I was in a bind once and live lined dogfish babies, just happened to hook a pregnant one. They must have been just about ready to be released into the ocean because they came out swimming. Not sure if this one was in the early stages of pregnancy. Pretty gross no matter how you look at it though.
yeah when you dog fish your boats filled with the little babies that are alive and they have yellow yolk sacs attacked to them... It takes them up to 2 years for them to be released from the shark...
Spiny Dogfish
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Interesting. Thanks for the info. Never really looked into but when you have streaking fish under the boat you have to do what you have to do. Oh and live baby dogs is just a recipe to catch another grown up dog, I guess they eat there own.
Seagulls are a big fan also... There's actually a concern about them being over fished (crazy/who cares) because of how long they take to give birth and how long it takes them to become sexually mature. I personally hope I get close to 80,000 lbs this summer but we will see. can't stand dog fish.
Dogfish is probably one of the most utilized species of fish when it comes to processing. I had a fish biz for awhile and one of my salesmen used to work for Seatrade.
The Dogfish backs go to England. The belly flaps to Germany. Chinese like the fins and egg yolks. The skin can go to Korea for wallets.
When you buy those "Sharklage" pills for cancer in the vitamin store or in the back of National Enqiurer, it is ground up dogfish cartilage. Stuff is big money because they have to cook it at low temps to clean it but not destroy the peptides which is the active ingredient.
Haven't met a gillnetter yet who doesn't like dogfishing ...........![]()