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Shark ID needed please #11694110 06/28/16 08:14 PM
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I'm in Navarre Beach with my brothers and the fishing has been great. We've been catching lots of ladyfish and bluefish in the surf each morning. This morning we hooked up with this little guy, caught on a pompano rig baited with frozen sand fleas. From looking on the Internet, it appears to be a sandbar shark, since it doesn't have the black tips on its fins of a blacktip or spinner. Anyone have a more definitive ID? (Sorry for the quality of the pictures, which I realize are not great. I should note that if another angle is needed, I may be able to grab some stills from the GoPro footage we have.) Thanks.





Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11694167 06/28/16 08:33 PM
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A view of the dorsal fin would be extremely helpful. Round pupil means it's not a silky shark.

You're probably right with the sandbar shark ID.

*edit* on second thought, looks like some white spots on the back. Possibly atlantic sharpnose shark.

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Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11694178 06/28/16 08:36 PM
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This a good enough shot of the dorsal fin? It is about all we got from the short video we shot. We were pretty much done fishing so the chest-mounted GoPros had already been taken off and turned off. Couldn't get the cameras on until the fish was already landed.


Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11694185 06/28/16 08:38 PM
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Yeah, with that dorsal fin my guess is sandbar. Can be really tough to distinguish juveniles of different species.


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Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: Uncle Zeek] #11694196 06/28/16 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted By: Uncle Zeek
Yeah, with that dorsal fin my guess is sandbar. Can be really tough to distinguish juveniles of different species.


That is what I am learning. This is only the third time I've been saltwater fishing and the first time I have targeted anything other than reds or specks. The ladyfish and bluefish are providing plenty of action on topwaters, but it was nice to catch a shark.

Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11696894 06/30/16 03:43 AM
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May be a Lemon Shark

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Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11696951 06/30/16 04:41 AM
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My guess is either a sandbar or a dusky.

Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11696969 06/30/16 05:29 AM
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Hard to tell with a little guy like that. I would say sandbar. I bet that was a good pull either way


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Either way, he's a cutie.

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Texas has a shark I'd guide you can get from tpwd. If it is a sandbar it is a protected shark

Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11735299 07/21/16 11:34 PM
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Sandbar shark peep

Re: Shark ID needed please [Re: McKinneyLonghorn] #11735791 07/22/16 03:57 AM
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Thanks to everyone. We ended up catching three of the sharks the week we were there. We ended up with one on sand fleas, one on red snapper scraps, and one on a cut up cigar minnow. The biggest went 22 inches. All were released after posing for a quick photo.

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Sandbar indeed! Even the small ones put up a good fight on the rod. laugh


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Originally Posted By: dustinmoorman
Sandbar indeed! Even the small ones put up a good fight on the rod. laugh


They were a lot of fun. The first one was caught about 8 a.m., but the remaining two were caught at night. We had to weed through a lot of hardheads to get the two at night, but it was fun. Using the pompano rig we were catching hardheads two at at time, which was a blast.


Here is a report from my trip, which was a blast! http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbt...m_#Post11715998

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