shark id

ivn

Spinner or black tip (I'm thinking it is spinner...)

Nrah

From what I can see, Dogfish, maybe?

conchydong

Looks like the anal fin has a blacktip so it would be a Spinner.



https://youtu.be/dXcFFNx0_g8

WB Drifter

UF is a good source for shark info ....

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sharks/species-profiles/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sharks/id-guide/




"Shark fishing from shore? Be sure to take the Shark-Smart Fishing educational course at MyFWC.com/SharkCourse and get your Shore-based Shark Fishing permit. Both are required when fishing for shark from shore and must be renewed annually."

https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/sharks/

capt louie

Little bills look like that also ?

WB Drifter

Bull sharks use our inshore waters as a nursery and spinner sharks also use inshore waters for a nursery. For a shark that size and at this time of year, a bull would seem likely. That's a guess based on the size, shape and placement of the dorsal fin.


bull shark ....
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2017/05/Carcharhinus-leucas-diagram.jpg

spinner shark ....
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2017/05/Carcharhinus-brevipinna-diagram.jpg

Doc Stressor

I hate IDing fish from pictures.  But that is likely a juvenile spinner. Juvenile bull sharks have a broad-shouldered body form just like adults and they don't have dark tips on the pectoral or ventral fins. 

ivn

WB Drifter said:

UF is a good source for shark info ....

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sharks/species-profiles/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sharks/id-guide/




"Shark fishing from shore? Be sure to take the Shark-Smart Fishing educational course at MyFWC.com/SharkCourse and get your Shore-based Shark Fishing permit. Both are required when fishing for shark from shore and must be renewed annually."

https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/sharks/

Yes, I've taken the FWC course and remember the bit about "black on all the tips means it isn't a blacktip", hence my thought of spinner and why I released it.

Problem is I can see my phone screen well enough to actually look up and confirm while I'm there on the pier.

WB Drifter

Doc Stressor said:

I hate IDing fish from pictures.  But that is likely a juvenile spinner. Juvenile bull sharks have a broad-shouldered body form just like adults and they don't have dark tips on the pectoral or ventral fins. 

Hey Lee,

Good to have you back home.

With the way populations are migrating to adapt to changes in the environment you're probably right. I never caught a spinner that small in our area, but that doesn't mean they aren't birthing around here.

I did see UF sampling sharks out in the bay back in 2008 ....

.... https://www.stm460.net//wbdfishin/wbdrpts/wbdrpts2008/wb082708/wb082708_rpt.html

I emailed George Burgess to see what they were doing and got the following back ....

"That indeed was our FPSR boat - we have been monitoring the shark populations in the eastern Gulf for a while in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service.  We sample using gillnets and tag and release the sharks - bycatch bony fishes are released alive as well.  We have a small bit of bycatch mortality (our gillnet set times are intentionally short to allow us to get stuff back alive), mostly non-game species such catfish.  By using the same gear and set times throughout the Gulf we are able to get a handle on the population status of sharks, which I'm sure you know have been over-fished."

tankered

Pffft. 

What isn't "overfished" according to the "experts"?

I have a real hard time believing that sharks such as blacktips, spinners, etc. are overfished in the gulf. Or anywhere along our coasts. 

Salty Dawg44

I agree with it being a small Spinner. Even a newborn Bull would not have a pointed nose. I released 4 one night fishing for Mangroves in a spring hole in the barge canal