How to catch Spinner shark

Spinner shark feed in 68–90°F water and bite best at 74–86°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 11 waters; in October they are at their peak in The Space Coast Lagoons.

60 pts · trophy at 66"Feeds 68–90°FBest 74–86°FIn season nowBeach / surfPass / inletArtificial reef

About

The blacktip's bigger, higher-jumping twin: the shark that corkscrews ten feet out of the water on the beaches in spring, chasing the mullet and the bait pods.

How to fish it

Same as the blacktip — a big live bait on the beach — and hold on when it goes airborne.

What it eats

live mullet and ladyfishcut bonitobluefish

Live bait for it

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.

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

Blue runners (hardtails)Nose-hooked and slow-trolled on a wire stinger rig for kings; bridled for sailfish and cobia.

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.