Cool/Rare sighting off Panama City Beach!

[2004v35]

wow nice

 

[JD7.62]

They were telling him to swim with it. Its a harmless basking shark. I grabbed the dorsal fin of a whale shark about 24-26ft in length out there once.

Here are some pics from a local fishing forum...

 

[fishmamma]

Although it might have been harmless, I'm sure the kayaker had to change his undies when he got home...

Good vid, thanks for sharing.. .

 

[jcardona1]

No one tried to hook it?

awesome vid, that thing made the kayak look tiny!!!!

 

[SumoNinja]

that's awesome, even though it's harmless, i'd still be scared to swim with it

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

I find it hard to believe that anything 3 times the size of me is harmless.

I think we all mean to refer to it as non-aggressive.

 

[DREAM-faw]

That is pretty awesome.. That monster is freaking huge! lol at the kids saying hes coming towards you!

 

[SumoNinja]

I find it hard to believe that anything 3 times the size of me is harmless.

I think we all mean to refer to it as non-aggressive.

i doubt it's 3 times larger than you

more like 5 or 6

i mean harmless in that if you jumped in and swam with it, you probably won't get harmed, unless you are alergic to saltwater

 

[fishmamma]

or allergic to getting swallowed... it might think you look tasty...

 

[JD7.62]

Its a basking shark which has no teeth and feeds only on plankton. A human is a bit bigger then what is on its regular menu.

Now the yaker is lucky there werent cobia swimming under the shark or else there would have been a barrage of 3oz jigs coming his way!