After a baby 10" blacktip in the surf, I hooked into something big, lost it, and then landed a 2.5 foot black tip. at IOP this morning. Not huge, but it’s a start!
The little guy was on squid, the bigger one was half a whiting.
Not an expert on Sharks, but I don’t think that one is a Blacktip. Looks like a Sharpnose.
Congrats, it’s better to start out small, and work your way up…
Without seeing the teeth, 99% Atlantic Sharpnose. They are the most common in close. Right now this years pups are everywhere, Nice catch!
Keep puttin’ baits out. More will come!
Yeah definitely a sharpnose and are everywhere right now! That’s the only kind of shark we’ve seen get pulled up on the pier so far.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/species/sharks/rec_shark_id_placard.pdf
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What kind of rig are you using there, just a mono?
Caught this 32" red this morning on my shark rig. Folly beach by the light house. Current was ripping!
Nice catch. Both of them.
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