A guy told me he caught a 4 foot thresher shark surf fishing at the Gurnet last sum

[Raider Ronnie]

You talking about the gurnet in Plymouth ?
If so, could be possible but I'm not too sure about thresher,
But a few years back, I was on my way down to Race point and just as the sun was coming up I came up on tons of shark finning on the surface, so I stopped , got near them and tossed out a frozen mac, and hooked into a 4ft er
I got it up next to the boat then released it.
I don't remember what type of shark it was, but I know it wasn't a dogfish!

[RIROCKHOUND]

It's possible...
We took a 5 1/2' mako 3miles off newport in '94.. sucker jumped 4 or 5 times.. had to chase em with light tackle.... my father was on the rod, and I was at the helm... I think it was the first time I ran the boat chasing a fish ... it was the day before school started that year... good way to end the summer...
btw... he tasted good... and the jaws still hang in my office....

when bassin was slow back then, tons of guys bluefished deep off newport, 100ft or so, and almost every august someone would get spooled or drop something big..
we were lucky.. this guy appeared behind the boat so we could bait him properly...

[seabass]

"caught" a small blue shark drifting off the vineyard last year, around 90#, took an eel, thought I was gonna beat McReynolds!!!

[Joe]

I came over a dune on Block Island one night in 94 or 95, around 2:00 in the morning - and happened upon a drunk guy and his girlfriend who had a 4-foot brown shark up on makeshift spit and were roasting it (whole, Aborigine-style) over a big campfire.
One of the weirdest sights I've come across.