Yes I was running a sliding snell rig consisting of 2x 8/0 gamakatsu circle hooks using 1/2 a small squid, top hook was pinned up about 1 cm from the top of the bait secured with a trusty half hitch and bottom hook went through the squid body twice, pulling the hook and line through to the other side to keep the bait well presented and was running a size 7 ball sinker running rig to a large swivel atop.
I just let it sit in the rod holder and let the line load up, once I felt pressure gently lift the rod and felt the weight of the shark as it gave aggressive head shakes. Mind you I had sore legs and back for three days after. But the most fun part is seeing a full bend on your heavy surf rod as you fight the beast and guide it through the surf and waves.
Once landed it goes berserk on the sand and you think twice about removing hooks from its sharp gob!
The most difficult part was skinning and filleting the shark, their skin is like rough sand paper and stronger than cow hide I found this really good video for skinning gummie sharks
Here's the link
, I did mange very good fillets with minimal wastageAlso I think the smaller sharks are safer as they don't have the higher levels of mercury the bigger models have, and hence not safe for consumption
Cheers Shakeel