Shark fishing question

Ok gang,, who on here have been shark fishing? One of my bucket list items is to go shark fishing…. My question is this,,, are folks allowed to even keep them?? Most fishing shows I see they turn them loose,,, do certain states have length limits off their coasts?? Just curious

Some you can keep, some must be released. Also dependent on the state. They must be handled correctly as soon as their caught or they aren’t worth keeping.

In NC you can keep 1 bonnethead, a sharpnose, finetooth, or blacknose of any size, in addition you can keep 1 of any other species over 54" to the fork, now not sure if this includes great whites and hammers. I beleive sand tigers are tottaly protected.

edit: all I ever saw anyone eat were sharpnose, bonnetheads, spinners and blacktips

If you want to keep one for eating, you can't treat them like normal fish.

Very true, sharks urinate through their skin, as soon as you decide to keep a shark, cut the tail off, bleed them out, gut them and ice them down, this shuts down the production of urine down, also some soak it in milk before cooking. do not eat lemons or finetooths, their skin is yellow for a reason!

If you want a trophy, just get a close length, some quick pics and turn it loose. There are blanks for everything and it would have to be a reproduction on a shark anyway.

You can eat makos, threshers, porbeagles, any shark with sort-of a kidney system, including great whites, except whites can't be kept anymore, while you can eat the others after bleeding, gutting and icing, you really don't want to...
The rec fishery is essentially catch and release

Wow, I just got some learning done!! I didn’t know sharks urinate through the skin!! Genuinely appreciate the information guys!!

Yeah they are essentially living fossils, been around for beaucoup millions of years. Been around since before God even invented bones lol.

When I was a kid sharks were concidered the coyotes of the water.....to be killed at every opportunity. I remember guys fishing off the beach in Florida with big rigs with about a mile of heavy duty mono. They used fish for bait that were larger than most every freshwater fish I'd catch in a year. After they winched these fish in they either shot them or clubbed the daylights out of them. Then, after a photo or two (never saw anyone save the meat, ever) those fish had their jaws cut out as a trophy, and they were tossed back in the ocean......or left on the beach to draw a crowd.

Fox Kidd, I went out in the Chesapeake Bay cobia fishing with my cousin last month we caught some shark that we kept and he prepared it was really good eating. Eric

Salmon Shark can be eaten here.

To your original question, yes sharks can eat you ...... In the winter, Hilton head island has a good stock of great whites. And its catch and release.





If its a bucket list thing and you want to catch one of these puppies, let me know and I'll " hook you up " with the right guy.

that’s what I’m talking about!!! What would a boat to go out usually run??

I was invited down to Crystal River Fla to gator hunt and shark fish for a week.

Should have just got back today but couldn't go...


Thank you USA for the STILL closed land border despite Canada opening ours this summer ...

Here is a price on a boat I’ve gone out of OC Maryland on. 10hr trip $1,325

Have eaten makos and hammerheads.

Used to fish with Capt. Mark.Sampson out of Ocean City, MD..

He knows sharks.

Don’t you realize we have Idiots running this country.

Either way, even though you live in IL, take the FL shark fishing course. I think you will find it fascinating.

I'll see your Biden, and raise you a Trudeau...

I ate reef shark in philippines and pagi(stingray)didnt much care for either. To me they were kind of musty tasting.

DaveP nailed it. Mark Sampson out of OC is one of the best shark guys around. Believe his boat is called Fish Finder. He is about 20 minutes from me, so if you end up fishing with him , hit me up. I’ll put you on some inshore and small sharks . But he is set up for the real deal.

John

I was in Alabama around Gulf Shores on vacation thus summer. I was casting spoons in the surf catching lady fish mostly with the occasional bluefish. A couple rednecks next to me were bait fishing. We noticed what looked like a black tip shark cruising in the breakers. The one guy really wanted to try to catch it, so i gave him a ladyfish and and he rigged up with a wire leader and the biggest hook he had. He tossed it out in the breakers and was hooked up on that shark within 30 seconds. The only game warden I've ever seen while surf fishing materialized within a minute. In full voice he yelled out "cut your line or get a ticket!". Ol boy cut it loose immediatly. He said it is illegal to shark fish from the public swim beach. FYI