Recent content by thesharkymarinebiologist

Yes they're mega fast at that size and age! Cute little guys :) and thank you!!

Just to be clear, I LOVE sharks and research them and do not fish for them to kill them. I was hoping to talk to someone that does catch them off a pier for a conservation project of mine and to then release the small sharks I was looking for alive. I'm glad to hear you stopped fishing for...

nope, graduated and working on publishing a paper. I've seen some that are 6-8 in in wingspan (i don't have a ruler with me when i freedive and it's hard to get an exact measurement haha.) My post meant to say around 6 in or so. Baby bat rays, Myliobatis californica specifically, have a disc...

Hey Ken! Ya bat rays come into very shallow waters in the summer time (they come to give birth!). I see them all the time while freediving, but was wondering if catching small ones and baby to juvenile swell or leopard sharks is common off of our piers. Thanks! :)

Hello! I'm wondering if anyone frequently catches small (6 in. wingspan) baby bat rays and/or baby swell or leopard sharks off of any of the local piers in San Diego county? Please send me a message!