DP Easter Sunday

[alanw]

Pretty slow today for me, but caught my first Leopard Shark! The bait barge had anchovies and macs, and I figured I want a big halibut so get the big bait! I talked to 4 or 5 guys out there and it seemed nobody was doing too well so I settled in for a relaxing day drifting the beach.

Late in the afternoon I hooked into something big in the surf zone. He was towing me towards the beach while some sets were coming in, so I had to risk losing whatever was on my line and grab my paddle and tow him to deeper water before I got rolled in the surf. There were some pretty big sneaker sets coming in today, had me worried for a few minutes there.

I never boated this guy, I was a bit worried about the teeth! I heard they are good eating but since I got a free Easter entry into the boat launch, this guy got a free Easter 2nd chance. I estimate he was almost 4 feet.

Any advise for safely boating these guys?