Shark in Lake Ontario?

[Reel Therapy]

Saw this today not sure, but I know Bull Sharks can live for quite a while in fresh water....

Filmed off Wolf Island in Kingston.

http://www.theloop.ca/be-afraid-theres-a-shark-in-lake-ontario-maybe/

 

[Bucketsoff]

that's a big channel cat, can tell by the fin. The teeth in the slowmo shots? I feel like the vid was doctored a little bit. Way too fat to be a shark, but a monster kitty none the less.

 

[Consequence Free]

I was going to say a catfish also. The dorsal doesn't resemble a shark...especially a bull shark dorsal.

 

[whitetailhunter]

I think these guys have a vivid imagination.🙄 Looks like a big catfish to me also.

 

[basswright]

Hmmm, if you read past reports from MNR there was a male bull shark caught in the main shipping channel on the St. Lawrenece back in April 2013.
All indications would indicate that bull sharks can indeed thrive in fresh water anf travel huge distances. The pic and video sure look like a bull shark as well.
However the video/pic could be cropped so its impossible to tell. I thought a sturgeon, but its not. Giant catfish maybe. OR a bad April fools joke!

 

[Gunner_1]

if you watch the vid when it's in slowmo just before it goes under you can see the pectoral fin
it dont look like a cats fin if it is the pectoral fin i'm seeing that is to big even
for a large cat fish and a cat fishes pectoral fin is rounded the pectoral fin on
this fish comes out to a point if it is a fin i am seeing i'm sure it is

 

[Gunner_1]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...ake-ontario-greeted-with-fear-and-scepticism/

 

[Consequence Free]

The tail curves in a hump-like motion as it re-enters the water.....sharks' tails do not do this.

 

[Gunner_1]

Yes if it was a shark you would see more thrashing of its tail i would

 

[Bassassin]

A Bull's dorsal fine is slightly more than 1/2 way back on it's body. That's no shark. I wouldn't want to come upon it snorkelling though.

 

[Bucketsoff]

Now that porpoise explanation in the article above seems pretty spot on, very similar to the picture.
There is always the potential for something to have been released from a blackmarket seller/buyer as well.

 

[basswright]

Doesnt look alot like a catfish either. If video/pic is not altered in any way than its no catfish.

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Definitely not a shark or catfish. My first thought was porpoise as well.....

Josh

 

[mrpink]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/07/16/21811531.html

 

[Consequence Free]

I don't know if anyone remembers about the post once made here on the forum about 4-5 years ago, where someone openly asked the forum if anyone had considered "chumming" for fish in LPB.....I'll never forget that...the responses that came of it were just as hilarious. 🙂 Anyone remember that post???

 

[Gunner_1]

WOW well there you go for those who said it wasn't a shark well we were right

 

[fisherwoman]

loads of peeps get suckered in on these phony clips it was doctored 😱😱😱its all coming out that its not real

 

[whitetailhunter]

Some say giant catfish but I'm not so sure.

 

[Finally Fishing]

It was a Bell Media Hoax. The shark was a fake.

 

[Reel Therapy]

I thought "I was going to need a bigger boat...."