Shark near the BC

[JRS]

saw this one about a mile SE of the bc. anyone else see it? any idea what it might be. we got close enough to estimate it at around 15'.

[parapapam]

It may be a white or a basking shark. I can't tell from the picture.

Mike

[Rhumbline]

Did you get close enough to cross off a mola?

The fin looks like it is slanting like a mola.

[rbrothers]

Saturday we were 10 miles off Chatham in a hundred foot of water and got up close and personal with a great white about 15'-16':eek:. Same dorsal fin. He came up about 2-3' off our transome hung out for 3-4 minutes then left. BIG fish...!!! Left the dam camera at the house of course. Saw a smaller shark on Crab. No tuna for us--124-3. But we did hit some nice FA's later in the day on fly rods:brow.

[dmac]

the pic was from sat it was a shark I was on the boat the tail came out about 8-9 feet from the fin but couldnt get close enough to see the fish in the water. I think we also saw the one 10 miles out grey with white under, close to the same size as the first one ,busting tuna around it great show

[mattdaga]

I do not see a tail. That is the first thing I look for when I see a dorsal to eliminate Shark from Mola.

[JRS]

definately not a mola we did get close enough to catch a glimse of the tail. when we spooked it it looked like we dropped a truck in the water. we also saw a large shark on crab ledge later on in the day, maybe the same one 15+'. also definately not a mola.

[gowhale]

Ref: http://www.newenglandsharks.com/N.ENG.%20whites.htm

[ken70ss396]

Looks similiar!:cool:
http://www.reel-time.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10887&d=1190639570

http://www.newenglandsharks.com/white_dorsal_up_close_john.gif

[SeaHunt]

Looks like a white to me as well... There have been a number of sightings of whites in that area... About the same size as well.

[SageBoy]

I saw a basking in that general area on Saturday that was around the same size. The dorsal looks like the one in the picture.

[capecodkid]

my friend had one come up and hang in his spread on saturday 5 miles north of the sword on saturday while he was alone in his 21'er. Same shark maybe?