The waters of the Florida Keys have there share of Sharks. While there are plenty of large sharks you will also find many smaller sharks and some not considered dangerous.

Some of the common Keys Sharks include Black Tips (a great light tackle target), Bonnethead, Nurse, Bull (one dangerous shark), Lemon and Hammerhead.

If you just want a show, maybe you will be able to hook a Spinner shark. These are usually mistaken for Black tips but can be distinguished easily by their acrobatic spins as they clear the water trying to attain their freedom.

Blackend Shark Steaks

Clarify the butter by simmering it in a small pan until it stops crackling. Spoon off the foam. Then strain out the crud by pouring butter through cheesecloth or a paper towel into a cup.

Cool the butter slightly and reserve some for cooking. Then dip in the shark steaks.

When the steaks are sufficiently coated in butter, dust them generously in the Cajun spices.

Meanwhile, add the butter to an iron pan and crank up the heat to high. When it is nice and hot, sear the steaks for 3-4 minutes per side until they are black and the meat is done which depends on the thickness.

Serve with red beans and rice and a Pecan pie for desert.

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Shark Videos

If you would like to get an idea of what it is like to Flyfish for Shark on the Florida Keys Flats check out this Video from Capt. Larry Cohen of KeyWestFlatsFishing.com

This Video is from the Bounty Hunter on Florida's West Coast but the subject, Bull sharks eating a Tarpon being brought boatside, is not uncommon here in the Florida Keys during Tarpon Season.

This well made, professional 8 Meg, 5 minute Video is from Voice of America News. It documents Wes Pratt, a scientist at the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratories in Florida, tagging and releasing Sharks in the Florida Keys.

-- This is a long video of a FloridaKeysAngler.com angler catching a Florida Sawfish, part shark, part ray and part Texas Chainsaw massacre. It begins with some rather boring fighting but the second half finally shows this uncommon member of the Shark Family.