I am Jason Bolcome, I was flying around Gloucester in my piper warrior when I heard over the radios information about a great white shark off rockport. I went back to beverly airport and picked up my friend Paul Beaulieuj who had a good camera and we decided to head off the cost of Rockport at 4pm and look for it. About 8 miles east off the coast of Rockport we started spotting large schools of fish and whales when Paul spotted a fin in the water. We then flew to investigate the fin when we had realized it was the great white shark everyone was talking about. I am no expert however comparing the size of it to the fishing boats my educated guess is that it is about 20ft long. Paul then began to take pictures as I flew the plane.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Wow! Jason, great photos! Thanks for sharing.
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I call Shenanigans. That is definitely a Basking Shark.
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That is a Basking Shark! Not a great white. Look at the tip of his snout and his mouth wide open and it’s round in shape.
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OK! Now you can count me out of the Blackburn Challenge. Can I get my money back?
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So can I have your tee shirt?
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Very nice shots. OMG a basking shark! He’s going to filter feed me to death!
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Shark expert I’m not but it’s still awesome to know those creatures are this close. Gives me the tingles.
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yup definitaly a basking shark… MY BAD… everyone was saying great white over the radios. oh well its still the second largest fish in the world, second to the whale shark and still just as rare if not even more rare to see and are almost extict. sorry to disapoint. – Jason
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no worries, i appreciate you taking the time to send in the photos
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Wow…cool….especially with the basking shark details, might be cooler than a great white! Thanks!
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Thanks for posting the photos of the plankton eater, without them, vacationers would hear about the giant omnivor be more than nervous about swimming in Gloucester waters this summer!
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Love this thread. On the one hand a photo of anything twenty feet long is going to keep the riff raff scaredy cats out of the water (It’s nice out there when it’s a quiet paddle), on the other hand I still think I am going to drop a deuce and put out the largest wake if a fish longer than my kayak swims by. Nice to know that it can only gum me to death.
So Paul F, can I have your wristband too? A second pulled pork along with the Blackburn T-Shirt would be sweet.
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basking sharks are anything but rare, we see them all the time tuna fishing in the usual spots from ipswitch bay to CC bay
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Thanks for the great pictures. Love the North Shore.
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