So, I thought I would check out Ft Moultrie this morning by the #2 bouy, and fished it for about 3 hours from 730-1030 with nothing buy a bunch of whiting and baby sharks, and nothing on the shark rod. Kept the whiting for bait, and went to my spot at IOP where I landed a baby hammerhead within 30 minutes
People didn’t want to swim after that for some reason.
Followed by a sharpnose, and then as I had to get going home ( this was low tide btw ) put my remaining whole whiting on the hook and waded out and cast.
Something banged the rod after about 15 minutes and cut me clean. 2 foot wire leader and all. Never even felt the fish.
I can’t believe the amount of sharks in the water here, as I was wading out to cast, a 3 footer swam right in front of me.
Now I “know” logically that they don’t bother you, but something about the primal fear of sharks makes me not want to ever swim here again!
What part of the IOP beach were you on and at what time? How far did you have to put it off shore to get them to take it? And was the current strong? That is funny that folks didn’t want to swim after you started catching the sharks. Like my wife keeps telling me when I take the kids swimming, keep an eye on them. Do people not understand they are in the ocean and sharks and other predators are out there. They should just go to a water park anyway if they worry that bad.
Thanks, never seeing a bonnet head or a hammer head I just assumed at first it was a bonnet because everyone always says that’s all you can catch from the surf.
Might be a Carolina Hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti. Just described last year. Externally looks just like a Scalloped Hammerhead but it has about 10 less vertebrae. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3702.2.5 Good catch!
