Canadian hooks a GWS

Found this report the other day. Would be a rush to hook into the landlord!
https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/video-canadian-angler-great-white-shark-kayak/

Ha !

I once hooked a juvenile GWS right by, "Sponge Bob" in Capitola in about 40 fow.

It took a small croaker. Was bringing it to the surface as it cut my 30lb mono like butter. Reason i know is that it went airborne. Skinny little 6 or 7 footer. Awesome sight.

That's awesome!  Quite a story to tell for sure!

I'm headed there on Sunday with my son... Hoping for a hali or ling, but a shark would be cool too!

That's awesome!  Quite a story to tell for sure!

I'm headed there on Sunday with my son... Hoping for a hali or ling, but a shark would be cool too!

Good luck. The Hali bite is still going on as well.

I hooked the GWS that's in my video, but it came to the boat with no fight - twice.  Second time, I saw it and just held my rod like a samurai sword.  The shark turned away and broke my leader.  When it came up near Rob several seconds later I got the video going.

It took a herring.

BTW, can we drop the “Great” and just call ‘em white sharks? I’m not sure it’s the actual name, maybe just hype/spin?

Found this:

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/ws_or_gws.htm

White Shark or Great White Shark?
As social and communicative creatures, we humans sometimes pause to wonder about whether we are using a term correctly.  Is it octopuses or octopi?  Hippopotomuses or hippopotomi?*
The terms "White Shark" and "Great White Shark" both represent the same species, formally known as Carcharodon carcharias.  Most scientists seem to prefer to use the name White Shark, apparently on the grounds that there is no 'greater' or 'lesser' White Shark, there's just one species:  the White Shark. But most lay-people seem to much prefer to use the name Great White Shark or Great White, as though it is important to stress the 'greatness' (size, predatory prowess, charisma, or dangerousness) of this animal.
Personally, I prefer the term White Shark as the vernacular name for Carcharodon carcharias, but it's hard to ignore the countless human fans of this creature who — by far — preferentially use the terms Great White Shark or Great White.
English is a living language, continually spawning new terms and usages.  When deciding which of several usages is 'correct', those who compile dictionaries employ a simple trick:  whichever usage is most common in periodicals is deemed the preferred usage.  Following this logic, it would seem that Great White Shark would be the preferred term.
Throughout these pages, however, I use the terms White Shark, Great White Shark, and Great White interchangeably — simply because doing so affords me maximal flexibility in composing my sentences about this celebrated creature.
* = In case you're curious, the correct usages — at least for now — are:  octopuses and hippopotomuses, respectively, no matter how clunky or awkward they may seem.

I met a white shark one time, but he was just OK, certainly not "Great".

 

Actually, could be racist, don't you think? Maybe just "Great Shark."

Or "Cabrillo."

Bouché

That's awesome!  Quite a story to tell for sure!

I'm headed there on Sunday with my son... Hoping for a hali or ling, but a shark would be cool too!

Good luck. The Hali bite is still going on as well.

Well, not a report thread, but I didn't post a hookup, haha. Had a good morning out, caught a few fish, nothing to take home though. Highlights: my son caught his first halibut, 21 7/8".  He wanted tacos, but it just wasn't to be, but he had fun anyway. I think I caught the biggest rockfish ever too!