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Topic: Depoe Bay Shark  (Read 3042 times)

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Drifter2007

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This last Friday I went out on a Friends power boat in search of Halibut (too far to paddle the yak). We nailed the Halibut in quick fashion and were limited out by 9:17 am, after crossing the Newport bar around 7 and dropping crab pots on the way out.

We decided to take the Halibut ashore at put in my buddies garage in 2 large coolers. Now we headed back out of rockfish. We went North to Depoe Bay as my friend wanted to see where I have done pretty well from my kayak.

While fishing within a 1/2 mile of the bridge at Depoe, I spotted something coming towards us in the water. At first glance I thought it was a whale. I quickly realized it was a shark, a HUGE Shark! This shark slowly came to within 6 feet of the side of the boat like it was sizing us up. NO BS, this shark was somewhere between 12 to 15 feet long. It was easily 2 feet across the top of the head! It then whipped a 180 and slowly headed off towards the rocks to the east. All the while remaining about 2 feet under the surface.

I can't stop thinking about what I would have thought if I had seen that a few weeks earlier when Lingbanger and I were fishing the same area from our kayaks.

I can only hope that the smell of my feces and urine would have scared it away!

I don't know much about big sharks, but this creature was freaking HUGE!
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Yikes!

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Some of those big sharks are scary even on a 30' boat let alone a kayak.  I pray I never have an encounter with one while at PC or Depoe in my yak!


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We had a basking shark come up and circle my friend in a kayak on Saturday. Massive animal, but harmless and a super rare encounter. Did it have a rounded dorsal? Look them up and see if it's the same thing, if you saw one it was incredibly rare.


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Nope, for sure not a Basking Shark.
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dampainter

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i was there last friday/saturday too and glad i did not see it. shark? nah there `s no sharks out there. it`s what i keep telling myself. what u saw was a baby whale. yep that`s what it was.
« Last Edit: September 19, 2017, 05:37:57 AM by dampainter »


gnomodom

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There aren't too many that are that big. Were you near kelp? I wonder if it was a white shark.


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There are actually a fair number of Whites off the Oregon Coast in the Spring and Fall.  12'-15' seems like the average but they can exceed 20'.

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A week earlier their wee porpoises and lots of whale activity. Tons of harbor seals were on the rocks. Where there is shark food there will be sharks.
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It's seems like about this time last year is when people started seeing them out there also. Didn't Mojojo see one out there around this time last year? I'm pretty well bottom fished out for the year by this time anyways and reports of big sharks kind of seal the deal. Time to focus on salmon in tide water!


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the local surfers use the term "sharktober" around here.....
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Dang, I bet that got your blood pumping!

2 years ago I went to Maui with my Wife, in-laws, and my parents. I decided to ask the resort if I can rent a SOT yak for fishing  and they said the guy who runs it loves to fish. Long story short, we're out fishing, got a nice 24" grey snapper (Uku as he called it) and a short time later I had a 8-10' Tiger shark swim 3' from me.

It was... an experience. Very very cool to see, but a bit unsettling when you're in a 12' yak and the shark is almost as big as it.


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Upon looking at photos on google of sharks of Oregon, I am pretty sure that it was a Tiger Shark. Matches my vision better than a great white.
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That would be pretty impressive. Tiger sharks usually like warmer water. For instance, they are all over the Florida Keys, where SST are in the 80's in the summer. They are also really curious, and like to nom on non-fleshy things too. They've been found with car parts in their bellies.


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That would be pretty impressive. Tiger sharks usually like warmer water. For instance, they are all over the Florida Keys, where SST are in the 80's in the summer. They are also really curious, and like to nom on non-fleshy things too. They've been found with car parts in their bellies.
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