Sand Tiger Shark

[Billfish715]

Always have a camera handy when you go fishing. No one would believe this Sand Tiger could have been caught on a fluke outfit without having a picture to prove it. I didn't have to explain anything to my wife and family either because they were there with me. We estimated the shark to be between 7-8 feet and over 150 pounds. It took almost 30 minutes to get it to the boat after a tug of war on 20# test Power Pro and 20# test flurocarbon leader on a small Shimano 250 Calcutta. It was hooked in the upper lip outside the gum line. It was carefully released and swam off to look for another meal. A lot had to go right to get it to the boat and it did. If you know where the Manasquan fluke fleet was on Sunday, that's where we were. By the way, the fluke fishing was the best it's been all summer. The reel is in the shop right now getting a new drag assembly.

[Billfish715]

Here's another view of the snaggly toothed sand tiger. I thought Shark Week was over.

[henro]

That's awesome and I'm sure you'll never forget that trip.

[Ttmako]

He/Shew was there Saturday as well.

[torchee]

Saw one caught from the beach in great kills 2 years ago
But not that big....

[Billfish715]

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't more sharks around that area. The water temps have warmed especially at the bottom. Our jigs were warm to the touch when they came up. In addition, there was a lot of bait including squid, small bonito, large snapper blues, mackerel, and bunkers. Those ingredients should ring a dinner bell for those snaggle-toothed critters.

[shrimpman steve]

Sweet!!!!

[jcstriper1]

Very nice! Cool

[Capt. Debbie]

Very cool. A once in a life time hook up. Sweet.

[loosescrews]

We were out Sunday at the mud dump. Hooked one of these about the same size. Got it to the boat pretty quickly. Then 5 min later another one eats my seabass and game on again. This one was much bigger. It never stopped. Broke off after about 20 min.