Not in a Kayak, but holy Big Fish Florida!

[PE.rider]

Mmm... Spanish Mackerel is tasty. Makes for a nice ceviche.

Nice job on the Tiger Shark...

Dude, you've got some huge cajones for nose-gripping that thing. Better invest in a nice chainmail glove used by divers .

Keep the reports and pics coming...

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Originally Posted by carbonbass

chris how do you get a bait out 400 yds? More importantly how do you get a bait out 400 yds without having the eerie feeling that a bigger tiger/bull is near by as your getting it out

depending on which yak we use, i paddle or peddle it out and drop it in either the first or second gut or go out to the blue water and drop the bait. 5-10lb rocks as weight with a 12lb mono breakaway line attached to them.

Originally Posted by PE.rider

Mmm... Spanish Mackerel is tasty. Makes for a nice ceviche.

Nice job on the Tiger Shark...

Dude, you've got some huge cajones for nose-gripping that thing. Better invest in a nice chainmail glove used by divers .

No need. its not as hardcore as you might think. 99% of the sharks i've had on the sand are pretty docile. i did have to work to get that hook out though. eventually i crushed the barb and it slid out. too much time working on it and we weren't able to get a tag in her. those 18/0 long line hooks have gnarly barbs.

[rrocco]

Nose grip...slip...head (teeth) go down.
Hand on hook in mouth...crazy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqbpYuMU-nM

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Originally Posted by rrocco

Nose grip...slip...head (teeth) go down.
Hand on hook in mouth...crazy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqbpYuMU-nM

well Mr. shark wrangler there doesn't seem like the brightest. the little guys will get ya though. they are surprisingly strong.


here's a couple vids of how it usually goes down. the first doesn't show the unhooking but the second does. please bare with the auto focus and fog.... they dont mix well. haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8VGB...Cy8sbw&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gYAT...L35oEdSlCy8sbw

[tacklebox]

Oh man, I love that sound zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzz z z z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[rrocco]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

well Mr. shark wrangler there doesn't seem like the brightest. the little guys will get ya though. they are surprisingly strong.


here's a couple vids of how it usually goes down. the first doesn't show the unhooking but the second does. please bare with the auto focus and fog.... they dont mix well. haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8VGB...Cy8sbw&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gYAT...L35oEdSlCy8sbw

Cool videos.
Do you usually carry along bolt cutters as well just in case?

[carbonbass]

chris 5-10lb rocks as weight for the bait? WTF lol can you draw a diagram of how the whole rig looks in the water? I don't need to fish something like that here but I sure am curious to see what it looks like.

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still isn't working out. they are where i suspected they'd be, but i can't find the ONE! two weeks left in the tournament and i still have the only tiger, so that's a plus.

Friday night around 11pm our hunt began. several runs, one shark bit in half on the way in, two break offs, one spooled reel, seeing and loosing a Mako and one shark on the sand later I returned home at 4:15pm Sunday afternoon.

only shark landed for me this weekend.






we might as well be called the cub scouts. :lol:

sorry for not writing out the full report. tired and a little frustrated. hopefully i'll make up for it next week. Still the best way i could have spent my weekend.

Tight lines guys! 8)

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Originally Posted by carbonbass

chris 5-10lb rocks as weight for the bait? WTF lol can you draw a diagram of how the whole rig looks in the water? I don't need to fish something like that here but I sure am curious to see what it looks like.

its just like a carolina rig with a snap swivel, either sliding or fixed, wrap 12lb mono around the rock, tie a loop and connect. the 12lb will break away on the rock when its jerked and the rock gets left behind.