I don’t want to spam this but it has been lighting up the offshore section of this forum and I didn’t want the inshore fisherman to miss it.
On Sunday a 3500lb female great white shark made its way into the harbor and a good ways up the wando river. Its back out offshore now and heading towards savanah. Very cool stuff.
I saw that. Pretty crazy. She’s hanging out in between Brunswick and Savannah right now.
The harbor? Maybe.In a creek off the Wando? Highly unlikely. When the shark surfaces for a short period of time there is a large margin of error when it comes to location. The longer the shark stays on the surface the more accurate the reading. My guess is that Mary Lee made her way into the harbor, surfaced for just long enough to register a ping and then headed back off shore. I guess anything is possible but I doubt this reading was correct. Take a look at all the readings near South Africa. I don’t think these sharks are hitching rides on shore, stopping off at the grocery store and then heading back out to sea. Either way, it’s interesting to see such a massive creature visiting our shores. Makes you want to think twice about spear fishing this time of year.
If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
"Why did the shark ping on land?
When the shark’s fin breaks the surface, sometimes it is for a very short time which effects the accuracy of the ping. There is a classification system that rates the quality of the ping as follows:
Class 3: better than 250 m radius
Class 2: better than 500 m radius
Class 1: better than 1500 m radius
Class 0: over 1500 m radius
Class A,B,Z = no accuracy could be calculated
For example, when you see a ping on land that is close to the shore, the shark is more than likely swimming along that shore.
Why does it look like the shark traveled over land?
The tracking system simply connects the last ping to the next ping and does not account for the fact the animal being tracked is a shark and clearly does not travel on land."
It is possible that it was just in the harbour however it would be a big coincidence that the ping happened to show right on a narrow creek and not on a pine forest.
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Originally posted by JordanOnaYakIt is possible that it was just in the harbour however it would be a big coincidence that the ping happened to show right on a narrow creek and not on a pine forest.
Good point. Wonder if someone was cleaning a bunch of fish on the dock, in Beresford Creek… A good quantity of blood in the water back there, on an outgoing tide could bring her in! Is that time a 1:21 am or pm?
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PS: If a fly lost it’s wings, would it be called a walk?
That is 1:30 am. The day before at noon she was just off the jetties so not at all out of the question that she could easily cover that distance at a walking pace.
The site’s been updated and they removed all of those inshore pings. Must have been inaccurate pings.
I smell science here…
Row, Row, Row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Mary Lee, Mary Lee, Life is but a scream!
(o)(o)
Is there any recorded sighting, kill, or catch of a Great White on an inland waterway anywhere in the world, ever?
Adolescent GWs frequently enter the salts ponds in MA during the Summer and dine on striped bass.
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14
hairball; Where did you get that information, (JAWS)?
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hairball; Where did you get that information, (JAWS)?
There are many documented accounts. Recent ones have even been mature sharks.
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14
I won’t believe that, until someone kills one or they find one caught in a net or something. Kind of like a, Bigfoot sighting! Show me!
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/marinefisheriesnotices/white_shark.htm
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14
OK; That’s 1! Sounds like the shark got lost and coulden’t get back to deep water. Whales sometimes get up rivers but as a rule it’s not there normal habitat. You’ll never make me believe, that White Sharks go up inland waterways, as normal part of their life cycle!
Bull sharks will go into brackish water.
Stonoman
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Is there any recorded sighting, kill, or catch of a Great White on an inland waterway anywhere in the world, ever?
Would you like to rephrase your initial question?
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14
I already gave you one! They had a Penguin from Antartica, show up in New Zealand not long ago, so does that mean they go there on a regular basis or did it get lost or get blown off course?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/happy-feet-penguin-tracker_n_951182.html
You were incredulous that a GW would would be caught dead in a inland waterway which there have been documented cases here in the US and in Australia.
You are correct that they do not do it on a regular basis or as part of their lifecycle. However, when there is food or some other impetus in the equation, animals can change the normal and expected habits.
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14
hairball, you did say Frequently enter salt ponds! I can’t see where you can justify, Frequently! Every now and then- not unheard of-it happens - once in a while- it’s been recorded, but Frequently, NO! http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/frequently/