josko Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Just as we're ready to finally get to Maine: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/us/possible-shark-attack-maine-trnd/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHuth Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 The eye witness accounts made it sound pretty hair raising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josko Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 We are on the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverseyourself Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Interesting presentation about Cape Cod having newly emerged ca. 2009 as one of the less than a handful worldwide Great White hubs (at 11:45 min). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Snyder Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 My wife asked me what I would do if I saw a shark while kayaking. Some helpful information here: https://paddlingmag.com/skills/do-sharks-attack-kayaks/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josko Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Whitetips scare the living daylights out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverseyourself Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I think a shark breached off Rockport next to David Mercer’s boat a few years ago. He can speak more to it. I wonder what type he saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 9 hours ago, Inverseyourself said: I think a shark breached off Rockport next to David Mercer’s boat a few years ago. He can speak more to it. I wonder what type he saw. I was there. As was Joe. Joe got the best look. I think Peter Brady weighed in on what kind. Mako maybe. Def not a great white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Berkovitz Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 The one in Rockport broached about 5 feet from David and me but I think David was looking the other way. We both saw a fin lolling out of the water and I was absolutely sure it was a rubber fin, like a child’s Jaws-themed toy. The mind plays strange tricks to invent alternative stories that are more comforting than reality. Then a 6 foot shark jumped completely out of the water - but not at me or David. It did not look like a great white but beyond that my shark ID skills are crap. the moral of this story may simply be, if you see a fin sticking out of the water, assume its owner is alive and hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rveelenturf Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) Perhaps eight years ago, a paddling friend and I were within feet of a large shark (approximately half as long as my 18 foot kayak with 12 inches of fin out of the water) under the Onset Ave bridge in Onset, MA. When I got home, I identified it as a bull shark, based on the shape of its fin and head from above. It did not display any aggressive behavior, which had a nice calming effect on us. Edited August 1, 2020 by rveelenturf slight wording edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBird Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I posted here a couple of years ago about friends of mine who were paddling off Hermit Island (not far from Bailey Island). They said a shark came right up to them and was 6' - 8' long. Not a great white, but they weren't sure what it was as they were so scared they began paddling to shore as fast as they could. I've paddled around Casco Bay and often came across schools of fish flying at me followed by a couple of seals and I was always on the lookout for a fin or two, but never saw one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Snyder Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Great White confirmed off Wells Beach. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wmtw.com/amp/article/great-white-shark-sighting-confirmed-off-wells-beach/33598095 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Sylvester Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 This is all a pain considering I have a new surfing wetsuit and have been enjoying the wave play on the SUP and surfboard (beginner level.) Guess I'll shall remain seated.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josko Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Got a close look at a sandbar shark yesterday. Clearly longer than my paddle, maybe 250# or so. Really cool animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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