I had to angle him with a bit of line to get to the shore
Where were you fishing from that you had to get to the shore? Not location but wondering if it was a pier or jetty.................................just being nosey brother
Beach fishing. Steve was over top of me fighting a fish and my shark took a long hard run towards the reef. If I tried to reel down and run with him, he would have gained ground and made it to the reef as I stopped him right at the edge. I tighten the drag and walk down to the beach away from him and it creates a pendulum motion to the fish and he makes a half circle away from the reef in the same circular pattern. I'm not sure I could explain it eloquently in type, but it keeps the fish in my immediate area without having to run the beach and track him down, especially if there is reef or structure on either side.
A good case to use as an example would be the 60" bat that I caught and the monster that Steve lost a few months ago. He decided to follow his which drug him down to the jetty 100+ yards away and snapped him off. Mine tried doing the same thing, but I employed the buttoned drag and moving in the opposite direction to make her swing into the area that I wanted her. It went back and forth for a while, but I managed to keep her within 15 yards of my sand spike.
I hope that answered your question as I'm daydreaming about the next shark now and forgot what I was going to explain!! lol