Leapard Shark surf fishing. 5/7/10

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

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
 

I do not eat shark, they do not eat me... Good fun though, C & R. Is it true that they urinate through there skin? If so, got to bleed asap, I'd think.

Nothing boring about Bat Rays either.

Bkayaking

PS- the good news, lot's of other options right now. Need winds to come down...

They do kinda. The urea in there blood turns to ammonia after they die. I hear if you don't bleed them right away you get crunchy ammonia crystals int he meat but if you do it is ok. I also her that if you marinate the meat in milk the lactic acid breaks down the ammonia. Go figure. So if you bleed them right away and marinade the meat in milk then it should be good to eat and hear it is underrated. It is such a beautiful animal though. It also has a low fecundity making it vulnerable to overfishing. Furthermore the biggest reason i don't eat them is they likely have accumulated much mercury, lead, and pcb's. I also don't eat stripers for the same reason.

   I have always had good luck using long plyers witht getting the hooks out while they are in the water.  Of course when you are on he beach this means getting pretty wet and a lot harder to get a cool picture, but I personally would never lift anything that I was releasing like that.  I don't think their bodies are set up for it, they live in just about zero gravity so that must be something else for them!  Must have been a fun fight?   I love catching and give upmost respect to their mean uncles.  J