hello im new to boatless fishing and the online forums.
i have a question about beach shark fishing. i have two 12/0s with 1000 yards of braided 200lb line, a kayak, and 'proper' rigs. i was wondering if anybody knows any spots in south florida where i wont get caught on too many close reefs when i yak it out 300-400 yrds??? or a solution to those reefs would be helpful.
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shorebound shark fishing
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Bsmith48
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Re: shorebound shark fishing
A buddy of mine and I once rigged the bait in such a way that it wouldnt get snagged in the reef and it worked perfectly. We attached our breakaway brick or cinderblock (using i believe 40 pound mono) to the bottom hook on our #19 wire stinger hook rig with 12/0 two strong J hooks. Leave about 5-20 feet of line separating the brick from the hook (the depth determines how much line you have between the weight and the rig, the deeper the water, the longer the line, but wind the extra line around the brick. Then to the very top swivel on your rig(where the main line attaches to your double line, or strait mono) attach a baloon with a few feet of extra line. This way, your brick will snag on the reef, but it will leave your bait in the middle of the water column. If you dont get a hit, and have to reel in your line at the end of the night, simply snap the breakaway weight off and your bait will float to the surface, where it is a whole lot easier to reel in. Experiment with different lengths of line attaching your breakaway to your rig, the length of this line determines where in the water column your bait will suspend. Another key piece to this is that when you drop the bait from the kayak, you make sure to drop the brick first and see that the line properly unwraps around it.
the setups you have will work, however i prefer to use mono on my 12/0's. I would suggest that you set it up with 80 or 100 pound mono and load it to the brim. Or if you really want to use the braid, use it as backing, but make sure you can still fit 2 or 3 hundred yards of mono topshot because mono is more abrasion resistant.
Look on google earth for places were there isnt a reef if your really trying to avoid it, but keep in mind that the sharks like reef areas because their food hangs out there.
Welcome to the forum and make sure to keep safety in mine while sharking.
If you have any questions, just ask, there are a lot of people on the forum who are experts in the sharking field.
Blake
the setups you have will work, however i prefer to use mono on my 12/0's. I would suggest that you set it up with 80 or 100 pound mono and load it to the brim. Or if you really want to use the braid, use it as backing, but make sure you can still fit 2 or 3 hundred yards of mono topshot because mono is more abrasion resistant.
Look on google earth for places were there isnt a reef if your really trying to avoid it, but keep in mind that the sharks like reef areas because their food hangs out there.
Welcome to the forum and make sure to keep safety in mine while sharking.
If you have any questions, just ask, there are a lot of people on the forum who are experts in the sharking field.
Blake