You probably saw a juvenile GW. They are always around just not seen as often. If you've put in the time on the water your judgement call is what I'd go with. The responses that say "if it were a GWS then the seals would have left the area." clearly forget to take into consideration that GWS eat seals...so there is always going to be one unlucky dog out there in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a side note, this year in Seal Beach we had a seal wash a shore that had been attacked by what was estimated to be an 8-10 foot white he was too small to finish the job so he wound up only maiming it. It died from its wounds and the waves brought it in.

Its not true the sealions would be gone. Sealions will flank and annoy a cruising white since they are more manuverable. The white either not in feed mode or in fish feed mode. When its in mammal feed mode it wont be seen until the red cloud.

Yes it is.

NOT IT'S NOT!!

Maybe it was.

NO IT WASN'T!!

It looked like

IT WASN'T THAT!!


I guess we'll never know.

Uhh oh...someone's butt is getting hurt, Let me get you desitin.

Why would you use Desitin when lube works much better.

If eyes could talk....the surface is a small area in the water colum....I'm sure it's a game of cat and mouse between sharks and everything else...I fished LJ once a week for 6 months and now it's time to move and not because of sharks this encounter did not scare me off the water...what man witness is not even the tip of the iceberg of events that go on every day in the ocean like a bad ass swordfish caught sleeping and gets its tail bit off ect ect ect I would say it's just depends how hungry somethings is before I would judge it's actions plus mistake in identity for sure... thanks for the out put tight lines my friends and I'll tell you all about it when I see it again :iagree:

I call this one my pink lady breast cancer awareness glow in the dark Spanish fly
 

Pink lady Spanish fly...lol

When you say breach, you mean jump?

Any fish can roll on the surface, especially when hunting food. I've seen halibut go airborn.

I have pics
 

Received from another member of an adult female snagged in the net of a commercial squid boat. It looks like about 16-18 foot and maybe a ton? Not sure it if it was fluffy ? Maybe the shark that killed those two back in the 80's.

Fluffy did not make it
 

Squid grounds , needless to say where we fish .

So you're retiring?

That's funny retirement mean more time spent on the water fishing :reel:....if I say anymore the line will double in size. LoL

5 years ago I had my 1st encounter with a great white in La Jolla. Coming in on a summer day approaching the 1st buoy, I would always throw my left over live bait to the sea lions that would sit on the buoy. That buoy is long gone now. This particular day 2 sea lions were on the buoy. As I approached I went to launch a live bait at em when all of a sudden they perked up and froze with their noses pointed towards the sky. My peripheral vision picked up a huge swirl in front of my kayak and when I focused in I saw the distinctive white markings on the lower back half of the shark diving down right under the buoy heading over to seal beach ( think that's what it's called?). I looked around to see if anyone else saw it. No one around me. Wow, I couldn't believe what I just saw... I sat and looked over to where it was heading and nothing happened. When I got home I looked up great whites to to see if the markings were the same. They were identical. Man I couldn't believe it. Middle of summer and a great white cruising through La Jolla...by the way I didn't mention the size. Let's just say based on the back half that I saw which was at least 8' and a side view of 2' or so - who knows it had to be huge. So now when I hear about sightings I think of this experience I had and say to myself "yep their around"...

I'm wondering...if you didn't see head or tail, how do you know it wasn't a hammerhead. They are still around from what I've read of recent posts. Just saying.

Holy Crap!!!!! Thanks for the info. We need to get out some time.

F..k holy shark shit...
When was Fluffy caught....

Unrelated to thread but thank you so much for solving a big mystery for me. I caught one of those at LJ a year ago and was never able to identify it until now. It was every bit of 6'+ which didn't jive with the species I kept finding on the internet.

As for GWS yea, I had one of those "encounters" up in Cambria last summer. Cruising along at the surface about 30feet from me, minding it's own business thankfully. 20' according to the locals and DFW guys that saw it that day :eek: