Sand Tiger Shark

[torchee]

Saw one caught from the beach in great kills 2 years ago
But not that big....

[Billfish715]

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't more sharks around that area. The water temps have warmed especially at the bottom. Our jigs were warm to the touch when they came up. In addition, there was a lot of bait including squid, small bonito, large snapper blues, mackerel, and bunkers. Those ingredients should ring a dinner bell for those snaggle-toothed critters.

[shrimpman steve]

Sweet!!!!

[jcstriper1]

Very nice! Cool

[Capt. Debbie]

Very cool. A once in a life time hook up. Sweet.

[loosescrews]

We were out Sunday at the mud dump. Hooked one of these about the same size. Got it to the boat pretty quickly. Then 5 min later another one eats my seabass and game on again. This one was much bigger. It never stopped. Broke off after about 20 min.

[Fishin Dude]

That makes for a great Fluke fishing story. Nice catch.

[Billfish715]

Originally Posted by loosescrews

We were out Sunday at the mud dump. Hooked one of these about the same size. Got it to the boat pretty quickly. Then 5 min later another one eats my seabass and game on again. This one was much bigger. It never stopped. Broke off after about 20 min.

We never saw the shark at all until it came up 30 minutes later. I fought it straight up and down in a tug of war the whole time. I thought about puting the boat in gear and planing the shark up but my Shimano Calcutta 250 didn't hold enough line for that. There wasn't enough drag to do much short stroking even by thumbing the spool. Too much pressure and something would have broken. I just had to hold on. It was fun to finally get it to the boat and see what it was. The 30 minute tug of war was not so much fun. It was work!

[Billfish715]

Originally Posted by loosescrews

We were out Sunday at the mud dump. Hooked one of these about the same size. Got it to the boat pretty quickly. Then 5 min later another one eats my seabass and game on again. This one was much bigger. It never stopped. Broke off after about 20 min.

We never saw the shark at all until it came up 30 minutes later. I fought it straight up and down in a tug of war the whole time. I thought about puting the boat in gear and planing the shark up but my Shimano Calcutta 250 didn't hold enough line for that. There wasn't enough drag to do much short stroking even by thumbing the spool. Too much pressure and something would have broken. I just had to hold on. It was fun to finally get it to the boat and see what it was. The 30 minute tug of war was not so much fun. It was work!