skimerhorn
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Anybody ever fished for sharks? Me and a friend are think of trying some inshore fishing around nags head nc. Just wonder if anyone has ever targeted them? I do know you need a good steel leader.
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i am down in VA beach and there are lots of them that's for sure! i surf fish them some and its a blast but i never target them from a boat. i know there are some hardcore fishermen around that charter for them. my buddies and i deal with them when out for cobia and big drum but we try to avoid sharks (hard on boats/gear). 2 people got attacked swimming this weekend down by Wilmington i heard, might be a good place to shark fish, they seem hungry down there...lol
just thought: if you want to stay in VA due to license you may check out eastern shore barrier islands. lets just say i wouldn't swim there!!!!
just thought: if you want to stay in VA due to license you may check out eastern shore barrier islands. lets just say i wouldn't swim there!!!!
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elkantlers
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We fished for sharks out of Huntington beach California a few years ago as a family vacation and had a blast. My Son Was able to shoot one with a bow which was pretty cool. We spent three days at six flags on that trip as well but when the kids talk about that vacation it is always about the sharks.
SFC B
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Fished on the reefs off of Cancun for sharks. Caught a couple. one was a 5+ footer on a hand line. That was fun!!
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Revharvey9576
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I've shark fished (caught a few) on Oak Island on the Cape Fear. The answer to your question is: use #300 mono shock leader twice the length of the shark you want to catch if you want to increase your hookups.
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Use steel leaders and hardly ever hook up!! Trust me I've tried it.... sharks sense the metal with their radar sensing capabilities. I even tried using sevlon coated cable and dipping it in a plastic coating.
You will get bit off sometimes with mono but will hook up 2-4x more than using a cable.
Fyi: if you land one...BE CAREFUL. A smaller shark (4' and below can reach back and bites it tail. Also, there tail is almost as dangerous as the mouth....powerful whips of sandpaper like skin will cut you like a mug.
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Use steel leaders and hardly ever hook up!! Trust me I've tried it.... sharks sense the metal with their radar sensing capabilities. I even tried using sevlon coated cable and dipping it in a plastic coating.
You will get bit off sometimes with mono but will hook up 2-4x more than using a cable.
Fyi: if you land one...BE CAREFUL. A smaller shark (4' and below can reach back and bites it tail. Also, there tail is almost as dangerous as the mouth....powerful whips of sandpaper like skin will cut you like a mug.
When I was a teen, pier fishermen who were trying to catch sharks would pay us $5 to carry their baits out pretty far. We were on those blow-up swimming rafts and paddled out with the bait on the raft with us and dropped it off. West Coast of Florida. There's some smart boys right there........not really, mainly poor.
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big28hunter
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While in the Marines I did a few charter trips out of San Diego. We caught blues and seen a couple makos get caught by other fishermen. The biggest we ever caught was 8' 4"'s. It was a blast fighting them and surprisingly made excellent table fare.
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dihardhunter
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Done quite a bit of fishing out of OBX over the years - mostly Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, or Duck a bit further north. They'll run you off the piers if you're targeting them, so we mostly tried in the surf. Rarely had a night go by without at least one hook-up, usually multiple.
Best advice is fish the twilight hours, dusk is probably better. Casting way out is over-rated, they're cruising just behind the breakers on those beaches during that time of day. Usually pretty steep drop, so casting way out just puts you in no man's land. Look for sharks to be in the 4-5.5 foot range. I'm not much use for terminal tackle advice as we always had trouble landing them, but I do know that a 10-12" bluefish with a massive circle hook is probably the best way to get hooked up.
Good luck and be safe.
Best advice is fish the twilight hours, dusk is probably better. Casting way out is over-rated, they're cruising just behind the breakers on those beaches during that time of day. Usually pretty steep drop, so casting way out just puts you in no man's land. Look for sharks to be in the 4-5.5 foot range. I'm not much use for terminal tackle advice as we always had trouble landing them, but I do know that a 10-12" bluefish with a massive circle hook is probably the best way to get hooked up.
Good luck and be safe.
Wuzworthit
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I fish down in Buxton for blacktop and spinners. I use 10/0 J hook with some 400 lb mono leader with the weight sliding on the mono leader. It works great, just be careful when you go to hand line it in once he hits the surf.
