Cue the music of John Williams. Tell Quint to start the Orca’s engine.

But the great white shark that recently stalked the shores of New Jersey is not mechanical. It’s very real. And it lives up to its name.

His name is Ironbound. And you’d think with a nickname like that, it was named after the Portuguese section of Newark. But he was actually named by OCEARCH, a research group that tracks shark migration, when they first encountered him in the waters off Nova Scotia. It was in 2019.

Ironbound is 12 feet 4 inches long and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds. Despite what you remember about the size of the fictional shark in “Jaws” (25 feet), most adult male great whites are between 11 and 13 feet and females between 15 and 16. A 20 foot great white shark would be considered huge. .

Bob Hueter of OCEARCH says his group once tagged a 17.5-foot great white weighing 4,000 pounds.

Since it was first marked, Ironbound has covered over 13,000 miles. No pandemic travel restrictions for this beast.

“He’s been back and forth from where we found him in Nova Scotia and the Florida Keys on several occasions,” Hueter said.

At this time of year, they migrate north to feed. Ironbound was pinged at 10:30 p.m. on April 28 off the coast of New Jersey.

While Ironbound would be a terrific name for a Jersey shark, a few other badass name suggestions:

Corruption

jughandle

Escaped

Slice

But if they’re just passing through, maybe Benny or Shoobie will do.

The opinions expressed in the above post are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski only.

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