Shark ID help

[MikeFC]

I was able to sneak out before heading back to MD and landed a shark off of Jacksonville Beach, FL. Im nkt sure what type of shark but measured 6' in length. I also caught a Mangrove Snapper, Black and Red Drum, and Whitings. A good trip that made up for my Myrtle Beach trip the week before. Any ideas on what type of shark? The Ascend handled nicely on the ocean.20160708_131924.jpg20160708_131924.jpg

[ronaultmtd]

Not enough detail to tell- could be a lot of species from a tiger, a spinner, sandbar to a silky- need to see the dorsal, snout and tail to get a good Id...if it had a square snout I'd say it was an immature tiger shark

[MikeFC]

I have a good video of it but it doesn't seem like it will download. Thanks.

[ronaultmtd]

NOAA puts out a shark ID booklet that helps you identify sharks- sometimes the slight differences between species makes it difficult to identify the shark in the water- Sandbars have large dorsal fin, spinner sharks seldom exceed six to seven feet in length and have small dorsal fins- they jump and spin when hooked- tigers have big square heads with a long upper tail fin and sometimes faded stripes, but not always, there are at least 9 genius of hammerheads...smooth and scalloped being the most common...I used to be a member of the Virginia Beach Sharkers, served a term as the President of the club..

[MikeFC]

That's awesome. I was actually trying to catch Tarpon.

[MikeFC]

Here's a link to the video if it helps out with the ID.
https://youtu.be/UVurGbnkwdI
Thanks

[ronaultmtd]

Hard to be 100% on this small amount of information, but my initial impression is a young Tiger Shark based on the shot of the tail and dorsal- if I had a good shot of the head I could be 100% sure, but it looks squarish in the few shots of it in deeper water...

[sega]

Idk that's hard to tell. It looks like it has the slim body of a blue shark or a spinner.


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[ronaultmtd]

Nope- not even possible Blue shark- the fins are all wrong- spinner is possible but not likely as the angler would have had the excitement of many leaps, spinning in the air and screaming drag runs...I am 75% convinced it is a young Tiger- can't be positive with seeing the head, but everything else says Tiger...

[Donsail68]

Nope- not even possible Blue shark- the fins are all wrong- spinner is possible but not likely as the angler would have had the excitement of many leaps, spinning in the air and screaming drag runs...I am 75% convinced it is a young Tiger- can't be positive with seeing the head, but everything else says Tiger...

I agree with him. Im 100% sure is not a blue shark. I've caught blues before and they all have noticeable blue colored skin hence the name blue shark.


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[sega]

Nope- not even possible Blue shark- the fins are all wrong- spinner is possible but not likely as the angler would have had the excitement of many leaps, spinning in the air and screaming drag runs...I am 75% convinced it is a young Tiger- can't be positive with seeing the head, but everything else says Tiger...

The eyes would be super dark if it was a tiger. And young tigers have very dark noticeable stripes. That shark has eyes like a spinner or blacktip. Spinners don't always jump. Could be a skinny blacktip. I'm not going to say it 100% is or isn't anything


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[sega]

I agree with him. Im 100% sure is not a blue shark. I've caught blues before and they all have noticeable blue colored skin hence the name blue shark.


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I should have clarified, I wasn't saying it was a blue shark. I was saying it had a long body like a blue shark.


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[ronaultmtd]

Nice Mako in your avatar Donnie...and the most distinctive feature that makes me fairly sure it is a Tiger is the exceptional long upper portion of the tail- and I have tagged more tiger sharks that did not have stripes than did...the fact that it is about 6 feet long tail included says baby Tiger- it was caught fairly close to shore off Florida- Blue sharks like deeper waters- long snout, big pectoral fins like an airplane, and faintly tinged coloration- no way it could have possible have been a blue- dorsal fin is way too small to be a sandbar and it is definitely not a bull shark- too long to be a sharpnose and it definitely isn't a Sand Tiger- silky, maybe but most probably not and it isn't a Dusky...therefore I would safely say it most probably is a baby tiger shark...

[Photocat]

Nope- not even possible Blue shark- the fins are all wrong- spinner is possible but not likely as the angler would have had the excitement of many leaps, spinning in the air and screaming drag runs...I am 75% convinced it is a young Tiger- can't be positive with seeing the head, but everything else says Tiger...

It's not a Tiger. Snout is far to long and pointed, there are 0 markings on the back, fins aren't even close.




With the length of the nose, elongated fins (looking at the video helps a little bit with all the ID points, but it's still hard), the shape of the nose/snout, the pectoral fins are long and pointed.

I think it might be either a Sharpnose or Black-Nose, but without a better view it's hard to tell, and even with a better view it might be really tough still for some sharks.

I can tell you it's not a Black-Tip, White-Tip, Bull, Nurse, any of the Hammerhead family, GW, Tiger, or the Dogfish species.

[Scrumptrelecent]

I'm 99% sure that's a blacktip. The coloring, fins, tail all lead to blacktip. At 45 seconds into the video you get a good look at the white/brown color pattern.