Doesn’t look like a bull shark. Nose is too pointy.
17.5 Searay
“Colman said it looked like the shark got stuck between the beach and a sandbar as the tide went out”
If this were the case, that would have to be a really stupid shark…
It’s a blacktip or spinner. Can’t see it very clearly but 100% not a bull shark.
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looks like a BT to me and some of the comments are pretty amusing. saw 1 that said it was an atlantic sharpnose even tho the story said 5-6 feet long. perhaps that guy was wrong?
Yep my comment was a sharp nose it’s got every characteristic of one . Who knows might of been a world record one left high and dry . But the news said 5-6’ don’t look it to me but again they also said a bull shark . Talk about the hardiest species to identify ! There are so many that look the same !
19’ Cobia bay
Definitely not a sharpnose. Seems too have a complete lack of the body side light colored blotches, and the body is far too hefty. Sharpnose are longer and more slender.
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It’s 100% a black tip… And I imagine it was either sick from parasites or had been fatigued by an angler recently… Sharks are like a well tuned machine I don’t think it just got trapped out of stupidity.
I really hope that is not the one I caught and released from iop’s beach on Tuesday around 2:30pm. I went Tuesday afternoon and did quite well. Tons of whiting and a solid black tip that was about 5 ft. Caught it on a live whiting, Penn battle 5000 and circle hook. Landed mine in about ten minutes, snapped a few pics and it swam off with no issues. It’s in a close proximity to where mine was released. I’d feel bad if it didn’t make it. I’d say the one I released was about sixty pounds. I hope mine made it. I have pics but can’t post them for some reason otherwise I’d put them up.
I really hope that is not the one I caught and released from iop’s beach on Tuesday around 2:30pm. I went Tuesday afternoon and did quite well. Tons of whiting and a solid black tip that was about 5 ft. Caught it on a live whiting, Penn battle 5000 and circle hook. Landed mine in about ten minutes, snapped a few pics and it swam off with no issues. It’s in a close proximity to where mine was released. I’d feel bad if it didn’t make it. I’d say the one I released was about sixty pounds. I hope mine made it. I have pics but can’t post them for some reason otherwise I’d put them up.
As we know from previous posts i’m not a shark ID expert, but definitely not a bull shark. Wonder why DNR wasn’t interested in checking it out ? too busy ?
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