Pompano
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Can You ID This Shark?
This happened while out fishing one day in the SOC. (Excuse me…Sea of Cortez…don’t you just hate
abbreviations) Anyway….we were doing okay with various bottom-fish out in deep water, over 200 ft. We had caught some pintos, red snapper, and
cabrilla over one of my favorite rock piles. The location was outside of Bahia de Concepcion and around the corner by the mine, then about 1000 yards
offshore.
On one retrieve of my heavy jig I had a couple of heavy tugs on the lure, but never hooked up. Bringing the jig back to the surface I noticed
something very large following it up…right to the side of the boat.
I took one look and then grabbed my camera. It was shark of about 8 feet nose to tail and had a nice girth. The shark swam lazily around my boat and
didn’t seem wary at all… Maybe it was sizing us up as a meal? I dangled the jig up and down on the surface and it scooted right over to investigate
the commotion. Then I took this photo. Offers to the crew for a try at hooking and playing the beast were declined.
So here’s a fish quiz for Baja Nomads.
I’ve often wondered what kind of shark came so close to being hand fed. (as in eating my hand)
Does anybody know from this photo? Not very detailed I know, but it's the best image I could get at the time.
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larryC
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You're right, hard to identify in that foto, but from the long pectorial fins and thin head I would guess a blue shark.
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Bob53
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| Quote: | Originally posted by larryC
You're right, hard to identify in that foto, but from the long pectorial fins and thin head I would guess a blue shark.
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That's what I was thinking.
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Alan
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Looks like a blue to me
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55steve
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Yep, blue shark for sure.
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Pompano
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Well, that's good enough for me. The consensus is that the shark is a 'blue'. Thanks.
The crew had sat around and had a discussion about it over some dark rum, and unanimously decided it was NOT ...a Greenland shark, great white, or
hammerhead.
Blue shark it is..with an attraction for dancing jigs.
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churro
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I say Blue shark
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Marla Daily
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May be a Tiburon barroso or dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus).
They like to cruise along the shallows in search of food. We've seen them near shore north of Loreto.
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2011/11/21/know-your-sh...
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