New Personal Best - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Iceman · 02-14-2011, 08:01 PM

Soupfin? or smoothhound? if the latter that is a big one.....another man's shark always weighs less

.......man it looked shhhhhweet out there.

GregAndrew · 02-14-2011, 08:10 PM

Gorgeous day out there till right before we got off the water at about 2ish, and even then not bad. I will have to check out soupfin. I just looked on the DFG site real quick and picked the one that looked most like what I saw.

deepdvr · 02-14-2011, 08:31 PM

That sucker looks like the same tiburon I caught 2 weeks ago. Did he have a nice sore in the left corner of his mouth? If so, that boy just won't learn.

I'm thinking soupfin as well....but then again I'm no expert.

I was pretty stoked pulling on that thing as its been 5 months since I've caught anything, until it came to color.

GregAndrew · 02-14-2011, 08:45 PM

Direct from the horses mouth:
The brown and other smoothhounds can be distinguished from the soupfin shark since their second dorsal fins originate well in advance of the beginning of the anal fin; while in the soupfin, the second dorsal begins behind the origin of the anal fin.

Funny that this is the only mention of the Soupfin in the fish identification section, and no pics. But after viewing again I can clearly see that the fins start about the same location so Soupfin it is.

GregAndrew · 02-14-2011, 08:48 PM

I did not notice any other piercings on the fish I caught, but I read something about them hanging in group of up to 10 or 20. My 2 friends were both hooked up minutes prior to me but were busted and/or bit off.

sterling · 02-14-2011, 09:07 PM

On the weight I'd guess in the 20 lbs class. The tappering (long) body like the Dorado can make it look heavier that it is. IMO.

jorluivil · 02-14-2011, 10:07 PM

Just curious.....what did you think you had on the other end before you saw some color.

02-14-2011, 08:01 PM	#1
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	Soupfin? or smoothhound? if the latter that is a big one.....another man's shark always weighs less .......man it looked shhhhhweet out there. __________________

02-14-2011, 08:10 PM	#2
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Gorgeous day out there till right before we got off the water at about 2ish, and even then not bad. I will have to check out soupfin. I just looked on the DFG site real quick and picked the one that looked most like what I saw.

02-14-2011, 08:31 PM	#3
deepdvr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 591	That sucker looks like the same tiburon I caught 2 weeks ago. Did he have a nice sore in the left corner of his mouth? If so, that boy just won't learn. I'm thinking soupfin as well....but then again I'm no expert. I was pretty stoked pulling on that thing as its been 5 months since I've caught anything, until it came to color.

02-14-2011, 08:45 PM	#4
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Direct from the horses mouth: The brown and other smoothhounds can be distinguished from the soupfin shark since their second dorsal fins originate well in advance of the beginning of the anal fin; while in the soupfin, the second dorsal begins behind the origin of the anal fin. Funny that this is the only mention of the Soupfin in the fish identification section, and no pics. But after viewing again I can clearly see that the fins start about the same location so Soupfin it is.

02-14-2011, 08:48 PM	#5
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	I did not notice any other piercings on the fish I caught, but I read something about them hanging in group of up to 10 or 20. My 2 friends were both hooked up minutes prior to me but were busted and/or bit off.

02-14-2011, 09:07 PM	#6
sterling Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 118	On the weight I'd guess in the 20 lbs class. The tappering (long) body like the Dorado can make it look heavier that it is. IMO.

02-14-2011, 10:07 PM	#7
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	Just curious.....what did you think you had on the other end before you saw some color.