With the reel you are fishing and from a boat, 3’ of #9-#12 single strand and maybe a few feet of 300-400# mono to grab onto would be best. 12/0 L2004 eagle claws work great.
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Originally posted by claimWe don’t use steel leaders, my friend says they tend to kink which weakens the wire. We use 80-100lb mono chicken rig with a long shank shark hook. Chicken rigs are inexpensive and you can tie them quickly when they become scuffed.
Key to landing the shark is to try to stay on top of the shark so that the line does not cross from one side of the mouth to the other.
Notice the hook in these photos.
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That setup is OK for certain types of shark… but Mako, Thresher, GW or even big Bulls will tear that up.
Thats why long lenghts of soft, coated cable work the best. They are flexible and strong - and remain strong when bent or twisted.
Mako’s run off 2-300 yards at 50-60MPH, then jump 15-20’ out of the water, then run 50-60MPH to the bottom and back up again, followed by a 15-20’ jump. Then tailwalking, barrel rolls… for about 1-1.5 hours they will do this. Think of a tarpon that mated with a cuda, and the baby took roids for its entire life - that = a Mako.
It all depends on what size you are targeting. I have made them from 6ft to over 20 ft with 700lb mono to 1250 lb cable.
Not huge ones, 6’ and under. I’m in an 18’ boat. Just trying to show my boys some excitement.
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Originally posted by jughed That setup is OK for certain types of shark... but Mako, Thresher, GW or even big Bulls will tear that up.
Pump the breaks! GWs are very uncommon in the Keys, Makos prefer the deep water and aren’t Threshers a colder water fish? West Coast? Certainly not S Fla. I’ve had Hammerheads come into a chum slick about 5 times in 300+ days of fishing down yonder. Most likely, you’ll encounter barracuda, Lemon and Nurse sharks with the chance of a curious bull, spinner, hammerhead, or tiger. 80% of the sharks I caught in the keys were lemons and nurses in the backcountry. The rest would be encountering the other species on the reefs and wrecks. I’m not saying the others are not around, but you’re not likely to encounter many.
With all that being said, there aren’t any fences in the water and fish have no boundaries so there’s no telling which toothy bastard is going to chew on your carcass!
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Originally posted by RapchizzleI always used about a 2 ft 80-100 lb single strand wire leader with two 7/0 j hooks (same I use for trolling small baits) and a 150 lb swivel. I set the second hook back like a stinger with a 6-8" piece of wire and use a 10 ft 80 lb shock leader.
This caught 90% of my sharks in the keys. Other wise I’d go with thicker wire and bigger hooks but the same basic set up.
If you want to go backcountry sharking, put all your scraps in a chum bag or two, hang them over the stern and use the rig I mentioned above with a snapper carcass or slab of Bonita, jack or cuda. Anchor in 4-15 ft of MOVING water and put the baits down on bottom. I li