“Sharks don’t eat kittens. They eat squid, mackerel and humans.”
They absolutely love small animals swimming with their legs going 90 miles an hour. I’ve seen sharks snag gulls. Come after our balloons we use for bobbers, other fish, plastic bags, you name it... Used to go shark fishing quite a bit. Haven’t done it in years.
I once caught some big sandbar sharks off Mazatlan in Mexico—I think we were using squid for bait, or lures.
A few years ago, I went on a party boat out of Newport Beach, Calif. that was going specifically for sharks. First, we caught a bunch of mackerel, which we used for bait. We were hoping to catch makos, which are good eating, but only one or two at the most were bagged, as well as a couple of blue sharks. Otherwise, we were skunked.