shark fishing?

 Has any one on here done any shark fishing? If so.........Chum, no chum? What do you use for bait/rigging? How do you take it off the hook with out getting bit? Do you need braided or will mono work? What is the best shark for eating?

 Thanks for any info.

Has any one on here done any shark fishing? If so.........Chum, no chum? What do you use for bait/rigging? How do you take it off the hook with out getting bit? Do you need braided or will mono work? What is the best shark for eating?

 Thanks for any info.

You are the bait and the rigging.   

PolePole did some Salmon Shark fishing up in AK, and I'm sure I've read others have fished for shark in California. 
You may want to register with NCKA.com, and get some more intel from them.

Haven't read much on shark fishing in Oregon.  Not sure I'd want to attract the wrong landlord. 

not sure the species, but we had a coupla sharks sighted in Macklyn Cove a few days before we fished it.
 Two years ago a friend was perch fishing from rocks when he heard a lot of splashing behind him....a 5' shark had beached itself apparently chasing perch.
 He dropped the fishing rod and wrestled the shark further up the beach before subduing. He did pass out a lot of meat from the catch, but I never got to try it.
 It must have been legal (?) as he was in Harris Beach State Park with rangers and all, taking pics of his "catch".

not sure what kind of sharks are up this way...not alot from what i understand....i did a bit of shark fishing from shore back in south carolina and florida...we used to literally zip tie a 12-15" mullet to a 12/0 hook...that plus anything that bleeds is good shark bait...sting ray are considered some of the best shark bait around there...we never got any "quality" shark meat because off the shore there u are mostly gonna get bonnet head, black tip, and bulls but we did manage to get a 8 foot bull shark...i really outa dig up the pictures on that...

we ate lots of the bulls and black tip we caught...if cleaned and cooked with some marinade they were actually pretty tasty....sting ray we cooked was better though lol

We catch them alll summer long around here...

In fact, we are having our annual BARF Shark and Cobia Rodea on the 16th of May... 

BARF = Beaufort Area Redfish Flotilla

If like last year, we will catch tons of 3-5' Bonnethead, Atlantic Sharpnose and Blacktip Sharks (The former two are tastier than the Blacktips and Bulls that yesnoo mentioned.)  We also can and do occasionally hook up with larger Bull Sharks, Tiger Sharks, and Lemon Sharks.

The real target of the event is Cobia, which for the last five years have refused to be landed....   

We will get one this year!   

YotF

yakonthefly and yessnoo

thanks your making miss the good fish and restraunts back in SC... i was just thinking about The charleston Crab House and Gilligians..   and some good dolphin and shark... miss my boiled peanuts too

No sharks in the NW that I'd consider decent table far.  Mostly dogfish and a few blues offshore.  Nothing that I get excited about.   

In the Bay Area we get leopards, 7 gills, soupfin, dogfish, smoothhound, an occasional thresher, and some blues offshore.  Some of these are good eats.

-Allen

We had leopard sharks in Humboldt Bay, too. Fun to catch from the jetty.

well as far as bullshark and black tip u really have to marinate lol...there pretty bland otherwise...and you have to eat the smaller ones not the bigger ones

blues are suppost to be really good but i have never tried one

there too far off the coast in the southeast i believe....that and mako are suppost to be really good also

if you go up to edisto any time i can tell you a place that if you fish it at night...i guarentee something will strip all of your line off...i don't care what test line u put on

its happened everytime so far that i have been there (all from land though)

yakonthefly and yessnoo

thanks your making miss the good fish and restraunts back in SC... i was just thinking about The charleston Crab House and Gilligians..   and some good dolphin and shark... miss my boiled peanuts too

Never ate at the Charleston Crab House...  Did eat at a couple of places in Mount Pleasant though...  Great seafood...  Shecrab soup and crabcakes that are wonderful...

They built a Gilligan's here in Beaufort two years ago...  Never ate there..  Yet..  May have to now...  Though not fond of fried fish...  I like mine grilled.

You can have the boiled peanuts...  No thank you..   
 
 I like Virginia styled roasted, Cajun spice Roasted and best of all, Cajun Spiced and deep fried peanuts...    Mmmmmmmmm.

YotF

Not to hijack this topic, but have any of you southern folk ever had crispy flounder? Or, better yet does anyone have a recipe they'd be willing to share?

My Mom & Dad live in SC. The last time we visited we had crispy flounder at a restaurant in Charleston. I think it was on the same street as a farmers market or flea market down near the water front. In fact, I'm almost sure (translation: it's a remote possibility) it was on market street. It stuck in my mind because I thought it was odd that there were two market streets right next to each other...N and S Market Streets (or Main Streets, or ??)

As usual, I digress... so back to the flounder. It was cooked whole, the skin was scored on each side, and they used some sort of sweet marinade. It was soooo good! I've tried to duplicate the dish substituting large bluegill & crappie for the flounder. The results have been... um... interesting... (translation: edible, but just barely)

Regarding shark meat; prior to cooking, do any of you soak the meat in milk for any length of time?

NY...

I dont have a recipe.. you might see if yessnoo might.. or if you can come up with the name of the restraunt look on line and see if they have any recipes.

I know i was taught to use alot of ole bay seasoning and corn meal when i did my catfish frying back there. 


Regarding shark meat; prior to cooking, do any of you soak the meat in milk for any length of time?
   

I always soak my shark in milk and sometimes my others with a different seasonings too.

Seems I read on the Salty Dog board on ifish that there were Salmon Sharks off the OR coast. As I recall, that was some pretty good eats.

Seems I read on the Salty Dog board on ifish that there were Salmon Sharks off the OR coast. As I recall, that was some pretty good eats.

The salmon shark migrate down as far as CA to give birth in the spring before migrating back up to Alaska for the summer.  In late spring and early summer I've heard of reports of finding them in the clearer water offshore, although no one really targets them.  Sometimes the halibut guys off Oregon encounter them on the offshore sports.  The baby ones that wash ashore happen in the summer time.

-Allen

blues are suppost to be really good but i have never tried one

 First I've heard of anyone thinking blues are good table fare.  I know some people that have tried them, but no one has ever told me they are good to eat.   They can be pests when chumming up albacore.  If they come into your chum slick, it's time to move on.  I've caught them in Monterrey bay on the salmon ground not too far off shore.  I know of some people that chum them in the nearer shore water just for the sport of catching them, but no one keeps them to eat.

-Allen