Here is a pic of the only shark we dared try to handle, it was a hammerhead about 3 feet long. Notice how BK is keeping it well away from his body. These babies were just plain mean. We caught Hammerhead, Blacktips and Lemons up to eight feet long on Allstar 962's with Curados spooled with 20 lb test and 40 lb test steel leaders with yeah, you guessed it 5/0 Vision hooks. We had to resort to fishing for sharks becuase the wind put the Tarpon down and off the bite. We also did some night fishing for Latina's while we were there. We believe in C-n-R on this species, We practiced this on a night to night basis in different locations to not damage the gene pool.

Peace Superfly

BK's commentary"Keep in mind that little F-er ate a 3 lb. pompino!"

Very cool

I have always wanted to go for toothie critters.

Where wuz ya'all fishin?

Roger

I've always wanted to go shark fishing. Oh well, I'll stick with big sturgeon until I get the chance.

It was a blast! Nice pic Joe! Even that little guy wanted to thrash me with his tail and he was choppin at me!

We were fishing around islamarado out in the keys , it is like the third peice of land on the way out I think.
Peace Superfly

I caught a small shark a few years ago fishin in the gulf of mexico and It probably weighed 3 pounds, I remember its skin was really rough and tight. I remember trying to hold it while it muscled out of my hand, they are very strong fish. It almost took a piece out of me and that was just a baby.

What's that horrible glare off the water? Where's the heater and neoprene? It's January, dangit.

Down there they do not put heaters in the boat, they put air conditioning.

um your close, that is not a hammerhead. It is called a bonnethead. but your right its fun to catch those sharks when those "glamor fish" aren't biting.

Actually Dan they are referred to as Bionic sharks, and yes it is another name for a young baby hammerhead! My cousin fishes the Keys in the winter, he knows his ****!

here, chew on this


http://www.animalnation.com/Archive/aqua/sharks/bnshark.html

not your average 12 foot hammerhead but a smaller speices of a hammerhead.

i know my fish too man, i was just in the keys this summer and we caught them. actually since they followed the boat around it wasn't really hard to catch them.

Read your own info, it said it IS a hammerhead! Forget I ever said anything, what a waste of your and my time. I'm back in steelhead land and while the keys are great nothing compares to being cold and catching hot fish.

wow, well okay then i have a report then the winter "salmon" are biting at blue creek...
cause you know steelhead are considered salmon these days. Okay Its a TYPE of hammerhead, but they are called BONNETHEADS not bionic sharks or what ever, its not the TYPE of hammerhead that people think of. but feel free not to reply because our arguement isn't going anywhere and good luck with the steelhead.

oh, oops i read your last part and its like mine. yeah dumb arguement, i guess i was being board at my dorm room. Its hard to fish when you are a college student. so maybe im a little pissed at that.

That would be "Bored" not "Board" college man. LOL :p :p

Ng

yep I misspelled bored, big deal? I probably spelled misspelled wrong too. Why don't you go and check if I spelled it right?

Take it easy there Dan! If you have payed attention to this board, or have been here long, you'll notice we "rib" each other all the time. Notice the smiley faces winkin and the LOL after the post.
Have some fun here too guy.
Just trying to make light of some hard feelings between the two of you. And yes I mispell too, nobody is perfect.
Steve

A few years ago, caught a 150lb Blue Shark. Took me almost an hour to bring it in. That thing would not die. We had to tie it up and drag it outside of the boat. Man you should of seen the teeth on this thing!

I still think catchin a 30lb salmon is just as fun!

Padre

Hey Ng...

Let me know where you been fishin lately...

Steve

Next time fellas, you gotta come to Alaska. Sharks are bigger there too :p

Here's one a client caught while halibut fishing

That's a big un Bob, is that a Salmon shark.....oh no here we go again. LOL.

Padre, speaking of catching Blues, I too, caught a big one at Westport a few years ago. There is a funny story to go along with that fish. Well after believing that I had hooked a huge Salmon, it then became , well maybe it's a Halibut, then a Seal , then a Skate and then finally realizing it was a Shark

I played this thing for a long time as I had not wanted to lose my beloved last "red" mooching sinker. Got it to the boat and by this time the fish had wrapped itself in my line and was coming in tail first. I told one of my buddies to grab my rod ,as I grabbed the shark by the tail. My other buddy looked as if I was insane, with the gaffin his hand. The Blue shark started shaking back and forth trying to take a chunk out of my arm, as I yelled at my buddy to help me yank it in.

WHAT A MISTAKE!!!!!! It layed on the deck for a minute and then started writhing, trying to bite all of us, we all jumped up on the gunnels and deck seats like a bunch of sissies with a mouse on deck. I said "smooth move Ng" as I tried to beat it to death with my fish club which was more like a toothpick in this case. Well I finally beat it to death and there it lay in a bloody mess on the floor.

The next mistake, was deciding to call it a day and to take the fish to the dock for pictures.
We left it on the deck and headed in where we were got "wows" from everyone on land.

Mistake #4?....one of the other fisherman at the dock suggest that it is neat for the kids to take the fish home, and place the jaw in cage, on an ant hill, and that in a few days all that will be left is the jaw. I took that shark home intact and let me tell you, as that "Uric" acid from the shark gets hot and starts spewing, and I mean spewing.....out of it......well it is a smell that you will remember for months.....yuck.

And to top it off, I then had to haul it to work in the back of my new truck, to put it into the dumpster to smell for a few more days.

JUST PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE......even with those SHARKS.

Ng