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Hi folks,
Went out in the boat at 6.30 this morning on a beautifull flat calm glassy sea. Motored 2 miles off and dropped a string of feathers over the side. Sure enough up came the mackerel within minutes. Didn't want them really, so went to the bottom rigged rod with one of the mackerel cut up for bait. Five minutes later 8lb pollack then, just as the sun was coming up, I caught a commotion on the water out of the corner of my eye very close to the boat. I turned round and S**T !!!!! a pair of dorsal fins 10 feet apart were cruising up to the boat!! I had switched the engine off and just didn't have time to start it up and motor out of the way, so all I could do was close my eyes and hope. It was like something out of Jaws -my heart rate went through the roof as I watched the shark just cruise under the boat - OK not directly under it but within, say, 15 yards - and it was VERY BIG. My judegement was that it was about half as long again as my 22 ft boat, so a good 30 footer I would say. I happened to have the camera with me and I took some shots of it while it cruised away. I just couldn't relax after that and was as jumpy as Hell, so I came in early to calm down.
Cheers, and tight lines...........
Went out in the boat at 6.30 this morning on a beautifull flat calm glassy sea. Motored 2 miles off and dropped a string of feathers over the side. Sure enough up came the mackerel within minutes. Didn't want them really, so went to the bottom rigged rod with one of the mackerel cut up for bait. Five minutes later 8lb pollack then, just as the sun was coming up, I caught a commotion on the water out of the corner of my eye very close to the boat. I turned round and S**T !!!!! a pair of dorsal fins 10 feet apart were cruising up to the boat!! I had switched the engine off and just didn't have time to start it up and motor out of the way, so all I could do was close my eyes and hope. It was like something out of Jaws -my heart rate went through the roof as I watched the shark just cruise under the boat - OK not directly under it but within, say, 15 yards - and it was VERY BIG. My judegement was that it was about half as long again as my 22 ft boat, so a good 30 footer I would say. I happened to have the camera with me and I took some shots of it while it cruised away. I just couldn't relax after that and was as jumpy as Hell, so I came in early to calm down.
Cheers, and tight lines...........