I love living in beautiful Melbourne Florida in Brevard County, because we have such gorgeous beaches. We only live 10 minutes away. Today, my family and I decided to go surf fishing on Melbourne beach Florida. The sky was a bit overcast, the waves may have been a bit too high for a good day of fishing, but the breeze was beautiful and it wasn't real hot. We figured we would give fishing a try anyway.
It seems that my 13 year old daughter typically does quite well fishing. But, when I catch something it is usually a boot, a plastic or paper bag, seaweed, a blow fish or the like. And today was no exception. I felt the pull on my line, and when I first started reeling it in I thought it was a stingray because of the motion in which it was trying to swim. But, the tail puzzled me at bit - it looked like that of a shark. The mouth was on the underbelly, which is characteristic of a stingray. We looked at it, took a couple of pictures, carefully removed the hook from it’s mouth and threw it back.
My husband knows just about every fish in the sea. But, we are still puzzled as to what this one was..was it a shark or was it a Manta Ray or Sting Ray? Any ideas?
This was the only thing that we caught today, but we enjoyed a relaxing day on beautiful South Melbourne Beach.
What ever it is, it is cool looking. I wonder what it tastes like?
Hi Randy, Wow, I saw that you were a Hawaii REALTOR and I was sure you would know exactly what it was. You don't? I've never seen one like it. HMMMMM....eat it.....we thought it may be still a baby. Your comment cracked me up (even though I know that you were probably serious!) Thanks!