Shark Fishing on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | 2019

Shark Fishing

Let’s just start off by saying we promote the catch and release of sharks. If you're going to kill one to eat you should consider only keeping one of two species, mako or thresher sharks.

All sharks excrete urine through the skin and ammoniate the flesh with the exception of mako, thresher and great white sharks. These three species actually have a urinary tracks and do not urinate through the skin. Great white sharks are federally protected and are catch and release only.

Other species are edible and you can eat the smaller ones and they are not bad.

Shark fishing goes on all year with a few specific times for a few specific species. While we have all species most of the year, spring is the time for makos as they come close to the shoreline feeding on cobia and tarpon and can be caught surf fishing. Mako sharks in excess of 800lbs have been caught from the surf. The most common sharks we have are black tips, sand bar, tiger, thresher, mako, nurse, bull, gray reef and spinner sharks.