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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : BenCantrell May 10, 2021, 02:19:38 PM
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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.
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Sent out a chunk of ladyfish, and it got picked up pretty quickly.
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Short while later I had my lifer blacktip shark.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51166001073_b550bd1a9f_b.jpg)
My sand hand hooked up as well.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51166000803_2229c00f25_b.jpg)
It wasn't a shark though.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51165764661_3994e1c69f_b.jpg)
On Saturday I was the sand hand, and again we hooked up quickly on a chunk of ladyfish.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51168359474_2d87b3c7fb_b.jpg)
Another blacktip, quite a bit bigger than mine!
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We ran out of ladyfish, so I switched to the guaguanche. It took a long time before it finally got picked up.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51166908927_04e4119ae0_b.jpg)
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.
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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.
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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
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Looks fun.
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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.
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I'm beyond stoked for you Ben, looks like fun. Are you yakking baits out?
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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!
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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.
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Looks like you've found paradise.
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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!!!!
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You're in the surf shark holy land. Keep these reports coming! Nab a great hammerhead next plz!
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Those sharks are beautiful, very cool 8) 8)
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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 8)
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Thanks guys!