a report of a great white sighting off Oregon within the last few days.

Though I have to wonder how many of those sightings are salmon sharks. After a season spent dealing with those things its pretty remarkable how similar to a great white they seem.

bennysbuddy · Jan 31, 2022

those salmon sharks are nothing to fool with for sure, Gillnetting in S.E. Alaska I had a few terror filled nights dealing with those sharks while commercial fishing.

Nick Clayton · Jan 31, 2022

bennysbuddy said:
those salmon sharks are nothing to fool with for sure, Gillnetting in S.E. Alaska I had a few terror filled nights dealing with those sharks while commercial fishing.

Prior to the 2021 season I had encountered 2 salmon sharks here in Washington, and one was a baby.

This last season I saw them probably close to every other day while salmon and bottomfishing. It was unreal how many of them were out there. Had a handful of encounters that were WAY closer than I would have preferred, and man those things scared the bejeebus out of me up close.

One day one of our other boats and I were both fishing over the same school of rockfish. The deckhand on that boat reached over the side to grab 2 rockfish that a client had brought to the surface and as he was reaching for the bottom fish a large salmon shark appeared and smashed it about 6" in front of him.

Less than a week later one bit this lingcod in half right at the side of my boat, then made an attempt on another immediately after. My deckhand was white as a ghost. This ling was in the 15 lb class and it was obviously not much more than a snack for that shark. Yikes.

bennysbuddy · Jan 31, 2022

I had one tail slap me one night as I was getting it out of a gillnet, damm near knocked me out of the boat. their rough skin will really mess you up. I have great respect for them.

Nick Clayton · Jan 31, 2022

bennysbuddy said:
I had one tail slap me one night as I was getting it out of a gillnet, damm near knocked me out of the boat. their rough skin will really mess you up. I have great respect for them.

Dang, no thanks! I definitely wouldn't want to wrestle one of those things.

Well, an adult one anyway. This little guy was pretty darn cute lol

NukeLDO · Feb 1, 2022

Big Fish, Little Boat: Extreme Kayak Shark Fishing — Vagabondish

File this under: Things I’d Never Do #9726726. Right after glacial surfing. It seems the big new fishing experience doesn’t involve an outboard motor. Yes, hardy rowing folk have decided it might be fun to start hunting sharks ”¦ from fiberglass kayaks. No word on whether they also find it fun...

vagabondish.com

I fished with Chris last year up in AK. He's the one that put me on that 47.5" halibut from the kayak. Very fishy dude!

gpt · Feb 7, 2022

i was fishing the lee side of CXI, i asked the guide to just point me and pick me up. he suggested i not wade but instead walk the water line on the beach. i hook a huge trevally and was playing this fish as hard as i could. the fish was getting 'nervous' and i looked the other direction and here was a gray reef shark, 1/3 of his or her body out of the water, probably over 500#s, it was that shallow. grabbed the trevally and cut it off just behind the gill plate. i had a head to reel in and no wonder the guide told me to stay out of the water. the image above reminded me of that event.

Uptonogood · Feb 7, 2022

Stonedfish said:
This might interest some folks.
SF

Snowbird shark: 11-foot great white pings off South Florida coast

An 11-foot, 807-pound great white shark named Sable has decided to come south for the winter. She is pinging along Florida's coast and is expected to swim into the Gulf of Mexico soon.

www.fox35orlando.com

Been watching tagged GW, tigers, and a few other sharks on the east coast for the last eight years. Neat app they have.

OCEARCH Shark Tracker

OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.

www.ocearch.org

patrick1 · Feb 8, 2022

Uptonogood said:
Been watching tagged GW, tigers, and a few other sharks on the east coast for the last eight years. Neat app they have.

OCEARCH Shark Tracker

OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.

www.ocearch.org

Flower was pinged off the beach I was fishing in October when I saw a shark cruising down the beach. Took a step back after seeing that.