lj 8/25 Mystery shark

[beef78]

Didn't catch anything other than a baby rock fish, 8 sand dabs and some bait. The waves coming back in were the worst I've seen. Put my nose into the sand and I had to bail. didn't flip the yak, but I saw quite a few tourists struggling. The high point of the trip was the 6-7 foot shark I saw swimming about 30 feet from the launch. Pretty cool! I am not sure what kind it was but it was definitely not a leo. It was grey with black at the tips of its fins. I was busy getting pushed into shore by the surf, so I didn't get a picture of it. I thought about swimming out to try and get a pic but I thought it would have swam off because it was headed north at a good clip. Any thoughts about what it could be?

[philr21]

Sounds like a blacktip or another sort of warm water reef shark that pushed up from down south.

[beef78]

Originally Posted by philr21

Sounds like a blacktip or another sort of warm water reef shark that pushed up from down south.

Do blacktips come up this far? I think oceanic black tips go in cold water but not this shallow. Maybe I need to do some hands on research...

[ctfphoto]

I saw a green sea turtle the other day in La Jolla and was like WTF?????

Googled it and got more info.

[Ggiannig89]

Originally Posted by ctfphoto

I saw a green sea turtle the other day in La Jolla and was like WTF?????

Googled it and got more info.

theres a bunch of them in the back of the SD bay. well atleast there used to be from when the power plant kept everything warm. supposedly there used to be a bunch of big shrimp and lobster swimming around the power plant as well

[beef78]

Originally Posted by ctfphoto

I saw a green sea turtle the other day in La Jolla and was like WTF?????

Googled it and got more info.

I thought I saw one swimming around the kelp but couldn't find it when I tried to chase it down and figured it was my imagination. maybe I did see it.

[lowprofile]

weird. was it heavy bodied or slender?

heres some pics of different sharks.

soupfin (from california, just north of LJ)


black tip


small dusky, they look about the same all through their life and are common to california


and bull


they can all be found in socal and can have black on their fins. the others you might encounter are salmon sharks, great whites (they come in small packages too, saw a 4fter in oceanside harbor), sevengills, oceanic white tips, tigers and hammers.

[Lipripper92592]

Originally Posted by beef78

Didn't catch anything other than a baby rock fish, 8 sand dabs and some bait. The waves coming back in were the worst I've seen. Put my nose into the sand and I had to bail. didn't flip the yak, but I saw quite a few tourists struggling. The high point of the trip was the 6-7 foot shark I saw swimming about 30 feet from the launch. Pretty cool! I am not sure what kind it was but it was definitely not a leo. It was grey with black at the tips of its fins. I was busy getting pushed into shore by the surf, so I didn't get a picture of it. I thought about swimming out to try and get a pic but I thought it would have swam off because it was headed north at a good clip. Any thoughts about what it could be?

I could have sworn I saw a salmon shark about 4 feet in length cruising with a leo in about five feet of water off the launch a few months ago.

[beef78]

Originally Posted by Lipripper92592

I could have sworn I saw a salmon shark about 4 feet in length cruising with a leo in about five feet of water off the launch a few months ago.

I really wish I got a better glimpse or even a picture. Maybe I'll go out there after work tomorrow and chill in the same area waiting for it with my mask and snorkel and gopro with my yak anchored. It would be sweet to get a good shot of him up close.

[Ggiannig89]

my brother seen this guy a couple summers ago on beach in coronado. Is it a great white or salmon?

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[lowprofile]

thats a salmon shark. too small overall to be a white and the teeth are more mako like.

Originally Posted by Ggiannig89

my brother seen this guy a couple summers ago on beach in coronado. Is it a great white or salmon?

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[Aaron&Julie]

Well, now, I've heard of Salmon sharks in Socal, especially if the latest pic in this thread is a Salmon shark.

Apparently, they just die down here and wash up onto beaches. They should head up to Alaska, where they belong.

[lowprofile]

Originally Posted by Aaron&Julie

Well, now, I've heard of Salmon sharks in Socal, especially if the latest pic in this thread is a Salmon shark.

Apparently, they just die down here and wash up onto beaches. They should head up to Alaska, where they belong.

eventually they'll probably live down here at least half the year. the 7 gills, a northern and central california species have taken up residence in huge number in socal and there's more brown smooth hounds showing up as well. There will probably be more/bigger lings down that way too.