Tuna may taste delicious, but hunting for it is the real treat.
A group of Tofino fishers, including former NHL star Willie Mitchell, recently experienced a rare salmon shark sighting.
Mitchell told the Westerly News that the crew was roughly 120 kilometres offshore, cruising around the Clayoquot Canyon.
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Tofino nature photographer Jeremy Koreski was fishing with Mitchell and said it was the first time he香蕉视频直播檇 ever seen a salmon shark.
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Mitchell was thrilled that the animal stuck around for a while, allowing the crew to watch it.
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Along with the shark, Mitchell said the crew spotted white-sided dolphins, false killer whales, humpback whales and even a sei whale, the third largest species of whale on the planet.
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