How to catch Sand tiger shark

Sand tiger shark feed in 60–82°F water and bite best at 66–78°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 3 waters; in October they are at their peak in The Southern Outer Banks & Cape Fear.

80 pts · trophy at 84"Feeds 60–82°FBest 66–78°FIn season nowWreckArtificial reefPass / inletBeach / surf

About

The ragged-toothed shark that hangs motionless over the North Carolina wrecks — the one in every aquarium. Slow-growing, two pups at a time, and a prohibited species: never land one.

How to fish it

You don't target them — they find the bottom baits on the wrecks and in the inlets. Cut the leader at the boat and leave it in the water.

What it eats

menhadenbluefishcut bait on the bottom

Live bait for it

Menhaden (pogies)Nose-hooked on a circle hook and free-lined or slow-trolled; cut in chunks for the bottom.

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.

What to fish it with

the sizes that fish it

Leader80–150 lb mono

Hook8/0–16/0

Braid65–150 lb

The rule

not confirmed here

Prohibited — release in the water. Check NOAA HMS and NCDMF.

The current rule →

Where it is, month by month

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South Atlantic

The Lowcountry

The Southern Outer Banks & Cape Fear

The Outer Banks

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