Brown Shark in the Suds.......

[LITTLE TUNNY]

Got this guy tonight incomming dusk in Brig on high / lo Clam.And only a 6/0 circle....LT

[dennis deal]

Sometimes I pick up sharks in the DB when fluking.I had 2 good ones last yr and I had trouble making an ID I thought they were browns or sand bar .
Can you keep a brown or a sand bar? Years ago 77 I think I caught a 35lb sand bar shark on the old 59th st pier in OC.There was a young guy there who talked me into keeping it to eat. He wanted the jaw and he cleaned it for me.The 1st batch I did the bread crum and fry not bad but on the flat side .The 2nd batch I did a marinara sauce and it did pick up flavor .With what I know now I know I can get those thing to eat well.
I did not keep the sharks last yr because I do not know the regs and how to ID .

[kalie123]

Got this guy tonight incomming dusk in Brig on high / lo Clam.And only a 6/0 circle....LT

Really such a nice style to catch the fish....you really looking in a very great position...!

[AKscuba713]

Dennis just so you know browns and sandbars are the same shark, just 2 different names for them. And I do not believe you can keep browns but I cant be positive on that one.

[BigBassJim]

OMG SHARK CLOSE THE BEACHES!

Nice catch though, i wanna give that a try sometime seems fun.

[LITTLE TUNNY]

[BigBassJim]OMG SHARK CLOSE THE BEACHES!

Lol, I know right....
Oh it was a blast, especally watching him peel thru the curl super fast with just that fin showing.. And yes,Browns are Protected he went back with a little hestitation...lol "on his part"....lol., He was fighter to the end.....LT.

[tm613]

Sandbar (brown) sharks cannot be kept

[dennis deal]

STARTED TO RESPOND LAST NIGHT AND THE INTERNET WENT DOWN.
Anyway I always thought a brown and sand bar were the same and someone said I was wrong.It seemed I also heard you couldn't keep em.
Are there any sharks that I might run into in the DB or surffishing other than doggies that I could kill to eat.I think I can make them tast pretty good.

[tm613]

From the NJ marine Digest

* Shark Species That May Be Kept:

Large Coastal Shark—blacktip, bull, lemon, nurse, tiger, spinner, scalloped hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, great

hammerhead;

Small Coastal Shark—Atlantic sharpnose, bonnethead, blacknose, finetooth; Pelagic Shark—Shortfin mako, blue, porbeagle, oceanic whitetip

and common thresher.

Shark Species That MUST Be Released: Atlantic angel, basking, bigeye sand tiger, bigeye sixgill, bigeye thresher, bignose,
Caribbean reef, Caribbean sharpnose, dusky, Galapagos, longfin mako, narrowtooth, night, sandbar, sand tiger, sevengill, silky, sixgill, smalltail, whale and white.

Must be 54" in length

[rob]

nice catch... been wanting to hook into one of those, just for kicks.

great pic too!

[Jerseycoast]

Im pretty sure that 54" limit is measured to the inside fork of the tail too. Not the overall length. So, a legal fish is more like 60"+ if measured to the end of the tail. The other problem is identifying them. So manypeople kill fish that should have been released unfortunately.
I would suggest looking online and getting a good idea from the pics just incase you get a rare species. A friend of a friend brought a $25k white to the scales a couple of years ago! lol. It was his own fault. Thought it was a mako in the dark.

[dennis deal]

I think I will order my shark at a resturant or by stakes at the market to test my developing culinary skills.
I do love getting a nice 30lber when fluking .

[millard52english]

wow......nice catch...
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