Best to worst sharks to eat???

I liked reading the old thread.

I read old threads a lot. Probably more than anyone else judging by the forum statistics page. Many of them are missing the original pictures but dang it, there is some really great stuff.

I liked reading the old thread.

I read old threads a lot. Probably more than anyone else judging by the forum statistics page. Many of them are missing the original pictures but dang it, there is some really great stuff.

+1.  I use the Search feature often to find all sorts of useful information.  There is literally years and years of useful info to be found in the NCKA archives, everything from tackle tips to old fishing reports.

As to the shark thing, I've only had three kinds: thresher, leopard, and spiny dogfish.  Thresher is by far my favorite of the three, and is arguably one of my favorite fish to eat.  Leopard shark is pretty good.  And spiny dogfish can be surprisingly good too.  In addition to bleeding and cutting away any dark meat, I will soak the latter two sharks in whole milk in the fridge overnight to draw out any lingering "off" taste.  This ensures that you'll get a quality product.  If you forego the soaking, you run the risk of cooking up an inferior product if you didn't get all the blood out of the shark.

I've even tried brown smooth hound. One day I couldn't keep'em off the hook so I kept a couple big ones. Not much meat by the time you fillet, skin and get rid of the red meat. Did the whole milk thing then smoked. Turned out as good as any white fish.  Only did it once tho.  Even for and old man like me the mercury content of bay caught sharks makes me cautious. Definitely more fun to catch than eat.

I'd only consider keeping thresher, mako, soupfin, and leopard sharks.

Who is TomB?

There's a leopard ceviche recipe in The Seaforager's Guide.

Mako, thresher, leopard. Leopards broiled up make good fish tacos