Well the Sun newspaper is running this as a front page story about a fella who captured a shark attacking dolphins off the Cornish coast at Porthmeor beach in St Ives.

The images in the newspaper are very unclear and I have not seen the footage so this is my opinion!

I doubt the claims to be fact, my appraisal of the story is that if it is a shark then it’s most likely a porbeagle feeding on Mackerel near the surface in a feeding frenzy with the dolphins. The porbeagle is a predatory shark found off the Cornish coast and resembles its cousin the great white shark.

Dolphins hunt in pods and herd schools of fish into tight groups called bait balls, Dolphins hold position where there pod mates come from underneath and through the bait balls eating as they go. This team work is a very effective hunting method.

A hungry porbeagle shark which feeds on pelagic fishe like herring and mackerel would be able to sense this activity and instinct would drive it towards the feeding frenzy where it would join in.

I would love to hear your opinion on this issue or any evidence to the contrary.

I was fishing some rough Ground about a mile off Helzpehron cliffs, Nr. Poldhu, Cornwall on my Kayak scratching for anything that might be down there with a two up one down rig but, when I changed to gilling I started to get into Pollock and had a great days kayak fishing.

THE MARK

This location is one I found by chance about 2 months ago. I was on the Kayak looking for inshore Bass fishing marks when I saw some pot bouys about a mile out. I paddled in their general direction and when I got within about 10 yards I worked out my drift direction and speed. I choose a line that again would take my closest to the line of bouys and started my first drift. I dropped a rig down and caught Wrasse and mackerel. This mark was entered into my GPS which is mounted on my Kayak for trips in the future.

FISHING THE MARK

I knew this was rough ground and the weather was perfect, flat and little wind, just rain. I programmed my GPS and off I headed. I had bait and Storm lures to try on the mark to see what I could get this time.

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