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Mingo
 
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Are the shark rigs that are already made any good for surf fishing? I am stopping into HalfHitch and plan on picking up the shark rigs they have there.
TN Freshwater Boy Likes the Saltwater When He Gets a Chance
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| possibly.... is it cripmed?, or is the wire braided? what pound wire?.... and depending on your tackle and how you get your bait out, you need to have a shark leade that is a minimum of THREE FEET longer than the biggest shrak you plan on hooking (that way, you give them plenty of leader to swallow, and you avoid being tail-whipped
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Mingo
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I will be fishing from the beach. I will wade out but no kayaking. I hope to get a 6ft. leader of solid material so I can cast but still hold up to a 4 ft shark.
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Grouper
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Unless you hook an absolute monster, I would use 2 feet of single strand wire 108# and a circle hook. Since you are casting, you might try 4 or 5 feet of heavy mono to rub against the shark but you can reel it through your guides and cast somewhat smooth.
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Mingo
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Read this http://groups.msn.com/TEXASSHARKFISHING/castedbaits.msnw
The advice of 2' leaders is going to loose you a lot of fish. That is how I started. I have been using 6'-7' for sometime now and landed a lot of fish, but last night I hooked up to a monster and had my 80lb braid tail-wipped after watching this thing go on a 200yard initial run. I knew it would happen eventually and I probably lost my biggest shark because of it.
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