The weather cleared and the seas calmed so we left Boothbay Harbor and headed to Boston. We saw a number of whales spouting and diving and then, about 20 miles from Boston, something odd was sighted. From afar, it reminded us of the lobster traps we had been seeing – a large plastic bottle trailing a float about 10 ft behind. As we drew closer, we thought it must be a large sunfish. Sunfish often swim at the surface of the water with one fin up and can grow to several hundred pounds. We slowed the boat to take a picture and realized that it was a HUGE SHARK!! The dorsal fin was out of the water at least 2 feet! The shark rolled over on his side, looked at us then kicked his tail and swam off. We have seen large tiger sharks and hammerheads in our fishing days but never a shark this big. We estimated that he was 15-18 ft long with an enormous girth. Further research has confirmed that he was a GREAT WHITE!! Our comment: "We need a bigger boat!"
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