Salmon Sharks

[SomeSailor]

Never actually seen a Salmon Shark caught. Hard to imagine these bad boys are in the Sound :)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d61/NRick/WillbyShark.jpg

[Go Aweigh2452]

Looks a little like a Mako but I think we called Salmon shark... Bluedogs on the East coast...

[SomeSailor]

Nope... it's a salmon shark.

Says thay are the same family as the Mako without the snaggle-teeth. Supposed to be good eating. We ate lots of Mako out in Diego Garcia. I'd bet they steak out pretty nicely. :)

The Bulldogs are here too... they're the six-gill sharks you see in the WDFW regs. I don't think salmon sharks get as big as those.

[bradvo]

So where was the above shark caught?

[SomeSailor]

That guy's fishing up in Prince William Sound for them. I guess they're pretty decent fishing. Hopefully they're not taking huge numbers of them and eating what they catch.

[Randygh]

Is shark meat good tasting? How is it prepared?

[pkrogh]

Nothin' better that bbq shark steaks!! Unless it's salmon.

Pete

[SomeSailor]

Is shark meat good tasting? How is it prepared?

Usually grilled. Nothing better than a shark or swordfish steak in my opinion. Was talking to a friend at work one day and he mentioned that most of the fish & chips in England (he's a british guy), were actually dogfish and cod.

I kept a dogfish and filet him out. Tasted pretty good. Found out later though they're not recommended for human consumption around here. Too many pollutants :(

We used to catch sharks in the Indian Ocean for eating. Thrasher had the best meat, but we've eaten Mako and even small Tigers. No shortage of them out there. :)

[bradvo]

by the looks of the fish, it looks like it died happy, maybe he got a bite in before the croak.

[beyond kelp]

Saw a show that said it was a close relative of the great white. You can really see the similarity when you see it swimming. :shock:

[SomeSailor]

Never seen one before these pictures that I can recall. Pretty impressive fish. :)