Set up and fished for big sharks and to keep me busy i brought smaller gear also. The big sharks were none existent except for a nice size blacktip way way out.
Fished shrimp in the suds on my 7ft 3000 and 4000 series setups got a whiting, a pomp and 2 reds just under slot. I only had about a dozen fresh caught shrimp and the bite was slow but decent fish. On my mid size setups saltist 50 on a 12ft rod. I fished fresh caught menhadden behind the breakers to about 200 yds out mostly sharpnose sharks out far nothing in close but crabs and got a mix of bigger 4ft to 6ft sharks red fish and crab action behind the breakers. Caught 7 sharks a finetooth a bonnet a blacktip and 4 sharpnose. Lost a massive red (maybe 50) in the surf. Mullet and menhadden everywhere right now. The dolphins were around all day kind of kiling my fishing.
In conclusion the reds are here. I heard iop pier (private) had a good run of them recently and that sullivans is producing them also.
Maybe next trip i get my first big red of the year and maybe crack 40