[HairOfTheDog]

We don't have Great White Sharks in Puget Sound!

[Notforprophet]

Isn't it a tad bit cold for Great Whites in that part of Pacific? I thought that White sharks were mainly found in southern latitudes - around Australia, South Africa, etc. What the heck is a great white shark doing in Puget Sound?

[HairOfTheDog]

Point defiance is the point that runs NW out to the Narrows from Tacoma (Commencement Bay)

[Bogie]

That's what I have always liked about saltwater fishing: The unexpected!

[Paul Atreides]

Anyone who would report seeing a "great white" is obviously a racist, and should be censured.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Damn!!!

I knew I shouldn't have dumped out my pet shark in that sound about 20 years ago.

Sorry guys!

[Tailback]

If you have seals or sea lions in Puget Sound, then you have Great Whites. Since the ban on shooting "water varmints" (aka seals) the number of shark attacks off the oregon coast has risen. The seals also consume huge quantities of "endangered salmon". I guess it's ok if a predator eats those salmon though, God forbid if an angler that pays money to the state for a license can catch and eat one.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Bob Salatino

I've met that guy!!! He was a little into amateur radio (Ham), which was my dad's hobby. When I was a boy, we'd go to the aquarium and he'd come out to say hi to my dad and point out all of the fishes in the NW exhibit (giant round pool that you could look in from above or from the sides through glass). This is really gettin' strange now!

[holyscroller]

"Salatino worked for 20 years at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. John Rupp, the aquatic animal curator there, described him as "a knowledgeable fisherman."

This guy was no ordinary schmuck. After 20 years of working at a zoo and aquarium, he should know what he saw. I would believe him. We didn't used to have sea lions here either, but now the place is crawling with them. Watch for more sightings, Doggie Hair.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,
I've only seen grey whales, and only from Browns Point!

:)A

[muleskinner]

"Candygram"

[Jeff Chandler]

This reminds me of the time my father-in-law and brother-in-law (15 at the time) were fishing off the coast of Santa Barbara in a 14' motor boat. My brother-in-law hooked a fish, and as he was reeling it in, they watched its shadow slowly emerge from the depths. When it became apparent that the fish was a shark, and the shark was considerably larger than the boat, my father-in-law made him cut the line.

[BlueLancer]

Candy-gram ...

Land shark

[Vision]

25!