Hot off the press there was a 12' great white shark that had gotten cought up in some crab pot lines. I don't know the full story but i did see the shark my self and boy did it have some big teeth. I did get one picture on the cell phone it was dark so not the best picture.
Funny a fly fishing guide I know was talking about his 16" - 18" trout he caught the other day at work. A few hours later when another guy he has known longer came in it had grown to 18" - 20". Funny how those fish grow 2"-4" in 2 hours.
Don't know the details either... only that those things can keep twitchin' for a long time, even after they are gutted.
Tried to get Spinnergal to straddle it for a pic, but no-go. As the CG and a couple OSP Troopers were investigating, and measuring, the number I heard was 11'6".
9' or 12', whatever the size, that's still plenty big enough to take on a human being or 800 lb sea lion.
I haven't been more than ankle deep in salt water ever since I saw Jaws !!
Its a shame it got tangled up. I highly doubt they hooked and landed it that would have taken a long time even on heavy gear...glad they brought it in maybe a bio can get a look at it and gain something from it rather than it going to the bottom for crab bait, Im sure no surfers up north a few miles will shed any tears there have been several attacks just to the north over the years.
9ft plus, I can surely believe this story. Seven years ago south of the CR bouy one parelled my boat, didnt bring out my tape measure but that fish was truely magnificent.
A sport fishing boat. Guy was using standar round ocean sport pots. Said he (and crew) hauled it up by hand.
You could see the rope marks on the body up by the head. I got some of it at the cleaning station on video. Once I figure out how to get it on u-tube or something, I'll link to it here.
I’m probably not going to get on anyone’s Christmas Card list for this, but I was under the impression that the Great White Shark is a protected species. Regardless of how it died, isn’t it still illegal to have one in your possession? A little like picking up a bird of prey alongside the road I think. It’s really sad when one of these Apex Predators dies like this off our coast. Regardless of how someone feels about the Great White and its reputation for being a “Man Eater”, it is one of only two regular predators off our coast that preys on Seals and Sea lions. I for one wish we had a lot more Great Whites out there making sure that there were a lot less seals snatching the fish off your line or ganging up at the river mouth tarring the bellies out of the egg heavy female salmon trying to enter the rivers or get up the fish ladders. I did a quick search on the internet and it revealed that at last count, there were nearly 100,000 various seal types off our coast. That’s about 85 seals for ever mile of coast line on the west coast. I say it again. We need more of these fish off our coast. :twocents:
I was fishing out of Depoe when I heard on the radio someone trying to ID a shark. They didn't know what kind it was. When I got back to the dock there was a boat waiting at the launch for their trailer and they had a shark tied off the the stern cleet. They trailered the boat and drug the shark up to the cleaning station. We were next in line and when we got to the cleaning station they had cut the belly. Inside was a whole baby porpoise. I talked to the skippers wife and she said that they had been trying to get ahold of some government authority but couldn't get anyone. A little while later plenty of authority showed up. The Coast Guard did a vessel exam and LE did a fish exam. They were not quite sure what it was, Salmon Shark or a White. In the end the skipper had to go dumpster diving to get back the innards and the fish and contents went away in the back of a Staters rig.
why should the staters take possesion of it? its not a game fish and not protected to my knoledge are they? and it is sad that it wont be doing its main purpose out there "eating seals"
Just thought I would throw in my two cents. I was there next to Rick I really have a hard time with the crab pot thing but it was a cool looking shark to see up close like that assout:
if it was tangled in their crab pots and dead or nearly dead anyway, Im sure there is a bio somewhere who is glad they brought it in. Probably not too glad they cut it open though.
How can a shark that big get caught in a sport pot rope and not just pull it all over the ocean? Line must have got wrapped in the gills or something???
I'd like to understand a little better how a 9-12' Great White Shark became caught up in a few crab pot lines...? One would think that sharks were used to seeing crab pots by now.
I bet your right on the money Wayne I saw the thing and it looked pretty large bing pulled up the boat ramp by a ford pulling a boat with a shark behind that and I was clear over at the cleaning station by Dockside assout: O and did I leave out the four state troopers that where over there taking a guy in custody and they see the same thing now that was funny stuff right there you should have been there I laft my a-- off
I think I ran one over today. Fished Halibut out of bandon and ran over a Huge Shark about 1 mile south of bandon going about 30 knots. Quite a ruckus. Went back to see what it was but it was about 10 feet deep when I got back to it. Looked like a White.
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