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Funky_bunker
New member
Username: Funky_bunker
Post Number: 6
Registered: 12-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 07:01 pm: | 
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How do you, SAFELY, release a 6ft. shark in the surf??? I and my grandsons are plaining a over-nighter next weekend. I have the equipment and some knowledge on how to catch them but do not know how to ,safely, release them. Will some of you guys help me out????
Thanks Bob |
More_ice
Advanced member
Username: More_ice
Post Number: 420
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 10:49 pm: |
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Get him back in the water ASAP! Face first is preferred...so he goes about his merry way to deeper water.
Common sense....get him back ASAP and think how he would like to be released....if you were him...so to speak!
Always watch the tail!!! They can get down right nasty with that tail!
"If it ain't broke....take it apart and put it back together and have lots of left over parts".
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Jjmorrissiey
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Username: Jjmorrissiey
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 10:13 am: |
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I have recently started some shark fishing from the beach myself using boat tackle and kayak and recently caught a 6 foot Sand Tiger and a couple of others. I am alone or with my 12 year old son so I have to handle the shark while my son handles the tackle. I use a heavy duty gaff I made to hook it in the bottom jaw to bring it on the beach. Then to release it I do just as More ice said, I try to push it in the surf head first. It usually takes a couple of waves before they regain enough consciousness to take off back to the deep.
have a good time!
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Halfhitch
Senior member
Username: Halfhitch
Post Number: 1422
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 03:33 pm: |
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CHOOOOO! CHOOOO! |
Jay
Board Administrator
Username: Jay
Post Number: 5305
Registered: 05-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 05:07 pm: |
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Mark,
Your a hoot.
Jay
Jay Little, Board Administrator
admin@saltfish.net
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Ridgerunner
Founding member
Username: Ridgerunner
Post Number: 1065
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 08:53 pm: |
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So...why can't we just sacrifice a hook and a few inches of leader and not bring them ashore?
No objection to catching whatsoever..just asking?
Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to release a monster buck or bear if it were possible? |
Tarpon1
Intermediate member
Username: Tarpon1
Post Number: 376
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 06:59 am: |
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That is what I say Don. Keep them in the wash, it is easier to release them and is not so hard on the shark. You will not get the pics of the mouth wide open but I am not sure why all sharkers must do that pic while straddling the shark. I only go with help if I am going to beach the shark, otherwise it gets the hook and I get my fingers and toes.
Rick |
Bucktailbob
Senior member
Username: Bucktailbob
Post Number: 3993
Registered: 12-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 09:07 pm: |
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Ridgerunner wrote on Friday July 16 2010 - 08:53 pm:Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to release a monster buck or bear if it were possible
Paint balls !
Fishing is a matter of opinion
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Tarpon1
Intermediate member
Username: Tarpon1
Post Number: 377
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 06:28 am: |
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Bob, they do that for Elk out west. They only give so many permits so the hunters use a vidio camera and a paintball to shoot the elk when they do not get a permit. They have a funny name for the acivity.
Rick |
Gofish1
Intermediate member
Username: Gofish1
Post Number: 368
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:10 am: |
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Some tarpon are released along side the boat in the water... but some are just a life time catch and are pulled out of the water for a few pics then released. They may not be straddled but what's the real difference. It sounds like the shark was a life time catch and swam away in the end.
BTW....not my picture.... |
Bucktailbob
Senior member
Username: Bucktailbob
Post Number: 4003
Registered: 12-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:00 pm: |
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Personally I don`t agree with gaffing fish unless you know for sure they are to be harvested.I see it at the IR rocks and it just doesn`t fit the category of a proper catch and release IMO.And when people "boomarang" them back to the water its hard to be quiet. Just the way I see it.
BB
Fishing is a matter of opinion
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Chris311
Senior member
Username: Chris311
Post Number: 1376
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:04 pm: |
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Gofish is that an older picture? In Florida waters its illegal to pull Tarpon out of the water any more.
I would just cut the leader and be done, unless its a 4 foot black tip than thats going home for the grill...LOL!!
(Message edited by chris311 on July 22, 2010)
Relax, Smile, Wet a Line and Have a Cold One!!
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Five4fighting
Senior member
Username: Five4fighting
Post Number: 1254
Registered: 08-2004
Fish hard or go home
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:27 pm: |
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Halfhitch wrote on Friday July 16 2010 - 03:33 pm:CHOOOOO! CHOOOO!
LMAO!!! What ever happened to that guy from the Cafe Local???
RIP SOME LIPS
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