July 5, 201016 yr Simple...fight this thing for 20 minutes, then pull it right up on the beach beside them: http://twitpic.com/22on0f He was just a tad over 4 1/2' long....
July 5, 201016 yr Author I told my buddy I wish he would have started pouring water on my reel just for the effect!
July 6, 201016 yr Last year it was gators; this year, sharks. Next year, it'll probably be a sea monster. btw, where did you catch this shark?
July 6, 201016 yr Looks like one of the reef shark varieties, or possibly a young thresher. Did you eat him? They are really good.
July 6, 201016 yr Simple...fight this thing for 20 minutes, then pull it right up on the beach beside them: http://twitpic.com/22on0f He was just a tad over 4 1/2' long.... That's really cool. So where are you fishing at? What kind of rig are you using? What kind of bait?
July 6, 201016 yr Well, if it wasn't the shark, it was probably the sight of you later in the day in a swimsuit.
July 6, 201016 yr You yell barracdua....everybody says huh? What? You yell shark....we got a panic on our hands on the 4th of July.
July 7, 201016 yr Author I hooked a 6 footer this morning - it jumped completely out of the water and simply destroyed a steel leader. He came off... We are in Hilton Head and this morning alone a buddy and myself caught about 25 sharks - most were about 2' long. We are fishing with 25-lb. test line, a large spinning reel and "big fish" pole, a 2-hook steel leader setup and cut bait. We are catching baitfish, then sawing them up and fishing with them... I caught a ray this morning that had a 5' wingspan.
July 7, 201016 yr Author That is awesome man. Here's a pretty good sized ray that my fishing buddy caught yesterday:
July 8, 201016 yr Dang! You have critters strewn all over the beach there. So which marine life is in more peril? The fish in the gulf facing the oil spill or the fish on the Atlantic side facing Wireman's fishing prowess?
July 8, 201016 yr Is the shark a large pup shark? I caught one about the same size a couple years back and he looks very similar to mine. A local guy told me mine was a pup shark and that is about as big as they get.
July 8, 201016 yr Author Is the shark a large pup shark? I caught one about the same size a couple years back and he looks very similar to mine. A local guy told me mine was a pup shark and that is about as big as they get. The one I caught was actually a sandbar shark. I'm not real sure how big they get but I caught probably 25 of them this week that were 1'-2' long. Here's the big catch from this morning:
July 8, 201016 yr Author Is the shark a large pup shark? I caught one about the same size a couple years back and he looks very similar to mine. A local guy told me mine was a pup shark and that is about as big as they get. And my little man with his first saltwater fish (a whiting):
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