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 he91裸聊视频檇 ever seen a salmon shark.
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He added it wasn91裸聊视频檛 until Jesse Bone of Filter Studios put a camera in the water that the crew realized it was a salmon shark.
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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He said tuna lures fishers into the blue water around Clayoquot Canyon.
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Koreski said the canyon91裸聊视频檚 vibrant setting is a paradise for photographers.
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Mitchell, who , added the West Coast91裸聊视频檚 abundant wildlife 91裸聊视频減uts life into perspective.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淎ll of us play on the west side of Vancouver Island and all the beaches here are our playgrounds. Being a local and just knowing that we are certainly small creatures in the grand scheme of things, certainly we want to respect the ocean and respect what91裸聊视频檚 in it,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just an invigorating experience to be here and have all those noises and life and everything just kind of fill your soul and that91裸聊视频檚 what it91裸聊视频檚 really about. That91裸聊视频檚 what I love about being here91裸聊视频he energy just fills the tank. It91裸聊视频檚 one of the marvellous spots on the planet where you have this big, mountainous backdrop on one side and beautiful Clayoquot Sound where you can explore on so many different capacities.91裸聊视频�
