# well I hooked into a 8ft oceanic nlack tip shark.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 24, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-hooked-into-a-8ft-oceanic-nlack-tip-shark/260585 "2011-09-24T15:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-hooked-into-a-8ft-oceanic-nlack-tip-shark/260585/21 "2011-09-26T08:49:15Z")
> [@WTB: Engine stand.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-engine-stand/45654/6): > > you should play the lottery then because the odds of one going all the way around south america an into the atlantic for nothing that it needs is about as common as me find a great white pool. really? your going to argue with me? > **[Blacktip shark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_shark)** > > The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. Genetic analyses have revealed substantial variation within this species, with populations from the western Atlantic Ocean isolated and distinct from those in the rest of its range. The blacktip shark has a stout, fusiform body with a pointed snout, long gill slits, and no ridge be... “Like the spinner shark, the blacktip shark is known to leap out of the water and spin three to four times about its axis before landing. Some of these jumps are the end product of feeding runs, in which the shark corkscrews vertically through schools of small fish and its momentum launches it into the air.[4] Observations in the Bahamas suggest that blacktip sharks may also jump out of the water to dislodge attached sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates), which irritate the shark’s skin and compromise its hydrodynamic shape.[17] The speed attained by the shark during these jumps has been estimated to average 6.3 m/s (21 ft/s).[18]” (I quoted this, because he did this 5 times when I had him hooked) “The blacktip shark has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical waters. In the Atlantic, it is found from Massachusetts to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and from the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It occurs all around the periphery of the Indian Ocean, from South Africa and Madagascar to the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, to Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific, it is found from southern China to northern Australia, including the Philippines and Indonesia. In the eastern Pacific, it occurs from Baja California to Peru. It has also been reported at a number of Pacific islands, including New Caledonia, Tahiti, the Marquesas, Hawaii, Revillagigedo, and the Galápagos.[2]” --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-hooked-into-a-8ft-oceanic-nlack-tip-shark/260585)._