Are Lemon Shark edible ? If so how do you cook >?
Raymond Adams
2003 Sea Fox 195 Bayfisher
Importance to Humans
The lemon shark is targeted by commercial and recreational fishermen along the US Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The US bottom longline fishery commonly targets this species and it is also caught as by-catch in both pelagic and gillnet fisheries. Their fins are highly prized and exported to Asia for shark fin soup. Their skin may be used for leather and their meat can also be consumed, all of which make this shark very marketable. There is some concern that populations in the western north Atlantic and eastern Pacific Ocean are declining due to over-fishing
Unless someone else on here can comment on how they are as far as table fare goes, I’d let them go. If you want shark go for a mako or thresher. Even, better would be to hold off for a few months then load up on more dolphin than you know what to do with.
26 Seahunt
Angler’s Dream
From all I’ve heard they aren’t bad. Like most, they have to be bled immediately. Otherwise, you’re gonna find out what old urine taste like. I haven’t tried a Lemon, in particular, but I use the same recipe for all. Marinade the steaks for 30min - hour in a sweet teriyaki sauce (found this on the www a while back) then grill em’ up:
2/3 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
1 cup soy sauce
4 1/2 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
1/3 cup white sugar
7 cloves garlic, minced
1 tblsp minced fresh ginger
1 dash red pepper flakes
1 tsp black pepper
Works for me and everyone seemed to like it. I think that teriyaki helps to mask that off taste I think all sharks have. Personally…I try to avoid them. Not a big fan, but have brought some in by request. Don’t forget you have to land them (bring them to the landing) with the heads “naturally attached”. Made that mistake once back in the day before I read the DNR rule.
Key West 196;150 Yammie
Life Is Good…Gotta Love It!!!
ive tried lemon shark before and it was great fresh (bleed and gut it immediately), but started to go downhill as it was in the freezer for longer than a month or so. if you want to keep sharks, bonnetheads are always a good go and come may cast a chunk of mullet just past the breakers and you will be able to choose from countless atlantic sharpnose, which i also found to be good eating. as for bigger sharks, at least in my opinion blacktip tasted better than lemon and out of what ive had personally lasts longer in the freezer. when it comes to cooking, shark meat is mild flavored, heavier meat and is good grilled (my favorite), baked, broiled, smoked, or fried. a couple years ago i bought blacktip tacos with homemade mango salsa to one of the cf oyster roasts and were one of the first things to disappear. any questions feel free to pm me as well.
I’ve never had shark that I thought was “good”. I’d rather eat a whiting.
Sharks and I have an agreement that works well so far. I don’t eat them and they don’t eat me 
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
I’ve never pulled a bonnethead or sharpnose in the boat that didn’t stink so bad it immediately went back 
Thanks everyone for the comments. My wife picked up a couple small Lemon steaks and she used house of autry seafood breader and fried them. They were not bad at all. But the oysters we steamed up along side of them were better.
Raymond Adams
2003 Sea Fox 195 Bayfisher
quote:
Originally posted by JordanOnaYakUnless someone else on here can comment on how they are as far as table fare goes, I’d let them go. If you want shark go for a mako or thresher. Even, better would be to hold off for a few months then load up on more dolphin than you know what to do with.
26 Seahunt
Angler’s Dream
Going from Lemon to Mako, is like going from Mudfish to Walleye.
The key to great tasting shark is the initial prep.
Yak, is there really such a thing as having more Dolphin than you know what to do with?
I fished for sharks my first couple summers home from college before I decided crabbing all day and running longlines all night was too much work. We caught atleast one lemon a set and usually saw them in pairs but it was one of the Only big sharks that was easy to sell. I hate eating sharks but the markets I sold them too seemed to love them. I also don’t believe that there is any shortage or overfishing, especially in the southeast US, of any type of sharks including the very marketable lemon shark. My 2 pennies
Yeah…If Sharks are overfished in this country, then I would hate to have seen it before.