Shark

We've tried to put together the most important things to remember if you want to catch sharks.

A new study suggests that Florida’s shark fishermen value sustainable fishing but are skeptical of—or outright resistant to—many of the efforts to promote it.

The Shallow Water Monster shark fishing Key West tour with Dream Catcher Chaters

The SHARK FISHING HANDBOOK is designed to provide a basic introduction to shark fishing and orient the new angler to a working body of knowledge.

Welcome to the PREMIER LAND BASED SHARK FISHING SITE IN THE WORLD, with Videos, Fishing Reports, and Hundreds of Active Members.

In this deleted scene, in order to get his shark fishing legs under him, Jeremy Wade embarks on a deep sea shark fishing expedition. It's going to take all his strength to tame this mighty predator: a requiem whaler shark.

A more-than-400-pound tiger shark washed up dead this month north of the Juno Beach Pier with a large hook in its jaw and no outward signs of injury.

Sharks are facing 'the largest crisis of their 420 million year history,' say experts, but a fishing ban is the wrong solution.

Check out the best shark fishing videos. From chasing epic great whites to fishing for sharks from a blimp, fishermen try to catch these monsters on video.

Not many animals have an entire week dedicated to their existence. On this page we are highlighting a variety of shark species native to New York's waters.

Blame - or credit - the later invariably involuntary response on the reptilian part of our brains, that atavistic core hard-wired with basic, instinctive survival skills our ancient ancestors developed to help them avoid becoming a lion's meal or being nailed by a venomous snake. [...] some of the half-dozen or so shark species known to try making a meal of a person - tiger, lemon, bull, hammerhead and even the occasional great white - swim in Texas marine waters. [...] chances of a shark trying to take a bite out of a person swimming or wading in waters along the Texas coast is miniscule. Since 1950, there have been 47 documented "unprovoked" incidents of a shark biting a person in Texas waters. Sharks can be very cooperative for anglers, greedily grabbing a hook baited with a chunk of pogy or squid or cigar minnow soaked on bottom or drifted in a bay, along a jetty, in the beach front surf or around offshore structure. Texas sharks come in all sizes, from sharpnoses and dogfish and bonnetheads that seldom weigh more than 10-15 pounds to the mid-range blacktips and spinners and other that run 40-150 pounds, to the true giants of the shark world, the tigers and hammerheads that can weigh more than 1,000 pounds. [...] anglers can tailor their targets to the tackle they prefer, from light inshore rigs suitable for jetty redfish to the coffee can-size reels and broomstick rods that offshore anglers and surf fishers use to battle sharks far larger than themselves. While most shark populations can handle limited recreational fishing pressure, unregulated fishing, especially heavy commercial harvest, has driven populations of many shark species to dangerous lows. Sharks, as with most top-of-the-food-chain predators, are long-lived creatures that mature slowly and produce relatively few offspring. Because of low shark populations caused mostly by overharvest, state and federal fisheries managers have made 21 species of sharks off limits to any harvest. Texas regulations allow an angler to take only one shark per day and sets a 24-inch minimum length requirement for Atlantic sharpnose, bonnethead and blacktip sharks and a 64-inch minimum for all other legal species.

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

Learn about the size, diet, population, range, behavior and other fascinating facts about sharks.

There are over 400 shark species. Learn about sharks, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.