Spinner Shark in California??

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Spinner Shark in California??

Postby Banana » Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:32 pm

I saw a small shark jump and spin while surfing the other day. It looked exactly like this:



But apparently there are no spinner sharks around here. Do other sharks do that, too?

I was surfing in Crescent City, CA.

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Re: Spinner Shark in California??

Postby oldmansurfer » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:32 am

I have seen sharks do that in Hawaii, saw a tiger shark do it but it was hooked up to my heavy duty shoreline fishing gear (80 pound test main line)
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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Re: Spinner Shark in California??

Postby billie_morini » Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:49 am

It's not a spinner shark species, if filmed in Crescent City, CA. Too cold and too far away from species distribution region. Yes, many sharks do this. Some upon occasion. Some more frequently. I'm not a shark, but even I do this in Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara. (smile)
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Re: Spinner Shark in California??

Postby Banana » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:52 pm

billie_morini wrote:I'm not a shark, but even I do this in Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara. (smile)


LOL.

Thanks for the info, guys.
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Re: Spinner Shark in California??

Postby USlater » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:29 am

It's too cold for spinner shark
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