Caught this over weekend wasnt sure what kind of shark and its size. I thought maybe a lemon but buddy said maybe a sand tiger, any help appreciated. The shark was a foot or longer than the 50 inch surf cart so I was guessing 5-6 ft.
I’m not expert on sharks, but I’d go with Lemon as the first and second dorsal fins are fairly similar in size and that’s how I’ve been told to ID Lemons
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Yamaha 150
Lemon for sure
Nice setup you’ve got there.
Very nice catch!!! Looks like i should have met up with you and done some fishing. I PM’d you.
No doubt 100% Lemon Shark(Negaprion brevirostris)
They are everywhere right now!
Thanks for help folks identification not my strong suit. I am also curious about the little critters attached to shark that look like babies-several fell off next to it on beach but are black Ive seen this a few times before they remind me of leaches the way they attach themselves to shark what the hell are they and why do they piggy back on the sharks . Folly fisher I see you used the same penn 8500 for your shark the reel held up great, I just wish the shark had a little more -it seemed strong but didnt produce any real big runs it was almost like he didnt care that someone was reeling him in-would have liked to see him get a little more pissed off.
Remoras probably
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I was going to ask if that was a baby remora in the top pic.
I was diving off of Bimini about 20 years ago, and had the biggest remora I’ve ever seen keep trying to attach itself to me. What kept me worried while I was fighting off the remora was how big the shark had to be that he’d been attached to…
Thanks gentleman, I had to look that one up and have some fascinating info on the remoras or sucker fish. They have a disk on top of there head and attach themselves to there host. The purpose is to eat parasites and “clean the animal” they themselves are not considered a parasite as they dont hurt there host. They also can detach themselves and clean up any scrapes left over when the host eats something else. The sharks dont eat them-not known whether they cant catch or just leave them alone. The sucker fish not only attach themselves to sharks but other large fish and turtles. This is where the cool part comes. Fisherman around the world such as the aborigines from Australia will attach them to fishing line and send them out to attach themseves to turtles and such and gently pull them in and its dinner time -you learn something new every day-appreciate you folks for sharing-thanks.
nice catch!