Leapard Shark surf fishing. 5/7/10

I went fishing for a couple hours today at New Brighton and caught this on fresh dead sardines and mackerel from yesterday. Released tired but unharmed.

nice dude. fishing the shallows?

Ive reframed from shooting one of those guys in the head more than A handfull of times, how do they taste? ..... Thanks for the pic!

Oh i don't know I let it go. It swam away so i think it will be ok.

i speared a 5 ft leopard one time and bled it immediately, the meat was ok steaked but i would never shoot another because they just do not die even if you cut them in pieces, its freaky, also the one i got was female with 5 unborn babies, i donated those to a school science class, and i dulled 3 knives trying to cut the shark apart. its like cutting sand paper.

never again i say never again!!!!

Beautiful fish!!

Man, you have been out a bunch this week!!

Nice work and thanks for sharing!!

If you see a big guy out there in a tiny little yellow kayak...that's me!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Oh i don't know I let it go. It swam away so i think it will be ok.

Just a heads up - I've been told it's bad for the vertebrae to be lifted by the tail, and the gutsack can spill around inside the body cavity. It might be best to support it with both hands next time...FYI.

they taste excellent  ceviche,  you have to skin it before you try to cut it, 

love fishing for those , bolinas lagoon is my favorite spot to fish for these things , one day i sat there and i went through 2 trays of squid having a ball catching nothing under 40 inches

I love cap on a day like that.  the fishing may stink sometimes (actually a lot) but still an awesome place to hang out.  Thx for the report bambora

didn't think sharks had vertebrae

I believe they do - cartilage of course.

Anyway, I hope I didn't come as seeming like a d***. Just wanted to point it out.
We need to be kind to the small sharks so as not to piss off their larger cousins 

Yeah it is bad for there spines but shark teeth are pretty bad for my hand. This one was stronger and i could feel the muscle was supporting it pretty good. Or course I'm just holding him real quick for the picture.

love fishing for those , bolinas lagoon is my favorite spot to fish for these things , one day i sat there and i went through 2 trays of squid having a ball catching nothing under 40 inches

That's what I'm talking about! That's what it is all about.

I'm sure she gave you a nice fight. Thanks for the report and picture Bam.

Jedmo

didn't think sharks had vertebrae

I believe they do - cartilage of course.

Anyway, I hope I didn't come as seeming like a d***. Just wanted to point it out.
We need to be kind to the small sharks so as not to piss off their larger cousins 

the sprit of jerry is within all of us at some time or another! JP bro