full moon, and calm flat water went out to sanibel with my family for their first time shark fishing. used a wing of a cownosed ray and dropped it short on my trusty avet and about an hour later hooked about a 6 foot sandbar shark. i reeled it in for awhile to make sure it stayed on the hook then handed it off to my little brother for the hard part when it was in the shallows and pulling good drag.... he had a blast.
i have a question this shark was gut hooked and it pulled out its stomach will the shark survive, does it go back in or is it pretty much dead ive neer gut hooked a shark im a little worried about it
My friend gut hooked a lemon like that, released it and caught it again, sharks are beasts lol, but I guess it all depends on how bad it is.
Just an average fisherman.
Nice going!!!!!!! Some Sharks do that as a defense mechanism and will turn their stomachs inside out on purpose. I think it's called disgorging. The stomach goes back in and there back to normal. That Shark likely survived. Nice Sandbar!!!!!
Awesome for your little brother, nice sandbar! As for the stomach thing, I know National Geographic had a $1million dollar guarantee for a video illustrating a tiger shark regurgitating his stomach in the wild to release all the coral they eat for buoyancy. So, I think there is a chance he will live.
nice shark brendon
nice shark brendon
brendan* dick
BTW that pic of you with your little brother is CLASSIC!!!! That's a Great Pic. Nice going!!!!!
Way to go fellas, nice to see you got your little brother involved in the shark fishing as well.
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I have had Black tips have there guts come out of their mouth like that,
But everytime they swam off fine like nothing was wrong.
Great catch guys.
BTW that pic of you with your little brother is CLASSIC!!!! That's a Great Pic. Nice going!!!!!
thanks its getting framed
Thats a nice fish..looks closer to 6 and a half-7, and I agree..great pictures.
Is he gunna be sharkin with us now?
very nice, before you now it he will be reeling in some big boys.
T H R-----thats a really great pic of you and your younger brother---- 
you and him will talk about this forever----very touching
sonny