Thread: shark recipes

I am looking for some new recipes for shark. What tastes best grilling or frying? I have never cooked shark before and I am looking to try it out. Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated

I don't like it Deep Fried.
I do like it Grilled, Pan seared or Broiled.

Do note that any shark kept for eating must be processed immediately.
Failure to do so will result in the flesh being fouled with urea.

Yea, the original pier pest was telling me that earlier this morning. Any particular seasoning you like on it grilled? I was thinking lemon pepper or garlic salted maybe.

Marinate in Italian salad dressing then grill.
Works with Kings too.

We have caught a few smallish sharks at Veterans Rd., but not been able to positively ID them as legal size or protected specie, we have just C&Red them. Need to learn more about about them. We enjoy eating shark; grilled, broiled, baked, yummy.

If you handle it properly and avoid the urea stink, it is good any number of ways -- mild and firm, rather chicken-like for a fish.

I just went to the search button and learned that the minimum length for legal harvest is 54"fl. That lets me out, cause the few I have landed were never that long. And more than likely protected from harvesting anyway. My big outfit has ten lb mono, so it will probably be difficult to land and harvest a legal length shark. But it is a beautiful fight; when you see the fish and know it is a little shark, another line of thought enters into the fight. I have to land it, not get bit, safely return it, before I can think again. Now, that's fun.

The most common sharks, especially the smaller ones are probably the Atlantic Sharp Nosed Shark, commonly referred too around here as a sand shark and has no size limit. The other most common variety is the Black Tip that is easily identified by the black tipped fins. Both are excellent eaters. No bones, only a cartilage back bone and easy to clean.

Atlantic Sharpenose has no size limit and creel of 1 da.
Black Tip is 54" with a creel of 1.

Remember, it is illegal to fish or land a shark anywhere from the beach in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach.

good fishing...

Yea I will be fishing from a boat. I used to fish the pier every weekend but don't get to much anymore but I'll be there this weekend so if you see me stop and say hello

Originally Posted by fshntime

Remember, it is illegal to fish or land a shark anywhere from the beach in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach.

That is a common misconception.
It is unlawful to, 'create an unsafe condition', or, fish for any species by 'chumming' or 'bloodbaiting.'
Technically they can stop you from doing any surf fishing, not just sharks.
Their regs are very loosely written.

Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

Problem here is is that Bama has made it highly frowned upon to openly fish sharks from land/pier.
They wrote regulations that allow them to shut down any shore based fisherman at any time.
If you're obviously shark fishing, you better be far, far away from anyone in the water.

“It shall be unlawful within three hundred feet of the shoreline, or on a public pier, or on a private pier where an unsafe condition is created, on or in waters of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Marine Resources Division as provided by Rule 220-2-.42, to fish for or target sharks or any species by those methods commonly known as ‘chumming’ or ‘bloodbaiting.’

“For purposes of this regulation, ‘chumming’ shall be defined as the throwing of bait or fish parts into the water to attract fish.
“For purposes of this regulation, ‘bloodbaiting’ shall be defined as the use of blood, chemical or synthetic attractants, fish parts, chicken parts or other animal parts to attract fish or sharks.

“It shall be unlawful, on or adjacent to the waters of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Marine Resources Division as provided by Rule 220-2-.42, for any person to surf fish for sharks, bow fish for sharks, or fish for or target sharks by any other means from any pier or beach in such a manner that presents an unsafe condition to any beach goers, sun bathers, swimmers, or any other person.”