eating shark
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2014-03-08 15:54
hi guys, i want to start catching sharks and i might keep a few gummy sharks or black tips and i was wondering what do i do as soon as i catch it. Bleed it, put it on ice ect.
carnarvonite
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Clean it
The quicker you clean it and get it on ice the better the result.
You have to get the innards out as soon as possible especially the brown strip along the spine under the guts and the little canal that runs down to the tail from the gut cavity.
Just cutting the fins off does nothing except get rid of something to hang on to when cleaning it.
If done quickly enough, there is no need to bleed it and make a mess everywhere
troy fuller
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I rate gummys my favourite
I rate gummys my favourite fish to eat
shits over anything else
Davenay
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What's the max size you can
What's the max size you can eat? I love shark and was told not longer than 1.5 m. Longer than that the taste changes.
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I like Mako
and Nurse both very good on the chew
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Size limits on all shark is..
Start at the front of the main dorsal then measure back to the insertion of the second dorsal [ start of the back part of dorsal ] This must not exceed 700mm.
Auslobster
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Is that...
...ALL shark, coz the last time I checked the regs, that 700mm dorsal measurement only applied to whalers...makos, hammerheads, nurses, gummies (have to be a monster of a gummy!) and I think even tigers would be exempt...at a guess, the most likely whalers we'd see locally would be bronzies, thickskins/sandbars, blacktips, and bulls...
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You can take shark
at the above measurement and under but not over. I think Nurse Whites and Whale Sharks are the exception
new age
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A couple mention nurse
A couple mention nurse sharks I thought they were protected?
axey45
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They are protected, grey
They are protected, grey nurses, wobbies would be the best eating shark along with gummies.
carnarvonite
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Grey Nurses
Grey nurses are protected but tawny nurses are allowed to be taken
The bigger a wobby / carpet shark is the better its eating quality, small ones are tough and hard to fillet where as a big one is simple once you get rid of the breast bone and arse bone.
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Cooked up Gummy Thai curry
Cooked up Gummy Thai curry on Fri night mmmm mmmm I had to fight the boys off for the left overs.
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Just ran out of wobby,
Just ran out of wobby, caught two 20 pounders jan.
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Guts out, fins head and tail
Guts out, fins head and tail off. Then tie to boat and soak in seawater over the side to leach the shark smell (amonia?) That last part was an old italian trick, done my last bronzie that way and he came up delicious!
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thankyou
thankyou