A bluntnose sixgill shark comes up to 70 feet to attack my crab pot. What a beauitful giant! Filmed in historic Hood Canal, Washington outside of Pleasant Harbor. #pugetsound #sharkweek #underwaterfootage
Holy moly, that is awesome. Now I know you're crabbing around the submarine base cuz that's what it looked like🙄. Seriously, that is some hard to come by footage.
thanks Corbfisher! good to know on the near-base footage. This was mid-canal, but other side. Right near the entrance to Pleasant Harbor. (As a side note "Pleasant Harbor" sounds like a place in a shark attack movie).
Wow. As someone who spends some time paddleboarding and swimming around Quilcene, this is kinda freaky. That is a big animal swimming around down there! Thanks for the footage!
Last season your Rig your jig... for Kings! video inspired me to try the same spot a couple days later. Released a 20lb unmarked and retained a 8lb king. The blood trail from the 8lb in the livewell attracted in a roughly 7 foot sixgill to nose the livewell outlet at the back of the boat. We jigging in 30 feet of water at the time it showed up.
Blake, I’ve been a fan for YEARS! Man, this was EPIC! Thank you for the footage. Isn’t it amazing when we get to pull up oit GoPro, etc. and see this crazy **** happening below us?! Keep up your good work. You have lots of silent fans, but you is LEGIT!
And I've super appreciated your comments and support thru the years For Reals?! Super appreciate your enthusiasm behind this one. It was some lucky, lucky footage!
What amazing footage of a sixth scale. Out of all my years of diving, I've only had one encounter with a sixth skill at Redondo Beach and of course it was during crab season eating a piece of chicken that somebody threw back into the water back when the dock was still open
Just goes to show that the number one step in catching a world-class shot is actually taking pictures! I'd bet there's a biologist somewhere that would be interested in that footage.
That’s cool! We catch them every once in a while on the chehalis fishing for Tope sharks in 10-15’ of water. You can also get some monsters in the willipa. Love 6 & 7 gill sharks.
I did this, feeding 6 gill sharks off San Juan Islands Washington State, many times. I made friends with 14ft 6in octopus we named George. I was honored to swim with 5 member pod orca killer whales, etc ..
Hi Brad! My guess would be given the narrowness of the canal it probably couldn't support too big of population. That said, most the canal is 300+ deep, so who knows?!
thanks Mike! I think what happened is this particular sixgill is a fan of Fish Quest. Shark biologists will try to tell you sharks don't have youtube underwater. I think they're just jealous though, that they don't get many youtube follows or comments from sharks on their own channels. 🤷♂
@@WAFishQuest Entirely possible! Here I was thinking it was me beating it up on the launch, but it was your friendly neighborhood 6 gill the whole time!
I'm a commercial diver but I have friends that are sport divers that have dived off of Hornby Island, BC, where sixgills can be found. I must take them up on their offer to take me there. I don't do much sport diving and I think that would be cool. The only sharks I've ever seen are dogfish. I did have one headbutt me in the ass once though.
Thank you! Sony Vegas 18. I removed the green thru "colorization." You can do it manually or their auto setting gets it pretty good! (I'm kind of "meh" about sony vegas honestly).
ah yeah. I know at least one of the popular spots too. People pull up (or at least drag em to shore) off the piers in Commencement Bay. Going for ratfish I guess?
@@WAFishQuest there used to be be a Old guy that fished for them off the rocky beach left of the stillacome ferry area. He would always have his kayak down there to paddle out his baits. He used to run that old little bait shop across the street from the ferry I'm pretty sure
Pretty sweet footage. If they are so common makes you wonder why you can't fish for them or take them out of the water. I caught one accidentally fishing in 40' of water. Not gonna post that video because of the karens that report me to the police.
That must of been an interesting fight, just do to their mass! I've never got one in, but I'm pretty sure I've accidentally hooked two on the harbor side of the Westhaven jetty.
@@WAFishQuest They are usually pretty sluggish but very strong. They will take runs but they are short bursts. Not like a soupfin that will quickly swim 100 yards. Out there I've only hooked soupfin, dogfish and 7gill. But with that tuna processing plant I wouldn't be surprised if it was a blue.
Yes they will eat dogfish. Their is a group of guys illegally targeting ghem for internet fame here in Tacoma. They sometimes use dogfish cut into chunks for bait. The plan if a game warden confronts them is to say they are targeting skate.
Due to their worldwide distribution thanks for watching and commenting! My understanding is they're listed as "not threatened." Due to their world wide distribution. But I know they are protected in certain areas like Puget Sound.
