My guess is either a shortfin mako or a GW

Posted by Eins on April 04, 2001 at 00:22:15:

In Reply to: Large shark at Catalina posted by Chris on April 02, 2001 at 19:47:52:

Biggest problem is the refraction of the water--makes the fish look a lot thinner and the dorsal fin shorter than it probably is. The overall length can be safer guessed in the water though, and looking at common sizes, the blue shark is 3 - 6 feet, whereas the mako gets 5 - 9 and the GW 7 - 16 feet.

My main reason to believe it is not a blue shark are the gills. In the picture, it looks like a set of very pronounced gills, and that points to a GW or a shortfin mako, while the blue shark has quite small gill slits.

But whatever it was, I sure would have liked to see it too.

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• I think this is a picture of Nessie. And you all see so much! Wayne 09:30:11 04/04/01 (19)
  • LOLROF. I have some of such pix too :-) -nt Eins 23:38:12 04/04/01 (0)
  • Re: I think this is a picture of Nessie. And you all see so much! kelphead 21:45:54 04/04/01 (17)
    • I agree it was a cool sighting. I wish I had been there... Wayne 00:32:13 04/05/01 (16)
      • Re: I agree it was a cool sighting. I wish I had been there... kelphead 11:38:03 04/05/01 (15)
        • game plan if a large shark shows up mike 16:13:54 04/05/01 (8)
          • In the heat of the battle, Eins 23:27:21 04/05/01 (2)
            • that is waay too cool! mike 14:11:49 04/06/01 (0)
            • that's really coooool!!!!!! [nt] kelphead 12:32:57 04/06/01 (0)
          • In a class last month I explained how to use your knife... Wayne 17:15:08 04/05/01 (4)
            • That's actually called not a buddy but a dive chum -- (nt) CalDiver 10:35:03 04/06/01 (1)
              • Maybe solo diving is bad sometimes. No ready chum bucket. nt Wayne 16:00:07 04/06/01 (0)
            • It is called the sacrificial buddy. Ms von damn obnoxious 19:29:08 04/05/01 (1)
              • If they wash the boat and pay for gas, I'll stab the fish! (nt) Wayne 22:34:22 04/05/01 (0)
        • What a dream! Wow and you remember it! Wayne 12:03:15 04/05/01 (4)
          • i'll tell you of another diving dream later... kelphead 12:42:18 04/05/01 (3)
            • Hey, I had forgotten about that.... msblucow 14:49:32 04/05/01 (2)
              • actually, it's been a year almost exactly to the month... kelphead 15:29:03 04/05/01 (1)
                • It was March 17, St. Patty's day and my birthday too!(nt) msblucow 22:07:23 04/05/01 (0)
        • your dream JRM 11:58:43 04/05/01 (0)

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