that big one is a sandbar shark. they get big, a 100 pounds or so and you can catch them off the beach at night pretty easily.
there's also a smooth dogfish, without the spines, that looks just like them.
big difference is the teeth. lots of them to be exact.
The spiney dogfish is indangered, so they are very rare around these parts
I took 2 of what I think were smooth dogfish. Both took a 5" jointed Redfin. They both took the plug at night from behind in the curl of the wave . The second one was at least 4 ft long and actually fought well.
Hard to tell with out a picture, but most likely a dog fish. though you never know a brown of that size would have probably been from this year as they are normally litters of 1 to 14 pups and size depends on the size of the female. I don't know of any nurseries in our waters for sandbars. I have caught many dog fish on plugs and even top water over the years so it's not impossible.
Hard to tell with out a picture, but most likely a dog fish. though you never know a brown of that size would have probably been from this year as they are normally litters of 1 to 14 pups and size depends on the size of the female. I don't know of any nurseries in our waters for sandbars. I have caught many dog fish on plugs and even top water over the years so it's not impossible.
Sandbar (Brown) sharks pup in all of the coastal estuaries along the east coat. Usually in June or July. Not saying it was a small brown shark, but it is not impossible.
The spiney dogfish is indangered, so they are very rare around these parts
Yea and boy they just love how the feds did that so they can wreak havoc on the cod and haddock fisheries off the cape... dogfish are thicker then ever up there you can hear them knocking into and off of the hull... endangered my left nut... The feds only did that so the .25 a pound fish they could get money off it to..
Yea and boy they just love how the feds did that so they can wreak havoc on the cod and haddock fisheries off the cape... dogfish are thicker then ever up there you can hear them knocking into and off of the hull... endangered my left nut... The feds only did that so the .25 a pound fish they could get money off it to..
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