Katie UR: It's Called Fishing, Not Catching.

Since last Friday my whole family has been nothing but helpful in trying to help me catch sharks to get swabs of their mouths. These last three days we have done nothing but gone out fishing for hours on end just to be a little disappointing that we didn't catch anything. But i waned to break down each of the spots we went to attempt at catching a shark!

Site 1
Location: Flagler Beach Park Under State Road Bridge
Date:03/26/2018
Time in: 9:36pm
Time Out: 12:56am
Compass:29.28'42 N 81.8'W
Temp:74 Degrees
Feet From Bridge:63 feet
Condition: Cool out and windy.
Poles out:9 poles out with frozen Mullet on the hooks
Details: One pole got a lot of action and the bait was tore up. We watched the poles being messed with but nothing really bit onto the bait fully

Site 2
Location: Flagler Beach Park Under State Road Bridge
Date: 03/27/2018
Time In: 3:05pm
Time Out: 6:13 pm
Compass: 29.28'39N 81.8'W
Temp: 71 Degrees
Feet From Bridge:64 feet
Condition: Beautiful day out
Poles out:9 poles out again with mullet on the hooks for bait
Details: No action at for this trip. We caught more snapper then we did sharks !

                                Site 3

Ponce Inlet South Jetty

Location:Ponce Inlet Jetty South Side
Date:03/28/2018
Time In:3:30pm
Time Out: 7:01pm
Compass:29.4'42 N 80.5513W
Temp:76 degrees
Elevation:-30 feet
Condition: Very Windy but sunny and cool out
Poles out: We had 3 poles out and had fresh mullet on the hooks as bait.
Details: Each pole was hit instantly when put .We replaced bait a couple times and we are planning on going back here more often !

My Little Brother Dean Out on The Jetty

It was a lot of fun to get my whole family into something that is so important to me. My little brothers had the most fun out of everything. We are going to continue to go out every chance we take and for as long as we can. Like It says in the title, It's called fishing, not catching!

Sheep's Blood Agar Plates

Transport CultureSwab 

Lastly, Dr. Horikami has ordered me swabs that are going to be a huge help for my project. These Transport CultureSwabs are the same ones that the previous studies mentioned used. She also got me TSA medium petri dishes for me to use to spread the swab onto. This will allow us to classify the bacteria that is in the sharks mouths.