Sharks Off The Beach

[braddles]

Hey guys , One of my new years goals is too hook a shark off the beach... Ive got a stella 8000 with 50lb braid and hoping to hook a big one..... ill be getting a 10 foot rod for it soon and plenty of freezed mullet...

What size rigs should i use? metal? snelled 10/0s????

Whole mullet or filleted? might even score a jewie!

Brad...

[craigtempo]

out of all my years beach fishing chasing jewies i have only ever caught 1 jewfish but can average 1 to 4 sharks per session so my advice is go fishing for jewies and you will catch some sharks .

bronze whalers seem to move in to a gutter or a hole after dark any tide .ive never used wire .sometimes i keep a small one but generaly release all sharks caught .

word of warning

ive seen one latch on to a mate . it was kept so the throat was cut , 45minutes later he filletted the fish ,went to pick up the head and carcuss and it latched on to his hand . he was ok cause it was a small shark but it did produce blood .

good luck

craig

[braddles]

out of all my years beach fishing chasing jewies i have only ever caught 1 jewfish but can average 1 to 4 sharks per session so my advice is go fishing for jewies and you will catch some sharks .

bronze whalers seem to move in to a gutter or a hole after dark any tide .ive never used wire .sometimes i keep a small one but generaly release all sharks caught .

word of warning

ive seen one latch on to a mate . it was kept so the throat was cut , 45minutes later he filletted the fish ,went to pick up the head and carcuss and it latched on to his hand . he was ok cause it was a small shark but it did produce blood .

good luck

craig

50lb braid seems about right? there some bigguns outthere??

[shane87]

Depends on how serious you want to be when chasing sharks from the beach. The outfit you have will be fine for school sharks up to around 5 feet. If you want to target big sharks then an outfit more like a heavy LBG setup would be more suitable. Paddling big baits out on a board connected to a big outfit takes a lot of commitment but some huge sharks can be caught in close off the beach so why not have a go.

Best of luck Shane.