Saw my first shark while out sailing yesterday ;D Towards the end of the day as I was getting ready to come in. I was up on the cabin dropping my mainsail. Looked out over the stern and a bonnethead shark lazily cruised past. Not quite as long as my transom, maybe 4' or so. My son and I have caught babies fishing from the pier, but this was the first time I saw one swimming out in the ocean.
Where are you located?
Venice, FL Gulf side of the state.
Venice Bch is renowned for sharks teeth. We found quite a few in the few days we were anchored there. Nice town, enjoyed it greatly.
We were there during the art festival last year or year before- they run together ;) ;).
Yes the beaches around Venice are full of fossilize shark teeth... and lots of other cool thing; turtle shell, stingray barbs and teeth, crocodile teeth and scoot plates, whale and manatee bones. In the year and a half we've been here the kids and I have manages to collect buckets of fossils ;D Still have not found any big megalodon teeth but i'll keep looking ;)
Iv'e seen lots of dolphin and manatees sailing and a few sea turtles and now my first shark. Pretty cool from a wildlife perspective.
Warm weather, beach, and lots of sailing. We really enjoy living in FL.