Compared to other sharks their eating quality is pretty ordinary that's why I don't even bother bringing them aboard if I can help it

I have read a couple of reports on here that said it was good - but I've never tried it.

Carnarvonite surely knows better than most though, so maybe not that good afterall!

 The small one's I've caught I rate highly. Better than whaler but that's my opinion.

 Haha. I'm with John 

 whom fishers out of Albany tells me they are the only shark he can't sell cause they are shit.

He always keeps me going with as much shark as we want but never hammers

 Entirely depends on the size. If its <1.5m id rate it as some of the best eating shark around. Freezing also helps if there was much Amonia but again if its small that shouldnt be much problem either. 

 Cant believe you guys dont like Juvinile hammer, im from vic where a decent fillet of shark is about all you can look foward too and i'd rate small hammers as some of the best eating flake around. Anyway each to their own!

 and byfar the worst shark i have eaten ,thought it may have not been bleed proparly so made sure i did the next one right and it was still crap gave it away to the inlaws who will eat anything and was told not to give them any of that ever again there cat wouldnt even eat it

I have one word. Yuk!!!!

I lived on a boat for 3 months as a Uni student off Rotto during a summer break. Had no $$ so had to be self sufficient. Ate everything we could catch, and not all days went to plan.

Tried a couple of hammers. The first I recall at about 1.5m and after eating that thought "shit". Tried a smaller model to see if it was size that mattered - "pew". NEVER again. I recall thinking not even if I am starving!

 I shark fished professionally 15 years ago and we were getting a dollar a kg for it then. The trunks would go mushine after a few days in the brine (we could keep trunks normal 10/14 days no problems) it also had a more pungent smell to it than anything we landed. I used to give it to my folks for pet food, it was eaten by their dog but it ate everything so might not the best judge. In saying that though a very small one freshly caught maybe all right but I think if the choice was there I would avoid it. 

I used to catch plenty of smaller hammers (3 ft) off the beach over east. I reckon they were great. Not sure if they were are different species to what we get over here though?? Always heard the bigger models were shit.

I'm a bit suss on the way some people are cleaning their sharks and that may have some bearing on the final result when eating. Yes you need to bleed and gut the shark as soon as possible, as the ammonia is in the blood. The longer you leave it the more chance there is of ammonia going through the flesh. Also it is essential the blood line which runs down alongside the spine of the shark it removed, this blood line contains the highest concentration of ammonia. Most people forget that step and I think this may be a reason why some are dissatisfied with the final result.

I’m not a big believer in freezing the fillets but some people say it “quietens down” the ammonia making it better for eating

Hmmm im in the same boat i got a 6 footer i got off the beach a couple of weeks ago in the freezer...

Hope it tastes good as it was an awsome looking animal!

Least ill know for next time, flesh didnt smell that bad , not as bad as some other similar size sharks ive caught and they were all awsome on the table.

 I agree with Ben85 about cleaning them, I'm not sure people know how to clean sharks correctly. You see pictures of a big chuck of the tail removed and the fins hacked off. The fins are removed by the pros not so much for bleeding but more for the dollars they fetch.

The way we cleaned was head and tail them. Cut from arse up and open the gut, clean/pull out the intestines. Where the cavity joins the tail make a small nick with the a knife to open up the spinal blood line. Then using a deck hose (if you have one) flush water through, it should run/spray out the tail. When all the blood is flushed out and the water is running more or less clear the trunk is ready for an ice slurry. If it can go into a slurry for a few hours it will draw more blood out of it.

The best thing about hammerheads pulling them from a net was that their heads had a handle each side that you could grab hold of when doing so. Other than that they were a pain in the arse, lots of work for little return.

Or if no deck hose put your mouth over where you cut the tail and blow the blood back through into the cleaned gut cavity and rinse.