Species guide
How to catch Scalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
The scalloped hammerhead is a large, distinctive shark known for its unique hammer-shaped head with scalloped edges. It is a coastal-pelagic predator found in tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide. These sharks often gather near seamounts and offshore islands, sometimes venturing into bays and estuaries.
Where they live
Found in tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, scalloped hammerheads inhabit coastal and offshore waters from the surface down to depths of about 275 meters, occasionally deeper. They frequent continental shelves, seamounts, offshore islands, and sometimes enter bays and estuaries.
Typical size
Up to about 430 cm
What they eat
- small squid species
- midwater cephalopods
- small fishes
Best baits
- fresh squid
- cut fish
Best lures
- large deep-diving plugs
- jigs
How to fish for them
- trolling
- bottom fishing near reefs and seamounts
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