This weekend we were able to hook up with a couple of sharks. Unfortunately, only one was landed in the boat.
The first shark was a large spinner shark that Nic caught and went psycho slamming into the boat and broke the line. Her shark was approximately 4-5 feet long and super aggressive (almost dangerous)! These sharks can grow to 6-10 feet at maturity, living 10-20 years.
( Sorry No Pics of this one )
Towards the end of the day I hooked into the Blacknose shark which provided an epic battle of Man vs Shark. Obviously, I won!
This shark is easily identifiable by the dark tip on its snout. These sharks are common in the tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic as far north as North Carolina and as far south as southern Brazil, including the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. They frequent coastal waters over beds of seagrass, sandy flats, and shell or coral rubble.
Blacknose sharks have a slender, streamlined body with a long, rounded snout and large eyes. A well-developed flap of skin occurs in front of each nostril, defining the inflow and outflow openings. Twelve to 13 and 11 to 12 tooth rows occur on either side of the upper and lower jaws, respectively, with one or two teeth at the middle. The teeth are triangular and oblique, with serrated edges; the upper teeth are stouter than the lower teeth.
Blacknose sharks are preyed upon by larger sharks, and have been observed to perform an apparent threat display towards encroaching divers or newly introduced members of their species. The display consists of the shark hunching its back, lowering its pectoral fins, gaping its jaws, and swimming with an exaggerated side-to-side motion.
The blacknose shark has never been implicated in an attack on humans. ( YET )
We were able to unhook this guy, take a few pics, and send him back to his business.
Fun shark to catch!
CHEERS!
