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Sand Shark

Need some help with smoking sand shark. From what to marinade it in to what the best smoke chips?? thanks 

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Soak the cuts you will cook in milk for 5 hours or so.  Rinse off, add whatever seasoning you like.  If you want to use a smoke wood I would go with a fruit wood.  Orange, peach, apple, etc. 
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  • nygmen
    nygmen Posts: 2
    Nolaegghead,

    Thanks for the info. Skin on / off?? 
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    off.  Sharks eliminate waste through their skin, has high concentration of urea in it.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    nygmen said:
    Need some help with smoking sand shark. From what to marinade it in to what the best smoke chips?? thanks 
    If you are catching live sharks, cut their tail off while they are alive and bleed them out. This helps get rid of a lot of the urea. If you are not catching them yourself, you are at the mercy of what you get. 
    I would remove the skin myself. It adds nothing but a crappy taste in my opinion. But take that for what it is worth. 

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  • FATC1TY
    FATC1TY Posts: 888
    No skin. Make sure you remove any of the blood lines too. 

    Soak in milk, use a marinade afterwards. 
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  • RockyTopDW
    RockyTopDW Posts: 338
    Sounds like a lot of trouble.  
  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
    Never saw sand shark on a menu, nor kept for the table, or even kept for that matter. But all the advice given above is spot on and the procedure for any mako/thresher that is given to me at the boat if someone is handing some out. Our boat does not keep any sharks no matter what kind is caught, but I will just leave it at that....

    Curious to hear your opinion on it though, oh, and pictures!! 
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