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shark fishing!

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sixshooter4

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Hey boys,
So I have been spear fishing for a few years now and I have a question that im sure has come up in the past but I would like to ask again. (admin feel free to delete thread and direct me in the right direction if you feel the need)
Shark hunting!
I have been in numerous situations when I had a 5-8 foot black tip (YUM!) at close range where I was extremely tempted to take a shot. I know that hunting such a large fish can be dangerous especially one that is known to attack divers but I always hunt with groups and have about a 3 ½ minute breath hold. I am confident I can tackle the beast if I had the right information. So I am asking the following.
1) Are there other species that are known to be good eating?
2) Where is the best place to stick him? where is the stone shot located on a shark? a place the shaft wont rip out?
3) Is there a special rig I should use for such a kill? Float line and buoys I assume?
4) For the many of you with years of experience on me, do you have any other tips or pointers?

thanks for the help :friday
 
Mako = tasty
Sharks = big fish, very strong, will destroy your gear and are a complete bitch to kill.
Advice: don't do it unless the sharks wants to eat you. They are not worth the effort and there chinese are slaughtering them at such a rate there will soon be very few of them left.
 
We don't get many sharks where I am. Having said that it does seem world wide to be a bit taboo to shoot them. Porbeagles are our local shark and they are good eating. In Australia they call shark meat "flake" and it is supposed to be one of the best eating fish.

I guess if you were going to shoot a shark it would need to be one of the smaller ones, one that tasted good and one that was not an endangered species. If these 3 conditions apply then why not?

Dave.
 
there is almost tan over abundance of black tip sharks here in the gulf, they are all smaller in size but the sharks that sit right at 5ft taste the best and have enough meat to make all the work of skinning and cleaning it worth it. I have eaten many sharks all of which where caught on rod and reel and like I said I am just really intrigued and interested in taking one with a spear.

besides I cant stop dreaming about fresh grilled shark steaks MMMMmmmmmm :inlove
 
Shark meat has a high level of mercury. Not the best idea.

I suffered from mercury poisoning as a kid.
 
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