Shark encounter

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Shark encounter

#1 Post by anthony byrne »

Folks check out this video, Graham is a good friend of mine from Donegal hooked into a porbeagle last week but could only manage to get him within 4 ft of his kayak. Some might say he's mad :lol: this time a basking shark was following him
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#2 Post by Al »

Great vid, would love to be able to get close but sometimes that was a bit too close :)
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#3 Post by marlin vs »

Very good.
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#4 Post by kieranring »

Great video, what sort of camara was he using ?
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#5 Post by anthony byrne »

kieranring wrote:Great video, what sort of camara was he using ?
That was the go pro he has it mounted in a housing do he can drop it down
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#6 Post by donal murphy »

Interesting video. Thanks for posting Anthony.
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#7 Post by SeanA101080 »

Absolutely class, what creatures!!
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#8 Post by Kgarr »

Brilliant! Some experience that. You must have touched cloth when you saw him first!!:)
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#9 Post by anthony byrne »

Well lads Graham is doing well near 10,000 hits on YouTube and growing. Made the news and tomorrow's papers. That's some going
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