Supersport Loc: Florida's First Coast much love hlr

I've never targeted sharks have caught them on everything from squid mullet apanish mackerel when trying to catch other fish 😂welcome to the Stage and Florida

Corkynewman Loc: Holiday Florida

I love to eat fish as well but i practice catch and release.

Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area

What surprises me is that some folks actually eat shark meat. Sharks don't release their urine out a pee hole, it goes into their bloodstream and that is enough to make me puke

Lowescatfish18 Loc: Wesley Chaple florida

I might be slow on this one why would you want to catch sharks ???? they ruin your fish tackle the hooks are done
they are hard to shake off . the only thing i guess they do give you a good fight. Do you eat them???? I fish out of
Port Richie and i use pinfish to catch fish and some times i do have a shark on the line i bring up to the boat never put them in my boat pull the hook let them go. thats me .





tight lines

cpalbrec Loc: Clearwater, Florida

Go to the docks and check the dumpster or ask the bait shop for a bonita. Whole mullet works too.

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

I was at Skyway South Bridge the last couple of days. No one Fishing was catching much of anything while I was there regardless of tides. The wind was out of the North and weather unsettled. So I did the next useful thing. I picked up old fishing line and trash from from the entrance to the Tackle Snack store on both sides of the Bridge. What a mess! But at least all that line and plastic will not be blown into the water. 2 trash bags full of trash. One plastic bag of old fishing line. 😂😂😎😎😎
I did manage to catch several lizard fish, 3 blue runners, 1 small snapper, 2 pelicans and wrestled with Flipper who stole probably another blue runner while playing tug of war.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Sorry the fishing wasn't great Steve, but thank you for the cleanup. It sucks that we have to do that for others, but it's great that you took the time.

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

You are so right about shark meat and urine. I wouldn’t eat one either.

And that goes for any apex predators in salt or fresh water. Apex predators are at the top of the food chain. As a result they accumulate many toxins and chemicals in their flesh. The larger the fish the more “contaminated it is.

For instance catfish, the guys that clean and eat those 20lb fish and above are eating fish full of fat and full of contamination. Eating the 1-3 pounders taste best and there’s plenty of that size yo consume.

As for saltwater, those that eat lop predators like large tuna, swordfish, striped bass, grouper, snapper and perhaps large mahi mahi (and I’m sure there are plenty of other examples) those fish especially at larger sizes are full of contaminates. I wonder if anyone tests those huge tuba that are caught and endangered for accumulated contaminates?

Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area

You read my mind on that Steve, agree with everything you said. Folks that eat big tuna eat it raw. Can you imagine how much mercury and live parasites they are injesting?

Cichlacat Steve Loc: FL, MO, IL

Yes. And the money they spend on that?

They probably belong to health spas etc.

As we kill the giant fish that are the breeders eventually through genetics the population will contain smaller and smaller specimens as only the smallest will continue to produce offspring.