Quebec Ice Fisher Reels in 3 m Shark

[Takara_Soong 4]

From the Canadian Press:

STE-ROSE-DU-NORD, Que. -- A shark the size of a car has been reeled in by a woman out for a day of ice fishing.

 

The whopper -- a Greenland shark, which isn't dangerous -- is so big it had to be pulled from the water with the help of a snowmobile.

 

Diane Guillemette knew she had a big fish on her line but she wasn't expecting a shark.

 

"We worked for an hour and a half to get it up to the hole in the ice," said Guillemette.

 

She was fishing on the weekend with her partner in the Saguenay fiord, where waters from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean meet about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City. "It was about 680 feet down, completely at the bottom," she said of the shark. "So it took 366 turns on a wheel crank to bring it to the surface."

 

The Greenland shark weighed 230 kilograms and was more than three metres long.

 

At one point, Guillemette thought she had lost her catch but she got help enlarging the ice hole. The giant shark was then landed with the aid of a snowmobile.

 

The shark is in Guillemette's back yard on the snow, awaiting pick up by a local museum.

[Jim Phaserman 0]

Da's a BIG fish! But, yes, Greenlands are harmless, and blind, I believe, but I'll check that.

[Takara_Soong 4]

A lot of people don't realize there are cold water sharks. The Great White and the Tiger shark get most of the press but there are a number of different types of sharks that live in the cold northern waters.

Edited February 2, 2006 by Takara_Soong

[Jack_Bauer 1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark

 

Here's the Wikipedia article.

 

According to this article, they are not born blind but there is a parasite that can feed on their corneas resulting in some blindness.

[Jim Phaserman 0]

Beware the Bull Shark, for it can survive in fresh water. By the way, the only thing a Great White Shark fears? Chuck Norris.