Just fishing in the sound during cold water times can offer some strange bite opportunities! During this time of the year we catch inshore and offshore cold water sharks. And they are the strangest looking sharks that I have ever seen. They are called smooth dog fish and spiny dog fish. I call them “grand pa and grand ma” sharks. Here’s what I would call a “grand ma” shark, (left photo) because it looks like she had misplaced her dentures! Please know that we release all of these sharks back to the wild! This is a male tail of a spiny dog fish (cold water shark.) (right photo) Not only does this shark have a spine in the last dorsal, but they also have one in front on its main dorsal fin. Unfortunately, when you grab this shark by the head it has the ability to kind of wrap around your arm. And this would not be a good thing, because the spines might jab you. As you can see they look very strong. So please beware! We catch these sharks while plain old bottom fishing in the sound with small pieces of squid and shrimp. They are fun to catch on light tackle and as you can see make on heck of a conversation piece!
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:07:00 +0000
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