Great Whites ''identify effective hunting grounds''

[tunamaster_28]

My friend and I were on Stellwagen bank recently.... Fishing for Tuna..... When something hit my Butterfly jig and started to run.... Then near the boat a huge boil of white water....My buddy goes is that a whale???? Then the huge thing dives and really starts to scream drag.... Then it BREACHES..... Near the boat..... COMPLETELY out of water...... 25 FEET of BEAST.... We both saw it clear as day.... NOT A WHALE, NOT A BASKING SHARK.......

THis was a Huge Mako or Great White.

We looked on the internet and does not look like Mako's get that big????

And 25 feet is being conservitive!!!!! SSSSHHHAAARK!

HOLY !@%#&

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by tunamaster_28

And 25 feet is being conservitive!!!!! SSSSHHHAAARK!

HOLY !@%#&

The maximum size for a Great White is 20'.

[Rip Runner]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The maximum size for a Great White is 20'.

Good chance that fish you saw at Stellwagon was a fako, I mean porbeagle. They have been confused with White's before. I doubt a big white would rip out line as they most likely would barely even know they are hooked with a butterfly jig.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Rip Runner

Good chance that fish you saw at Stellwagon was a fako, I mean porbeagle. They have been confused with White's before. I doubt a big white would rip out line as they most likely would barely even know they are hooked with a butterfly jig.

A 25' porbeagle is even more far-fetched than a 25' great white

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Mike P

A 25' porbeagle is even more far-fetched than a 25' great white

Not to mention great whites typically don't breach out of the water anywhere but off the South African coast.

[Mike P]

Here what I can say with about 99% certainty--assuming he's not totally yanking our chains--if what he saw was 25' long, it wasn't anything other than a basking shark. If it was a great white, he way overestimated its size--which would be understandable under the circumstances. It probably would have looked like a boxcar to me, too

[Rip Runner]

Originally Posted by Mike P

A 25' porbeagle is even more far-fetched than a 25' great white

Um..ya...I assuming that in the excitement the fish looked a-lot bigger. There's a much higher chance of seeing a porbeagle than a great white jumping at Stellwagon. If you have ever seen a 500+ pound mako jump near the boat you would think it's a-lot bigger than it is.