Thread: Beer Wine and Shark Fishing!

Couple of years ago a shark was caught at night by the night crew in Panama City pier. It got tied up in the pilings and supports under the pier and left. Was a mess. Caused a bunch of bad publicity for the night time shark fishing.
Getting one over the rail can be difficult if not known how to do it right

Originally Posted by fshntime

With most State shark limits at 54" minimum, it'll be hard getting them over the rail!

Therein lies the rub.
IMHO there should be no minimum size on Blacktip and Spinner sharks (just like Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead)!
And a one fish per angler per day creel limit.

In just a few years we would see the 'problem' with sharks at the pier disappear, not to mention the recent surge in 'bad publicity' due to the proliferation of these coastal sharks into swimming areas.

David and anyone else, what are the chances of a small child or old slow folks like me getting hurt? Something needs to be done I agree. Just a question.

Are all of the sharks good to eat ? I have read some thing over the years about having to handle promptly to keep the meat from turning bad and smelling like pee ?

Originally Posted by Haywire

I think all sharks should be gaffed, subdued if necessary, measured carefully, then returned to the water if undersized. Perhaps they could be neutered before being released.

...and have their teeth pulled.

I remember from reading Kon Tiki as a kid that holding them up by the tail paralyzes them and will kill them after only a little while, something about the guts bearing down on the brain.

Maybe we could rig a loop on a long pole like the tree trimmers use to get the rope on them.

Edit: I see those poles are quite expensive. Anybody have access to some tall, stout bamboo?

Originally Posted by frednic

I remember from reading Kon Tiki as a kid that holding them up by the tail paralyzes them and will kill them after only a little while, something about the guts bearing down on the brain.

Maybe we could rig a loop on a long pole like the tree trimmers use to get the rope on them.

Edit: I see those poles are quite expensive. Anybody have access to some tall, stout bamboo?

Longest bamboo gig shafts I've seen sold run 10-12 foot but someone could join 2. These would be awkward to pull with shark attached because they need to pull up vertically.

The long shrimp-dipping nets run 3 sections of perhaps 24' total. Aluminum tube could not LIFT a shark but might deliver a tailing line IF you have long arms. Then one might rope-pull the shark. As I recall tailing loops can be wire rope to hold shape.

All said I don't think we have a complete solution yet.

I've eaten blacktip when it was fantastic and another time it was horrible.
Needs to be bled & filleted ASAP & then iced down.

Originally Posted by mike243

Are all of the sharks good to eat ? I have read some thing over the years about having to handle promptly to keep the meat from turning bad and smelling like pee ?

They will pee through there meat/skin,and need gutted immediately ....I took a 6-1/2 ft black tip off Okaloosa pier years back and it was good eating.....would love to take one off gulf shores.....three gaff's to get it up on the pier, hard to penitrate the shin with a gaff.....the smaller barbed hook gaffs would be the best......it amazed me when it was completely cleaned , nothing but the head left.....there wascthe heart still beating, plus it didn't have the skeleton bone structure of a normal fish.....all meat from head to tail.....a spinal cord is all..... like we have.....I don't see them anymore dangerous then the mouths of kings or Spanish while alive....but then they seem to stay alive a whole lot longer the way that heart was still beating a good half hour later

Originally Posted by coach

David and anyone else, what are the chances of a small child or old slow folks like me getting hurt? Something needs to be done I agree. Just a question.

No more dangerous than getting sliced by a king or bluefish.