What are types of Irish Sharks?

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Bass Catcher · #1 Post by **Bass Catcher** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:47 pm

Hello lads, last week i was fishing with my brother down at Helvick off the rocks and we spotted a shark it was very dark in colour and was atleast 8-10 foot (if not bigger) travelling very slow across the water, and i was just wondering how many different types of sharks there are in Ireland and if anyone might know what type of shark it was that i seen please let me know! Thanks.

#2 Post by **BigPhil** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:02 pm

maybe a small basking shark??? :?

Bass Catcher · #3 Post by **Bass Catcher** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:27 pm

i thought that myself bigphil but ive seen a basking shark before and they are masive and the shark i seen was really dark in colour, my brother reakons the shark came in so close to the coast because theres less fish out at sea so it came in closer lookin for food

gary · #4 Post by **gary** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:25 pm

irish sharks:- lesser spotted dogs, greater spotted dogs (bull huss) spur dogs, blue mouthed dogs, smooth hounds(spotted), smooth hounds (stellate), tope, blue, porbeagle, thresher, six gilled, mako, basking.
it could have been any of the last 6 but you would have noticed the tail of a thresher and the colour of a blue and mako are very rare and basking very large all in all it was either a porbeagle or a blue.

Guest · #5 Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:01 pm

mabey, thanks for that

#6 Post by **kieran** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:13 pm

FWIW

Blues (see the logo) are quite slim whereas porgies are far stouter and more brown on top. There also as rare as rocking horse do do these days... the most likely option would be a small basking shark working on surface plankton. Porgies are known to wander along on the surface in fine weather.

Now all you have to do is go out again with a boat rod, lots of line... :D

Good luck

Bass Catcher · #7 Post by **Bass Catcher** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:28 pm

lol when it comes to sharks theres more of a chance of one catching me than me catching one, i think ill stick to the fish

gary · #8 Post by **gary** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:21 pm

there used to be a shore mark for porbeagles in county clare jack shine caught a few there in the 70's with non of your fancy graphite rods and multipliers either!