The Delaware Bay is a nursery ground for the Sandbar Shark, with the girls coming in late May, early summer to give birth to their pups in the shallows.
They're pretty stocky sharks as they age and look much more intimidating than a sweet dogfish. They're thick and solid and my favorite shark of Delaware for their general enchanting aura they give off. They really shimmer with an almost metallic-like coloring that can range from bluish gray to brownish.
The sandbar shark is an opportunistic bottom-feeder that preys primarily on relatively small bony fishes, eels, skates, rays, dogfish sharks, squid, bivalves, and crabs.
Like many sea creature, the Sandbar does have a seasonal migration influenced by temperature. Male sandbars travel in large schools while females are solo riders. Juvenile sandbar sharks remain in the shallows until late fall at which time they move southward and further offshore.
*Sandbars are a prohibited species in Delaware
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