Posted on 10/10/2025 6:06:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
Like many snowbirds, the massive shark Contender is gorging on fatty foods up north in preparation to go south to Florida for the winter.
The New York Post:
The biggest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has resurfaced just off the coast of Canada – where he is plumping up on seals ahead of winter.
Contender, a 14-foot beast, was tagged in the North Atlantic by OCEARCH in January – a non-profit organization that conducts research on large marine animals – 45 miles off the Florida-Georgia coast, off Jacksonville.
His tracker only transmits a locating signal when the shark’s dorsal fin is briefly exposed above the water’s surface.
And last week it ‘pinged’ from the far northern reaches of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, right off the Labrador Peninsula in Canada – making him “one of the furthest northern pinging sharks that we’ve had” say researchers.
He could have been a contender…
Read the rest from New York Post…
Contender was previously spotted off Nantucket about two months ago.
VIDEO AT LINK..................
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My husband and sons used to fish in that tournament.
there was once a poster here that personally knew the organizer. We used to have some great conversations about it.
We knew the organizer. He drowned a few years ago, it was a tragic accident. His name was Steve James.
Yes, I wish I could remember the posters name Capt. something or other and he lived somewhere near Duxbury. He consulted and wrote about sharks. He relayed the story about James.
Here was one of his posts:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4081374/posts
He hasn’t posted in a couple years. Capt.Tom
Well that “video” is a DUD.
“That said 14 ft doesn’t sound that big....”
Some things one needs to see up close to appreciate its true size.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
That I don’t know.
...and now I do!
I meant only in relation to what was described in Jaws. We can die from a mosquito bite with the wrong disease being carried by it. Yes 14 ft is 14 ft too much shark I ever want to encounter in the briny.
I wonder what happened to Capt. Tom, I used to be on his shark ping list.
“Here’s to swimmin’ With bow-legged women..
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He hasn't posted in over two years :(
Yes Capt. Tom, he lives or lived in Scituate.
We had many conversations.
We’re gonna need a bigger thread.
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