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I've talked to so many anglers that find sharks to be a trash fish and shun the notion of an encounter with one. But over the years, they have become more and more respected by anglers, as they are not the mindless eatting machines once thought of in the past. They are strong, hard runners, and many are great table fare. It takes patients and skill to get a large shark to the boat, and an even more skilled crew to actually land it. I was curious how many of our BFT anglers actually target sharks, and how they go about it. What do you look for in a location and what is your prefered tackle and chumming methods? Mmmmm, maybe our first nation-wide BFT gathering should be a shark tournament. What a way to kick things off. [cool] Pick teams anyone?
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I am one of those type of Anglers. I have enjoyed shark fishing for many years.
They do take some patience to catch. Then the skill of the angler and crew together, make it all happen.
My chum of choice would have to be freshly ground Tuna, Bonito, Mackerel and cows guts mixed with cows blood slowly dispersed over the open ocean.
My rig of choice is a 7', 50-100lb tuna rod, 80lb mono with a 230lb, 10' long multistrand steel leader tipped with a 16/0 mustad 9175 hook or a 9165 Octopus hook. Bait of choice is a nice whole bleeding chunk of fresh Bonito.
Less chumming is needed when I can spot a pod of Orcas beeting up on some seals. We will slip our boat in after the volley ball(seal) game is over.
I hooked up on a Great White this way but only had it at deep color before it bit through my steel cable like it was 2lb test.[pirate]
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I use 5'6" Penn Mariner Standup rods, granted I have an experiance wheelman, if not, I have longer standup rods that I use. I also use 80lb test, however, if i'm feeling savvy that day I have a 6/0 spooled with 40.(I like sport[cool])
I like to anchor close to the reefs, especially right before a tide change. I'll toss a couple blocks of pre-made chum in a "holy" bucket and toss it out. I also like to get a nice slick started using an I.V. dripper and menhaden oil. Every now and then i'll chop up a little vollenteer and toss in behing the boat, to give the on comers something to taste along the way to the boat.
My prefered baits really depend on the availiblity. I like sting ray wings because they are so bloody, butt barracuda or mackeral is nice and oilly.
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My aforementioned rig is strickly for the BigGame sharks. That is my Tournament setup.
My normal Pier and Private Boat setup for smaller Shark is my 5'6" Okuma Pusuit rod. I use 25lb test with 2foot steel leader on my Okuma Convector CN 50 reel. This set up has been good up to 200lbs of shark and is ideal for the 20lb on up.[cool]
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DUDE, that's a coencidence like no other. I Kid you not, my 5'6" rods have Okuma Convector's with 25lb big game on them. Great minds think alike.[cool]
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Trilene Big Game Electric Blue as a matter of fact. I love that stuff.[cool]
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