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Porbeagle shark? Skerries harbour

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:43 pm
by eoghanb
Anyone see the video ,it looks to me like it's a decent size porbeagle at the skerries Yacht club slip

Re: Porbeagle shark? Skerries harbour

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:16 pm
by chuckaroo
Yip, seen it. But can't distinguish it between a porgy or a basking shark tbh. Is anyone sure which one it is?
Hope they didn't stress it too much either way.

Someone has put the video onto YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4G_bxYd1k44

Re: Porbeagle shark? Skerries harbour

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:01 pm
by Deleted User 3488
A local fisherman informed me it was a young basking shark..

Re: Porbeagle shark? Skerries harbour

PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:10 am
by kieran
its a basking shark, look at the dorsal and tail fin, classic pose when filter feeding on the surface. Nice to see one on the east coast.

Re: Porbeagle shark? Skerries harbour

PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:21 am
by mickser
Not the first on the east coast I have seen them on a regular occasions out off Greystones while fishing for ray on anchor
mickser