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Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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A normal person could look at the size of the hook or bait and tell if someone was intentionally fishing for sharks. If you have half of a Mackerel on a big@ss hook, you are fishing for shark.

Yes, there are people who will catch sharks, not fishing for sharks at all.
 

30ABandMan

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Apr 1, 2007
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A normal person could look at the size of the hook or bait and tell if someone was intentionally fishing for sharks. If you have half of a Mackerel on a big@ss hook, you are fishing for shark.

Yes, there are people who will catch sharks, not fishing for sharks at all.


I agree, you never really KNOW what you're going to come up with but you can pretty well guess. The guys I approached has steel leader, bug hooks and a slab of bonito about the width of a deck of cards and 1.5 times as long.

Plus the one said they were doing it.
 

butterbean

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Jun 15, 2006
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and if you have a hunk of mackerel and a big hook you may be shark fishing but I don't think you are breaking the law.....
 

jodiFL

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Jul 28, 2007
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where is the above ordinance from? .... state? county? If they were using bonita that would probably be considered "bloodbaiting" due to that type of fish.
 

wrobert

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Nov 21, 2007
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where is the above ordinance from? .... state? county? If they were using bonita that would probably be considered "bloodbaiting" due to that type of fish.


I think it is all part of the beach activities ordinance. But since it is affecting the habitat of animals and you might hook a turtle I would look for it to be banned soon.
 

John

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Dec 3, 2005
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where is the above ordinance from? .... state? county?

It's from Walton County. I don't think it's unlawful in Bay County and I'm unsure about Okaloosa County. It references INTENTIONAL shark fishing, the way I interpret it.

I don't make the rules, nor am I an enforecement officer.
 

croixbum

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Lady Fish Bait

Would cut up ladyfish be considered shark bait? I guess the big question is are ladyfish legal to use as bait. I know that they give off a lot of blood, some guy on the beach said they could be used for bait.
 

30ABandMan

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Apr 1, 2007
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Yes, they can be used as bait but what are you fishing for? They are boney and a bit bloody. You may be able to strip them for blue fish I guess. I catch everything out there, Pompano, Reds and Skip Jacks on sand fleas. But bait and jigs are good for blue fish.

John and Lynn at Yellow Fin are a great source of face to face fishing info.
 
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