A
great white shark measuring nearly 20 feet and weighing 2,000 pounds --
according to a local report -- was hauled up Sunday by commercial
fishermen in the Sea of Cortez near Guaymas.The massive predator was
dead when it was brought to the surface in a net deployed by fishermen
named Guadalupe and Baltazar, who were treated to the surprise of a
lifetime when they saw what they had captured."We were amazed and
immediately realized that we had a huge, dead, great white shark, and
then we thought what are we going to do?," Guadalupe told Pisces
Sportfishing, which is located in the resort city of Cabo San
Lucas.There is some dispute about the size If, in fact, it measured six
meters (19.8 feet), as Milenio News reported, it'd be one of the longest
white sharks ever recorded.
The fishermen, who were aboard a 22-foot skiff, towed the behemoth
two miles to the beach, where dozens of people helped drag it onto dry
sand."Guadalupe and Baltazar swore they had never seen a fish this big
before in their lives," the Pisces blog stated. "Even though on March 13
of this year, some of their fellow fishermen had also caught a great
white, which had weighed 990 pounds."Adult white sharks were once
believed to be rare in the Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California, but
scientists now believe parts of the gulf serve as a nursery for the
species.
Buena pesca,
Mark
EastCapeGuides.com
