Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08

jryno · 04-30-2008, 01:03 PM

Last week while cobia fishing aboard the SURE LURE out of Destin we saw 20 - 30 sharks between the Okaloosa Island Pier and the West jetty of Destin's East Pass. So knowing they were there I took my eleven year old daughter with me to the beach to catch one of them. After a quick stop in Destin to raid the carcass bucket of the SURE LURE my daughter and I hit the beach half way between the pier and the jetties. Fishing with a bonita head on a 12/0 circle hook, 4 feet of 90# single strand wire, 25 lbs test mono on a 7 ft rod and a Penn 750, I waded out knee deep and heaved the bait as far as I could. I put the rod in a sand spike and starting playing a competitive game of sand tic tac toe with my daughter. Ten or so games later my rod gets ripped from the rod holder and starts skidding south bound through the sand. Just as the rod tip entered the water I was able to grab it. I came tight and was hooked into something with big shoulders. The shark nearly dumped the spool on the first run. I gained back half the line and handed the rod to my daughter. She fought the shark for a few minutes before handing the rod back to me. Twenty minutes later I asked her if she was ready to battle again. She took over and did a great job of keeping the line tight, gaining line when she could, and letting the shark run when it wanted to. A few minutes later we were able to bring the 6 foot Bull Shark up on the beach. I estimated the weight to be around 100 lbs. After some photos the shark was released unharmed.

BuckWild · 04-30-2008, 01:07 PM

nice shark, but it's not a bullshark. nose is too pointed. i think it may be asandbar - i'm not real sure though. here is a link that i found. not trying to be a dick, just informative. what matters is that your duaghter had fun landing it. http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gul...amp;FishID=105

ditchdoctor81 · 04-30-2008, 01:08 PM

I bet she had a blast! :clap

Telum Pisces · 04-30-2008, 01:09 PM

That was a very nice read. Keep her interested in fishing. Niceshark as well. It does kind of have too much of a pointed nose to be a bull though.

ShurKetch · 04-30-2008, 01:10 PM

Had shark problems yesterday. They were eating our fish and cutting our lines. Between the dolphin and sharks it is getting hard to catch good fish. Had a dolphin grab a nice snapper and nearly got all of my line before I could tighten down and break my line.

Clay-Doh · 04-30-2008, 03:33 PM

Nice pics! And great job on your daughters part wranglin him in! 25 pound test...man you must have patience.

J.Sharit · 04-30-2008, 03:51 PM

Nice shark!! Looks like we might have a good year for the rascals....... Hope theres a few around for our unoffical shark tourney in 2 weeks.

hntrdave11 · 04-30-2008, 08:34 PM

Nice fish!

Congrats to both you and your daughter. :clap

caylorray · 04-30-2008, 09:07 PM

That's a blacktip, and a nice one! Good job!! :clap

Looks like it's time to get the gear out

fishmasterseven · 04-30-2008, 11:09 PM

wow...nice job and high five to your daughter for fighting the ol graysuit monster.

04-30-2008, 01:03 PM	#1
jryno Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 45	Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 Last week while cobia fishing aboard the SURE LURE out of Destin we saw 20 - 30 sharks between the Okaloosa Island Pier and the West jetty of Destin's East Pass. So knowing they were there I took my eleven year old daughter with me to the beach to catch one of them. After a quick stop in Destin to raid the carcass bucket of the SURE LURE my daughter and I hit the beach half way between the pier and the jetties. Fishing with a bonita head on a 12/0 circle hook, 4 feet of 90# single strand wire, 25 lbs test mono on a 7 ft rod and a Penn 750, I waded out knee deep and heaved the bait as far as I could. I put the rod in a sand spike and starting playing a competitive game of sand tic tac toe with my daughter. Ten or so games later my rod gets ripped from the rod holder and starts skidding south bound through the sand. Just as the rod tip entered the water I was able to grab it. I came tight and was hooked into something with big shoulders. The shark nearly dumped the spool on the first run. I gained back half the line and handed the rod to my daughter. She fought the shark for a few minutes before handing the rod back to me. Twenty minutes later I asked her if she was ready to battle again. She took over and did a great job of keeping the line tight, gaining line when she could, and letting the shark run when it wanted to. A few minutes later we were able to bring the 6 foot Bull Shark up on the beach. I estimated the weight to be around 100 lbs. After some photos the shark was released unharmed. Attached Thumbnails

04-30-2008, 01:07 PM	#2
BuckWild Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 579	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 nice shark, but it's not a bullshark. nose is too pointed. i think it may be asandbar - i'm not real sure though. here is a link that i found. not trying to be a dick, just informative. what matters is that your duaghter had fun landing it. http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gul...amp;FishID=105

04-30-2008, 01:08 PM	#3
ditchdoctor81 Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bonifay, FL Posts: 426	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 I bet she had a blast! :clap

04-30-2008, 01:09 PM	#4
Telum Pisces Senior Member Blue Marlin Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,608	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 That was a very nice read. Keep her interested in fishing. Niceshark as well. It does kind of have too much of a pointed nose to be a bull though.

04-30-2008, 01:10 PM	#5
ShurKetch Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 159	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 Had shark problems yesterday. They were eating our fish and cutting our lines. Between the dolphin and sharks it is getting hard to catch good fish. Had a dolphin grab a nice snapper and nearly got all of my line before I could tighten down and break my line.

04-30-2008, 03:33 PM	#6
Clay-Doh Senior Member Blue Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Gulf Breeze, or 100' Deep on a Wreck With a Gun! Posts: 4,761	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 Nice pics! And great job on your daughters part wranglin him in! 25 pound test...man you must have patience. __________________ SO EASY A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT. MY UNDERWATER SPEARFISHING VIDEOS

04-30-2008, 03:51 PM	#7
J.Sharit Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NATIVE PENSACOLAIAN Posts: 681	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 Nice shark!! Looks like we might have a good year for the rascals....... Hope theres a few around for our unoffical shark tourney in 2 weeks. __________________ TEAM KANE MANO www.southfloridasharkclub.com

04-30-2008, 08:34 PM	#8
hntrdave11 Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 Nice fish! Congrats to both you and your daughter. :clap

04-30-2008, 09:07 PM	#9
caylorray Junior Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 26	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 That's a blacktip, and a nice one! Good job!! :clap Looks like it's time to get the gear out

04-30-2008, 11:09 PM	#10
fishmasterseven Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 223	RE: Bull Shark in the Surf 4/29/08 wow...nice job and high five to your daughter for fighting the ol graysuit monster.

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