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Post by sidthekid on Aug 20, 2023 16:22:45 GMT -5
I recently renewed my license I noticed you need a permit to do shore-based shark fishing. So I banged out the online tutorial... That got me wondering what is the best tasting shark in Florida? I've heard they have to be bled and iced quickly if you do take one because they urinate through the skin. What has been your experience?
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Post by 4ward on Aug 20, 2023 16:46:05 GMT -5
I wish I could urinate through my skin, it’d save me a bunch of trips to the porch and bathroom.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 20, 2023 16:59:11 GMT -5
Makos, but you're most likely not going to catch one from the beach. I have eaten plenty them from time to time years ago but they were nothing extraordinary in my opinion.
I have friends who will eat a occasional bonnet head or a black tip but I have no personal culinary interaction with either.
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Post by bswiv on Aug 20, 2023 18:44:31 GMT -5
35 plus years in the seafood business......started out commercial fishing......actually just had mangrove snapper we caught for dinner. Last night it was flounder from the same trip. And tomorrow......crabs caught on the scraps from the mangroves and flounder. Cooked all manner of heads over the years, more than a little sushi. Squid.....octopus....even rays a time or two......and yes....shark of various kinds a couple of times.
Might add too that we cleaned many a vat of sharks over the years for restaurants, one in particular here in NE FL that sold "shark bites"......
Never learned to like the smell of them nor appreciate their taste......even the mako was not worth eating.
Enjoy catching them........and have a rod or two out on the side to catch something more worth eating.
IMHO
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Post by Pressure Point on Aug 20, 2023 20:08:05 GMT -5
I've had black tip on the menu from a restaurant. Wasn't too impressed and would not order it again
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Post by flconch53 on Aug 21, 2023 7:35:32 GMT -5
Black tip marinated in Catalina Salad dressing and grilled is tolerable. I have heard that bonnet sharks are good based on there diet of shrimp and crabs. But can't say for Sure. Bull shark was bad
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 21, 2023 8:37:21 GMT -5
Sharks are just wonderful food fare. Y'all need to catch and eat everyone that you can, especially the ones that are taxman size. I'm tired of sharing grouper and snapper with them.
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Post by madm002 on Aug 21, 2023 14:39:56 GMT -5
I actually like blacktip but you got to get after them right away after you catch them.
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Post by tampaspicer on Aug 21, 2023 15:56:19 GMT -5
Blacktip is ok at best. Don't try nurse shark yuck
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Post by whitebacon on Aug 21, 2023 16:43:44 GMT -5
Blacktip is ok at best. Don't try nurse shark yuck I wouldn't eat a shark for all the tea in China. Sharks urinate through their flesh, skin, etc. Yes, people can make them edible with salt and spices. I wouldn't feed prisoners shark, out of pity. |
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Post by richm on Aug 21, 2023 18:24:15 GMT -5
We used to eat whatever 3-4 footers we caught near shore. No idea what they were. White meat, wasnt bad.
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Post by anumber1 on Aug 22, 2023 7:23:09 GMT -5
Blacktip or bonnet, used to fish commercial for shark, yes gut and ice quickly also there is a waste line in clear membrane that runs from the forward stomach cavity back to the anal vent, it's up against the back cartilage.
two cuts downeaach side of the membrane and peel out with finger before icing.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 22, 2023 9:18:16 GMT -5
I used to fin sharks by the tens of thousands for good, cash money. It felt even better knowing that we helped the Orientals (and some of you detracting, naysayer ladyboys who will feel the need to excoriate me over it) enjoy their culinary desires.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 22, 2023 9:34:38 GMT -5
I'm not a ladyboy and would have to look up what excoriate means, but if I ever ran across you I would buy you a beer and toast you. "Thanks, now you need to get busy again"
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 22, 2023 9:50:09 GMT -5
I'm not a ladyboy and would have to look up what excoriate means, but if I ever ran across you I would buy you a beer and toast you. "Thanks, now you need to get busy again" It seems they have repopulated nicely. |
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 22, 2023 19:59:48 GMT -5
Was it bye catch OMG?
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 22, 2023 20:36:21 GMT -5
Yes... You could control it to some degree by not fishing in "sharky" water. Some times you got very unlucky and you might end up hauling 700 blue dogs a day. They were a pain in the ass to deal with and the little ones were the worst. They would mess your gear up and wear the crew out, for $peanuts. Other times you'd never see them. Then there were times you'd just have to pick through them some as they might be mixed in with swordfish at places in your gear.
Fyi, oceanic white tips brought $35/lb. Blue dogs $6-20. Lower lobe of a makos tail was $50., I think salmon shark fins brought good money too but don't recall exactly. The fins had to be dried and cut right though for top $.
I'd make $10k a month sometimes back in the early 90s. Old Chinese fella over in Kewalo Basin always paid top dollar. He would see me coming and we would have a few drinks, shoot the shit and start working on a price. Rumor was he had a $million in his office at all times for his deals, and nobody fucked around with him. He was very well connected. We were pretty good acquaintances. I like to think he respected me
because I negotiated in good faith. I was firm but never flim flammed him over petty shit. A lot of guys were scared shitless of him though too and if he could get away with paying you $2-3/lb he would! I think he liked me because I always gave fish away to the locals around the dock. That kind of treatment went farther than money did in more places than you could imagine and the only info that traveled faster than the blossoming internet at the time was the word on the streets!
We used some of the money off the top to buy hooks, meat hooks, gaff hooks, and gaff making supplies. So some of it went back into the boat. That was my way of helping offset everyone's tackle cost (owner) for the trip. When my boss tried to make me pay him a share out of our shark fin money one time I told him to get fucked. That the day I had to give that money to anyone else besides my crew is the day we start cutting those nasty pains in the ass off at the boat. That would cost the boat $1.25 a hook and money for gaffs and meat hooks every month. We used to buy 2000 hooks a month so that could add up to a lot of money... Naturally I got my way and kept my crews money for them.
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Post by louis357mag on Aug 22, 2023 21:06:06 GMT -5
In my opinion Mako. Secret to shark is if you are planning on them for the table is as soon as you boat them smack in the head with something heavy a nd gut them asap and ice immediately.
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Post by lemaymiami on Aug 23, 2023 4:46:40 GMT -5
I've got friends who love blacktips on the grill... The secret I'm told is to run a "pickle barrel" the way I did back in the eighties when I held a commercial hook and line ticket... Sharks spoil so quickly that simply placing them on ice isn't enough. A pickle barrel is an ice and brine solution (one bucket of saltwater for every 20lbs of ice). That solution flash freezes them and then the're suitable for the table. Of course most recreational anglers don't have a cooler big enough since they're supposed to remain intact until landed at the dock... I'd gut them, gill them, leaving head on before they went in the pickle barrel - but only the smaller ones to fit in an 80qt chest. That "pickle barrel" is the key, though... Most that have bad experiences with shark meat have allowed it to spoil before they ever came back to the dock...
For anyone considering shark for the table - make a point of checking out FWC's rules for sharks (both on land and on the water...) - they're very specific and most of the minimum sizes are simply too big for the cooler...
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Post by Alex from GA on Sept 2, 2023 16:25:28 GMT -5
I've eaten thresher shark when I lived in CA and it's delicious. Steaked and grilled with lemon.
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Post by olmucky on Sept 18, 2023 15:07:26 GMT -5
Smaller blacktip is really good.
Mako is too
I wasn’t fond of thresher the 2x I tried it
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Post by madm002 on Sept 21, 2023 16:37:06 GMT -5
I used to fin sharks by the tens of thousands for good, cash money. It felt even better knowing that we helped the Orientals (and some of you detracting, naysayer ladyboys who will feel the need to excoriate me over it) enjoy their culinary desires. The level of grammatical excelence on this forum never ceases to amaze me. |
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Post by tankered on Sept 22, 2023 8:10:27 GMT -5
^^^^^ Comedy gold right here.
Pot meet kettle.
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Post by chunkster on Sept 24, 2023 7:13:41 GMT -5
I’m also one for mako and thresher. Mako is considered a delicacy, have in moderation.
The bigger the fish, the more mercury it stores. It’s a different diet than a Longfin Albacore
An apex predator to the bluefin tuna. Do you know anyone that got bitten by a Yellowfin?
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