I think I caught a record Dogfish

[ILHG]

I caught this dog fish while at Haida Gwaii last summer. I looked up records & the biggest I seen was under 6'. Because it was so big I didn't want to kill it. So I cut the line & got her back right away. If I would have took the time to measure & record her it would have put more stress on her & possibly killed her.

It was in about 200' of water. It was not a 6 gill shark.

 

[Charter Tofino]

https://www.glaucus.org.uk/Tope-RR.jpg

Looks like a Tope Shark. They're found worldwide and quite a few guys have been getting them fishing hali in BC. Look very similar to a Spiny Dogfish but typically larger. Sometimes they put up a decent scrap and usually make you think it's a solid Hali.

 

[ILHG]

https://www.glaucus.org.uk/Tope-RR.jpg

Looks like a Tope Shark. They're found worldwide and quite a few guys have been getting them fishing hali in BC. Look very similar to a Spiny Dogfish but typically larger. Sometimes they put up a decent scrap and usually make you think it's a solid Hali.

Interesting... I will look that up. It definitely put up a solid scrap. It had head shakes that had me convinced I was going to have my white meat for the season.

 

[Damien]

You could have! They make fish and chips out of those in the UK.

 

[california]

It doesn't appear to have the fin spines that spiny dogfish have. According to DFO the Tope has its anal fin directly below its dorsal fin. There is just a glimpse at the end of the video where that appears to be the case.

 

[ILHG]

Im going to see if I can find the pictures I took. That might help

 

[Dogbreath]

You're a brave SOB to pick that thing up.

 

[Derby]

I'm going to say ouche if that was a dogfish.. that spine would have really hurt...

 

[Gong Show]

They have two spines, so double ouch!!

 

[Rover]

Not a dogfish, dogfish have 5 gill slits, there appears to be six on the shark in the video

 

[ILHG]

Not a dogfish, dogfish have 5 gill slits, there appears to be six on the shark in the video

Nope I checked that already. Only 5. See attached pics

 

[adanac]

Teeth also are different that a dogfish, 100 percent Tope/Soupfin

 

[outback]

Pretty sure thats a Tope shark - its hard to tell from the video, but from what i can see of the tail at the end - its a tope. Take a close look at the shape and compare on google.

 

[california]

Id say its a Tope shark. The fins look like a tope, no spines. Dogfish dont have an anal fin, that shark does have one. Here is the DFO guide to sharks in BC waters. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-es...ks/other/bc-sharks/bcsharks-requinscb-eng.pdf

 

[ILHG]

Thanks for all the feed back. Looking the info I'm finding I think it may be a tope.

Attached are the only pics I have. Hopefully this helps put the puzzle together

 

[Prairie Locked]

In addition to the lack of dorsal and anal spine, one other thing for me is the eyes, they don't look like a dogfish's eyes. I've looked deep into the eyes of many spiny dogfish...