IanR

Finally got to get out and do some sharking again. Grass wasnt bad either. Trolled around the gulf from around 3-6 hoping to catch some spanish. but caught 3 ladyfish instead. Put one out past the 2nd sand bar and another in the trough.



Right before sunset the drag went screaming and we caught a small blacktip. he ended up skying, which was pretty cool.









i learned how to rig a leader to get the shark in a full nelson...









Had another run on the other rod but no hook up. Took out another lady. Alittle after dark had a huge run. Set the hook and he started ripping drag like it was nothing. The shark ended up biting through 250lb leader :reallycrying it was a good fish. Then had one more hook up on a 4' bull.





Ran out of bait while the bite was real hot. We were having runs about every 20mins. Started packing before the rain clouds came in and had a shark mouth the bait and drop it.



Was an awesome night! I was tired of getting skunked :letsdrink cant wait to get out again. and maybe with a few more poles this time.

Turbow

Nice report. I would definitely go with some stronger steel. I started out with 150lb as well and lost a lot fish before going to 270lb then 450lb.

j_purdy

Good stuff! It's nice to hear the weeds weren't an issue. Congrats on the trip.

-Jason

User6882

i wouldnt use anything less than 450lb cable wen it comes to sharks

TURTLE

Nice Blacktip, always fun when they sky.:clap

IanR

I just looked at the leader and realized it chomped through the 250lb leader not the 150.



but 450lb? thats not an over kill? i thought they would see it or be able to feel the magnetic field of cable with their ampullae of lorenzini sensors. im definitely gonna get some heavier leader though.



do you get the nylon coated?



thanks for the info

fishmasterseven

I dont think that sight would be a problem. It hasn't seemed to affect me in any way. I make mine homeade from 5/16" wire rope that i unwind and use the individual strands. it is pretty thick and will hold a lot, but like i previously mentioned, it doesn't seem to affect the bite. good job on your catches by the way. congrats!

Shiznik

The full nelson was good! Pics were great too!

Turbow

Its not overkill, its standard.



DO NOT get coated cable. The crimps will crimp the coating and the steel can pull through.



Happy sharking.

flappininthebreeze

Nothing better to do than kill fish you can't eat?