Blood free kayaks in LJ are recommended - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Cbad Mike · 08-02-2012, 11:01 PM

I was out yesterday (Wednesday the 1st) launched at 5:45 am and saw a BIG shark twice. The first time I saw it was around 12:30 from less than 30 yards away. At first I saw it out of the corner of my eye and thought (hoped) it was a dolphin. The fin was much bigger then a dolphins and then I thought maybe I was over seeing something that just looked like a sharks fin like a seal floating and putting up its flipper. When I saw the tail fin come out of the water too that's when I was sure what I was seeing

I'd say the distance from the top fin to the tail fin was about 8-9 feet. It was very slowly moving and looked like it was just kinda resting on the surface. I was straight off the big white building. I kept padding away and looking back while telling myself that I saw something that wasn't really there. It was on the surface for about 45 seconds.
I saw it again at about 2:00 from about 40-50 yards north of me while straight off the cove. Once again it looked like it was just kinda resting on the surface with the top and tail fin exposed. I saw it for about 15 seconds and then it disappeared.
When I got home I told my girlfriend and my friend what I saw and and then told myself that it was probably just a Basking shark because there are no sharks in LJ.... Right?

08-02-2012, 11:01 PM	#2
Cbad Mike Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Carlsbad Ca. Posts: 1,206	I was out yesterday (Wednesday the 1st) launched at 5:45 am and saw a BIG shark twice. The first time I saw it was around 12:30 from less than 30 yards away. At first I saw it out of the corner of my eye and thought (hoped) it was a dolphin. The fin was much bigger then a dolphins and then I thought maybe I was over seeing something that just looked like a sharks fin like a seal floating and putting up its flipper. When I saw the tail fin come out of the water too that's when I was sure what I was seeing I'd say the distance from the top fin to the tail fin was about 8-9 feet. It was very slowly moving and looked like it was just kinda resting on the surface. I was straight off the big white building. I kept padding away and looking back while telling myself that I saw something that wasn't really there. It was on the surface for about 45 seconds. I saw it again at about 2:00 from about 40-50 yards north of me while straight off the cove. Once again it looked like it was just kinda resting on the surface with the top and tail fin exposed. I saw it for about 15 seconds and then it disappeared. When I got home I told my girlfriend and my friend what I saw and and then told myself that it was probably just a Basking shark because there are no sharks in LJ.... Right?