Thread: Shark fishing

Can you shark fish from the beach? The last I heard is that you could not beach a shark in gulf shores.

Far as I know you are still not allowed to, but if you head out to fort morgan area you can there if they havent changed the law from last time I was there

You can still shark fish out there. It is illegal to fish for sharks in orange beach and gulf shores.

Originally Posted by pokenfish

It is illegal to fish for sharks in orange beach and gulf shores.

No it is not.
It is illegal to chum or bloodbait from or within 300' of the beach.
It is illegal to fish, bowfish or take fish in any manner which creates an unsafe condition or hazard to anybody in the water or on the beach.
And those ^ bits of law are written so loosely as to allow them to stop anyone from fishing anywhere they wish.
Somebody was afraid of getting hooked, somebody thinks your shrimp is going to attract a shark... The Tourist wins in Alabama, this is not Florida.
Fish well away from people, fish at night, be unobtrusive, don't chum and catch all the sharks you want to.

It is against Gulf State Park rules to fish for sharks, use fishing gear they deem appropriate for sharks from their beaches/pier and lastly it is forbidden to land sharks on their beaches/pier.
It is not that it is a law per se, but it is a regulation with force of law behind it.