Newbie here who needs a little help

HaimeB · 08-24-2006, 10:46 AM

Hi everyone. We were out last night celebrating a good friends birthday by swording on his boat. No hits until almost midnight when the tip rod started singing. By the way the fish was taking drag and constantly struggling to get to the depth it came from, we were pretty certain we had a swordie on. 3 hours into the fight (on a Penn 50 SVW packed with 50-lb test) we see our lights. Is the fish going to succumb to us now? No! A few more runs and the fish was done! To our dismay, the fish we had been fighting was not a swordie, but a shark, my guess, around 8 feet long and a couple hundred pounds.

Here's the question: What kind of shark did we land? Best description (and bummer, no picture). Mid length tail (like 1/2 a thresher tail), was a golden color with a white belly, a rather pointy nose, not blunt (like a bull shark for example) and had cerrated teeth. We ruled out Mako due to body color, teeth, and dorsal.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and tight lines, my friends.

reelrick · 08-25-2006, 08:44 AM

Hard to say without photos and more info as to where you were, etc. My best guess would be that it was a Silky, Carcharhinus falciformis if it was that color and you were in relatively deep water...the key to silkys is that the second dorsal's trailing edge is longer than the fin's heighth.

CORMORANT_89 · 09-06-2006, 06:32 PM

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Lemon shark or maybe some type of whaler. Could have been deepsea.

OkeeArt · 09-14-2006, 07:11 PM

please post that as an image that is alot of copy and paste there.

Indian Angler · 09-21-2006, 07:33 AM

http://sharks.50webs.com/images/im027.jpg

bill · 10-24-2006, 02:00 PM

Sounds like a Cuban night shark. They're found in deep water, have long noses, and can have a little bit of a goldish color between they're backs and bellies. The tail you described seems long though and I don't know what their teeth are like. Still, I'm pretty sure that's what you got. An 8 footer is a nice one.

DIRTYFOOT2 · 10-30-2006, 03:16 PM

LEMON? :-k Be careful, a bunch of species of sharks are on the FWC's no take list. If you can't ID it you may want to release it. My .02
DF2

Apex Predator · 12-02-2006, 08:50 AM

Lemons are real push overs. Even the biggest ones can be boated in less than an hour on 50# tackle. Surely something else. Need photos to ID.

08-24-2006, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
HaimeB Grunt Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Newbie here who needs a little help Hi everyone. We were out last night celebrating a good friends birthday by swording on his boat. No hits until almost midnight when the tip rod started singing. By the way the fish was taking drag and constantly struggling to get to the depth it came from, we were pretty certain we had a swordie on. 3 hours into the fight (on a Penn 50 SVW packed with 50-lb test) we see our lights. Is the fish going to succumb to us now? No! A few more runs and the fish was done! To our dismay, the fish we had been fighting was not a swordie, but a shark, my guess, around 8 feet long and a couple hundred pounds. Here's the question: What kind of shark did we land? Best description (and bummer, no picture). Mid length tail (like 1/2 a thresher tail), was a golden color with a white belly, a rather pointy nose, not blunt (like a bull shark for example) and had cerrated teeth. We ruled out Mako due to body color, teeth, and dorsal. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and tight lines, my friends.

09-14-2006, 07:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
OkeeArt Grunt Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida Boat: Fishing Occupation: Software Posts: 14	please post that as an image that is alot of copy and paste there. __________________ OkeeArt The Art of Fishing Lake Okeechobee http://www.okeeart.com

10-30-2006, 03:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	LEMON? :-k Be careful, a bunch of species of sharks are on the FWC's no take list. If you can't ID it you may want to release it. My .02 DF2 __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

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