more Florida surf sharks

[BenCantrell]

Seems like it's always too windy to kayak here, so I went back to the beach for more surf sharks. Last time 3 of us landed 5 finetooths, but they must have moved on, because this time we caught 2 blacktips and 1 blacknose. Bait was ladyfish and guaguanche (the small barracuda) from the kayak session. Incoming tide got the bites, and once it neared high tide the bite died off.

Friday before I put out a shark bait I got this small snook on a Daiwa Salt Pro. It reminded me of corvina fishing in the surf.



Sent out a chunk of ladyfish, and it got picked up pretty quickly.



Short while later I had my lifer blacktip shark.



My sand hand hooked up as well.



It wasn't a shark though.



On Saturday I was the sand hand, and again we hooked up quickly on a chunk of ladyfish.



Another blacktip, quite a bit bigger than mine!







We ran out of ladyfish, so I switched to the guaguanche. It took a long time before it finally got picked up.



Had to ID this one back at home. We knew it wasn't a finetooth or blacktip. It keyed out to blacknose, and several of my more knowledgeable friends agreed.



So far we've been fishing relatively featureless beaches, but we're talking about trying close to the inlet next time. It's going to be more of a combat fishing situation, i.e. there will be anglers on either side of us. I think the shark species will be different though. More bull sharks, nurse sharks, and bonnetheads, species that like to go in and out of the inlet.

[Latimeria]

Great stuff Ben! Man, you're killing it down there.
Keep these awesome reports coming!

I know what you mean about the wind out there. I always seemed to remember it was always windy... Like always! LoL

[sasquatch]

Looks fun.

[jrodda]

Kinda wish we had sharks like that here, if just to keep the swimmers thinking twice. I remember Corpus Christi being 10-15kn winds all day every day. Obviously 1000 miles away from you but still.

[vdisney]

I'm beyond stoked for you Ben, looks like fun.  Are you yakking baits out?

[BenCantrell]

I'm beyond stoked for you Ben, looks like fun.  Are you yakking baits out?

Casting, and not even wading out. There's a trough right off the beach, so I just stand on wet sand and cast as far as I can.

I'll slow down with the reports once you guys start posting some sharks!

[sasquatch]

I'm beyond stoked for you Ben, looks like fun.  Are you yakking baits out?

Casting, and not even wading out. There's a trough right off the beach, so I just stand on wet sand and cast as far as I can.

I'll slow down with the reports once you guys start posting some sharks!

Don't. It's fun to see them.

[skrilla]

Looks like you've found paradise.

[vdisney]

I'm beyond stoked for you Ben, looks like fun.  Are you yakking baits out?

Casting, and not even wading out. There's a trough right off the beach, so I just stand on wet sand and cast as far as I can.

I'll slow down with the reports once you guys start posting some sharks!

Don't. It's fun to see them.

Agree!!!!

[SevengillTheVC]

You're in the surf shark holy land. Keep these reports coming! Nab a great hammerhead next plz!

[Tim524]

 Those sharks are beautiful, very cool

[jitsurfish]

Outstanding Sunshine State photos, stunningly beautiful sharks, and a couple of sweet gamefish.
'Really dig the jack and the snook, but those sharks pics... wow.
Enjoy your awesome fishery Ben.  It looks like you are

[BenCantrell]

Thanks guys!