Comments on: Shark Fishing Guide: Deploying Shark Bait

By: Phil Ozar

Phil Ozar — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:47:19 +0000

correction its a railbit fish? i dont know know exactly, but it looks like a combination of an eel and a houndfish but much much longer.

By: Phil Ozar

Phil Ozar — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:45:55 +0000

I along with John Abraham live in the same buidling complex. we have gone fishing many times but there are two problems. One, it is to shallow to go out unless you have a kayak… problem is we dont have a kayak…… Two, there is always a debate about which bait to use. Today, we have chosen a rainbow fish. We are going to cast this thing out right now! Im writing this article five minutes prior to leaving. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

By: Spencer Dixon

Spencer Dixon — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:18:54 +0000

When I go shark fishing, I don’t use a baitcaster. I use a conventional reel which has a casting and lock and reel switch on the top, and a clacker and regular switch on the side. And I just cast out and flip the switch to turn on the clacker. When I get a hit I flip the switch on the top, set the hook, and flip the switch on the side so that I don’t annoy everyone who is fishing around me ( on a pier or boat).

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:06:12 +0000

Very cool. I’d love to see a picture of your setup!

Shoot me a picture and I’ll add it to the guide.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:03:09 +0000

Down here in Australia my mate and I used to use a remote controlled boat to get our lines out from the Ninety Mile Beach here in Victoria.We started doing this over 20 years ago and ended up with a 5ft boat that had a 4hp outboard powerhead in it.My (now deceased) mate was a brilliant engineer and made up a lot of the metal parts,not to mention his craftmanship in wood!We had a hatch in the back of the boat in which there was a pipe that we’d put the bait & trace into.We also had another line attached to the front of the boat to pull it back in.We’d run the boat until it was around 500-600 metres out and when ready to drop the bait we’d just clamp the reel with the bait and open the hatch,allowing the trace & bait to flow out.We then turned it off and pulled it back in.We believe(d) we were the first people in Australia to do this with any regularity.There’s now another mob that have a boat and fish the same area..possibly after seeing our boat in action??

Great stuff!!!

By: nathan

nathan — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:07:03 +0000

I don’t think you’ll have any issues getting your line tangled in the lanyard. After your trip I’d love to hear just how well this idea works out

By: sam from jax

sam from jax — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:25:50 +0000

I have plans this summer to spend 10 days on the beach at the south ponte vedra area. Our plans are to do some shark fishing from the beach. I will be using a penn senator 113, and doing pretty much as your article says with tackle, line weight, bonita for bait etc. My plan for deploying bait will be with kayak, 75 to 100 yds out. Here is what im using to hold bait out: I want to deploy an anchor with a small lanyard attached to a jug float out to desired distance from shore; at the bottom of this anchor i will attach my line through a breakable clip that will hold my bait and line out. The bait and steel leader will be deployed several yards down current of the anchor. When shark takes the bait it should feed unobstructed through the breakable clip until which time i decide to set the hook and break and release the line. Am I looking for problems with possible tangle with lanyard.

By: john michael kamel

john michael kamel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:33:26 +0000

this post answered all my questions,..thanks~!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:12:09 +0000

Your main line should be braid. Then a shock leader. about 10-20 yards of 110 mono. You can use a uni-to-uni knot to make the connection. In general this knot will slip through the guides on your rod. To the shark leader you’ll want 5+ ft of steel leader. You should be able to leave the steel leader at the end of the rod to make the cast. The shock leader will wind up on the reel.

By: Butch

Butch — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:59:49 +0000

This shark fishing sounds fun but I think I would use a kite to deploy my bait or maybe a remote control boat on a calm day. Maybe a wave runner. This may sound kind of goofy but its got to be better than carrying bait out on a surf board or kayak when a big Bull shark may be around and mistake you for the bait.