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Carcharhinus acronotus

How to catch Blacknose shark in Florida

Blacknose shark feed in 66–90°F water and bite best at 72–86°F.

25 pts · trophy at 40"Feeds 66–90°FBest 72–86°FIn season nowBeach / surfPass / inletArtificial reef

About

A small, fast, four-foot shark with a smudge on the nose, on the beaches and nearshore reefs in the warm months. A blacktip's little cousin on lighter tackle.

How to fish it

A chunk or a pinfish on a 4/0 circle hook and a short wire trace off the beach or over the nearshore reef.

What it eats

cut baitlive pinfishshrimp

Live bait for it

PinfishHooked through the back ahead of the dorsal on a 2/0 to 4/0 circle hook; the small ones free-lined, the big ones on a fish-finder rig.

Finger mulletLip-hooked on a 2/0 to 4/0 circle hook and free-lined, or on a fish-finder rig in the surf. Cut mullet on the bottom for redfish and drum.

Live shrimpUnder a popping cork or free-lined, hooked under the horn on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook; on a jig head for the bottom. The universal inshore bait.