Thread: surf fishing beginner

[quote author=kingkiller7255@gmail.com link=topic=2560.msg23214#msg23214 date=1359654787]
chillirelleno i see what your saying but that just seems like alot of work to catch something that smells like PEE. not trying to say that there anything wrong with shark fishing but id rather catch pompano,bull reds,or whiting. way better to eat too.
[/quote]Smells like pee?

Again...
The flesh of a shark smelling of urine and/or ammonia is is a result of not immediately processing your catch.
The urea in it's blood has a chance to foul the meat when a shark is not, at the very least, thoroughly bled upon the decision to keep it, and the carcass needs to be put on ice immediately. Cutting the gills does a very good job of bleeding a shark.
Take care of it properly and you'll end up with some tasty steaks.

[quote author=Dutch link=topic=2560.msg23227#msg23227 date=1359675608]
Chile,

We fished The Fort today. Water was soupy as expected after the storm yesterday. A couple dozen hardheads and a three foot spinner shark was it for the day. No one else hard-headed enough to fish the point this morning from what I saw. We're probably gonna hoof it down the gulf side in front of the house toward the Fort in the morning. The water looks better there at the moment. Saw several pods of dolphins right in the surf all day, one with a very young one with them. Another fabulous day on the beach.
[/quote]I'll be fishing the Fort this Saturday, maybe see you out there?
If you see a freaky looking, beer bellied, red bearded redneck with a XD9 on his hip, and pulling a Radio Flyer red wagon, that will be me.
I'll either be on the Bay side just south of the yellow buoy or on the Gulf side just around the Point.

I will be there this Saturday morning on either side of the point depending on water conditions. I'll be the tall goofy looking one with three PVC stakes and a considerably better looking girlfriend with me. I'll have some sharking gear with me just in case. Hope to see you guys out there.

Adam

you do kno a shark pisses through its skin right?

Fresh lemon pepper blacktip steaks on the grill now...mmmmm! You guys keep on hating, I'll keep on eating :P

shark is good dont get me wrong but I'm just saying i rather eat whiting or pompano and it seems like its a hassle to do all that work for shark.

i mean you can eat anything in the sea.........hardtail,jacks,skipjack and the trash goes on and on....im just saying theres better stuff out there. not hatin on shark cause ive ate alot of shark.and it is really fun to catch them. but i mean its really fun to catch jacks also. and we all kno how good jacks are to eat.

King Killer, do sharks really urinate through their skin, I had no idea

The flesh of sharks contains urea to prevent the liquid in their bodies, which is less salty than seawater, from being lost through osmosis. In the hours after a shark is killed, this urea turns into ammonia. As such, sharks must be bled immediately after they are caught, or the meat takes on an ammonia taste.

every single animal on land and in the sea urinates.

Actually, this is half right. Sharks do not urinate as most animals do. Sharks convert urine to urea; a toxic compound which is really converted ammonia. Urea is absorbed in the flesh of the shark and expelled through the skin. When a shark dies this urea is converted back to ammonia. That is why shark meat can have a slight ammonia taste and smell.

"Cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, rays, and skates, have plasma that is approximately isosmotic to seawater. This unusually high osmotic concentration (compared to that of other vertebrates) is maintained by high levels of urea and trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) in the blood. In most vertebrates, levels of urea this high would damage proteins, but the presence of the TMAO helps to stabilize these protein molecules against the adverse effects of urea. Excess inorganic electrolytes, such as Na+ and Cl- which diffuse into the blood at the gills, are excreted by way of the kidneys and also by means of a special excretory organ called the rectal gland that is located at the end of the alimentary canal."

Thanks Chilie. Very interesting.