You tell em Downriggin!
I would put Bob up against anybody out in the salt. I wouldn't be going out on a limb to say that he has probably caught more salmon in the salt than anybody on this board. In fact, he taught his sons so well that they are constantly winning or placing in the local salmon derbys. It was one of his sons that won the Narrows derby this last weekend.
It should also be known that he is responsible for diving and catching a great percentage of the fish in the Pt Defiance aquarium. He knows what he sees.
Great whites are loners and don't stand out like a pod of Killer Whales. That's why it is such a rare occation to see them, even in the ocean.
My point is that Bob is a very credible witness and has too much to lose by making up a story of this magnitude. The old timers in this area would be relentless to anyone else who would have come up with this story. It appears that through my contacts at Narrows and Pt Defiance, everybody supports and believes what Bob saw.
Just my opinion.......Jack