was fishing with my buddy yesterday just outside fire island inlet in 40-60 ft of water. fishing for fluke we got 11 keepers in the boat and a total of 49 fish. most of them were sand sharks which get to be a pain in the a#*. been catching them for many years and always thought they were harmless. yea ok.. i caught a type of sand shark called the spiny dogfish shark which looks exactly like the sandshark except it has dots on it.. well anyway it was a 2 1/2 foot fish and i grabbed it in the gill area to remove the hook and he swung around and nailed me with a tooth on his spine.. my fore arm is still numb and just looked up and found out they are slightly poisonous.. they have no teeth but a sharp spike!!!! i'm stepping on the tail next time!!!!! [/LIST]
If you just beat him senseless, he can't hurt you. hehehe. <br />Hope your okay. How poisonous are they? <br />49 fish is alot. Up here in Canada you can't keep that many in one day. But as well, out here one fish is good enough if you catch a 26lbs salmon. <br />Cheers,<br />Bro Chris...