The hunt for a bull shark continues!
We drove over to Sanibel Island on the gulf side of FL to fish with some friends down for vacation. They bought a cheap sit-on-top kayak to paddle baits out, which was a new experience for me. The surf was nonexistent, so taking baits out was a breeze.
On light tackle we got gulf whiting (tons), silver perch (a few), and spotted seatrout (one). We saved the larger size whiting for bait. I also brought jack crevalle and guaguanche that we caught in January in Sebastian.
First shark bit on a jack. Marc's wife reeled in a nice blacktip.
Marc's dad pulled in the second blacktip. I took a bait out, and when I got back to shore line was already coming off my reel. The hook pulled when I tightened down the drag. It was annoying to do a full reset with the kayak, but I had to check to make sure the whiting was still on the hook. Not long after the reset I caught my first blacktip.
Ally caught the next one.
The last one of the night bit on half a guaguanche and put up a good fight. It chomped down on the pliers when we were taking the hook out, and we had to drag it back in the water for a bit until it would let go.
It was decent sized.
The next morning we got out again for a daytime session. The other half of the guaguanche got picked up after a few hours.
This one was more cooperative.
Definitely a photo upgrade for my lifelist album.
We'll get the bull next time.
