My First Shark Sighting!!

Originally, my project at Poynter was to cover sharks at The Pier. Since, I've switched to pelicans, although my true wish whilst perusing The Pier was to see a shark. A real, wild shark.

Well, boom shakka lakka!!

This morning, a fisherman down at The Pier reeled in a 9-foot, 400-pound monster! I arrived 7 hours after the slain shark was dropped into the angler's pickup, just in time to see the Aquarium's biologist carve out a chunk for testing.

Here are some photos I snagged with the borrowed Cannon Mark 3: