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Carcharhinus isodon

How to catch Finetooth shark in Florida

Finetooth shark feed in 68–90°F water and bite best at 74–86°F.

20 pts · trophy at 48"Feeds 68–90°FBest 74–86°FIn season nowBeach / surfPass / inletChannel edge

About

A slim, fast, five-foot shark of the beaches and the bays in the warm months, in schools chasing the menhaden, and the one most often mistaken for a blacktip on the pier.

How to fish it

A live pogy or a chunk off the beach or the pier on a 5/0 circle hook and a short wire trace.

What it eats

live menhaden and mulletcut bait

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.

Cut ladyfishA whole ladyfish or a head on a 9/0 circle hook and wire for sharks; chunks on the bottom for redfish and drum. The best shark bait in Florida.