The great white sharks have returned to area waters early this year, with an 18- to 20-foot shark spotted off Aquinnah on Friday morning.
Menemsha fisherman Jeff Lynch was trying to catch some mackerel for bait when he saw a whale carcass floating close to shore. Lynch maneuvered his 23-foot center console boat closer to take a picture when suddenly a shark materialized from underneath the whale.
"It was like, whoa! It surprised me," said Lynch, 28, who lives in Chilmark. The telltale flash of white belly and the triangular fin cutting the surface indicated Lynch was in the presence of one of the world's great predators. The shark swam around the whale then around Lynch's boat.
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