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From what I heard it was close to the seal colony at High Head, but I'll find out from the rangers when I get down Friday. It hit at high water in the close beach corridor most of the seals use to travel north-south (10-15 yards off of the beach), not right at the colony. From the pics it appears to be a female and not one of the bulls (the bulls are the prime fish stealers) and if that is true I figure it was in the 300-350 lbs range. And if it is true that the kill was close to the colony I'll bet that shark is floating around in that area looking for targets of opportunity, so I would expect the next one will be in that same area. That means that when I want to kill time during the day I'm going to High Head to hang out and tempt seals to stop to take a look at me.
Each day in the early afternoon a train of seals leave the colony and begins the journey up to the campers to feed on the carcasses the camper guys throw into the sea after they get in from the day's fishing. My guess is that Jaws stalked a single seal that was running the route and it stopped to inspect the tourists who took the pics, oblivious to the presence of the shark. That is why they had a front row seat and were able to get such great pics. If they had a dog with them the seal definitely would have stopped for a long look.
One of the old timers who back in the day had the privelege of shooting them for the bounty on the noses says they are quick learners to danger (he said if you shoot a couple word quickly gets around the colony and they'll all stay far away from you). I've entertained thoughts of making up a fin cutout and floating it in front of me.
The seals were conspicuously absent from their normal feeding stations on Friday AM.
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