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09-13-2014, 08:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: trying for Truro
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great white eating a seal
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of having a great white harvest a seal right in front of me. The 1st picture is from my cell cam but in my opinion is the best - it shows how close the hit was and my girlfriend in the picture gives you some idea as to how big the sucker was (I now figure it to be closer to14-17 feet than the 12-15 I have below). My girlfriend gets the credit for all of the other pictures - as soon as she saw the hit she dashed to the front of my truck, grabbed her camera and ran to the water.
I know some of you may have seen some of these pictures - I've sent the to assorted friends, and you know how the internet works, but here are some more and the story. This is what I sent to Saltfly when he asked me for details:
‘About 200 yards east of #8 at the sticks, her and I were walking back to the truck after a swim, just about at the truck she looked back at me and saw the hit - I think the seal popped out of the water to watch us an got smacked when it turned its back. Maybe 15 yards out in the corridor they travel, close to low maybe 6’ of water, a single seal medium sized maybe 300# or so. I think he killed the seal with the initial hit, pretty much cut it in half, didn’t see it move much after that. The shark gave it a minute to bleed out (you can see all of the blood in the water) and then returned to feed. Wish we had cameras like yours, she had a digital and I just had my cell, so you know how it goes with those – you push the button and the shutter takes time to fire, so I told her to just keep firing.
Maybe 12-15 ft long, ate the whole thing in about 3-4 minutes and was on its way. The pictures don’t do justice to how awesome the scene was. How many seals do you think simply disappear like that? No evidence. Doubt anyone would have know about it if we were not there.'
Enjoy!
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09-13-2014, 08:42 AM
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:43 AM
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:44 AM
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:46 AM
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more shark
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:47 AM
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money shot!
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:49 AM
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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09-13-2014, 08:50 AM
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..then she left.
no urgency, majestic, can't think of the words to describe how awesome it was.
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09-13-2014, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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WOW, THANX FOR POSTING AWESOME LOCAL SHARK PICS
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I LOVE it when MY WIFE lets me fish
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09-13-2014, 09:33 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
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Sweet pic's!
Thanks for sharing that,it must of a site to see first hand.
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09-13-2014, 09:44 AM
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It's about respect baby!
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Awesome!
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09-13-2014, 09:58 AM
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Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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that was great...excellent pictures...  |
"When its not about money,it's all about money."...
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09-13-2014, 10:11 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Bobby M sent them to me last week. So that was you who took them. Must have been awesome. Hope you are having a good year so far.
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09-13-2014, 10:29 AM
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2na. Nice chit going on .....
Thanks
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09-13-2014, 10:44 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Been wondering where you have been Mike??? Hope all is well man!! Great pics! Maybe a tree hugging card carrying PETA member will get eaten like that so then maybe we can get down to business and start to do something about this seal problem!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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09-14-2014, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
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Great sequence of pictures! Awesome sight to see.
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09-14-2014, 10:40 AM
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Location: Somerset MA
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WOW what an event to witness
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09-14-2014, 11:00 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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So awesom. My bucket list includes seeing one of those beasts in the wild. From a safe distance that is...
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09-14-2014, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ashland, Mass.
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Very cool!
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09-14-2014, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Not a fan of sharks until they eat delicious seals.
Good Shark - good Boy
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09-14-2014, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Thats awesome. Lots of birds in some of those pics. Would love to see that in person.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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09-14-2014, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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ditto to all...just awesome...a moment you will never forgot!
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Simplify.......
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09-14-2014, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Somerset Ma
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Fantastic photos! That would have made an incredible video. Thanks for sharing
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09-14-2014, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
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very cool and very close. I'm sure it happens more than we know
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09-14-2014, 11:14 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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did you say you were walking back to your truck "after a swim"????
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09-15-2014, 07:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
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Holy Shzz. That is really close to the beach. The coming back from a swim part needs further clarity!
Also kind of neat how first hand you saw the classic "taste bite" that always gets reported and then the actuall feed. In this case maybe it shows a "kill bite" which would indicate a "taste bite" is one where the shark really is not committing to a full blown attack. This is really cool, great job. Thanks for sharing.
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09-15-2014, 11:46 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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unreal. would've loved to have seen that
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09-15-2014, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hanover, MA
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I am done swimming
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09-16-2014, 07:48 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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FANTASTIC!
thanks for posting those
too bad you didn't have a drone with a video camera 
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09-16-2014, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Shrewsbury,ma
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Don't go in the water !!!!! Would be nice if the pictures could be put into a video.
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