Thread: Land based sharking

Hey guys, my name is Jason from NW Arkansas. I'm planning a trip down to FT Morgan/Gulfshores area June 1st-8th and most likely will become an annual trip. I'll be doing a lot surf fishing during that time. I was curious how many of y'all are into the land based shark fishing? I know AL restricts direct sharking from the beach. Just curious how y'all go about that if anyone runs over into the edge of FL to shark? I have caught smaller sharks in the Keys years ago so have some experience with this type of fishing. Any help would be appreciated.

Welcome aboard jhatch!
If you type "sharking" in the Search field, you will find all kind of info. I am sure you will also hear from Chile on this topic!

Originally Posted by FinChaser

Welcome aboard jhatch!
If you type "sharking" in the Search field, you will find all kind of info. I am sure you will also hear from Chile on this topic!

Thanks brother!!

There are a bunch of people that fish for sharks from shore over here in Pensacola. I just recently bought a rod and reel for sharks and also have my fishing kayak that I recently bought as well to paddle baits out when I go. Can't wat to try fishing for sharks.

Hi Jason,
welcome to GSPF.
I like to run a bait every now & then in either AL or FL.
In AL, as long as you're away from the regular tourist & resort condo beaches you can pretty much shark without being bothered.
If you've a beach house it is much easier because of the few public beach access points.
But Fort Morgan offers a huge expanse of relatively deserted beach, you just have to haul gear to where you're fishing.

Some of my sharking buddies & I make several trips a year to FL, mainly the Pensacola area, to do nothing but shark.
I take 3-4 days of vacation and fish about 12hrs a day.
Sometimes it can be days before I catch anything, other times the sharks & other denizens of the surf abound.
But you'll never catch the trophies if you're not out there putting in the time.
And just as much fun as the sharking is the fishing for bait.

June 1-8, maybe I can take a few days & join you?
Sharking is a team endeavor, minimum three people to land a big one, and they have to know their jobs.
I have a yak to run baits, some decent gear & enough knowledge to just possibly get us onto a shark or two.

I've landed two trophy hammers and a multitude of smaller sharks.
Here is my personal best from last year.
He took three days of getting skunked, zero sharks, then on the last night...

Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

Hi Jason,
welcome to GSPF.
I like to run a bait every now & then in either AL or FL.
In AL, as long as you're away from the regular tourist & resort condo beaches you can pretty much shark without being bothered.
If you've a beach house it is much easier because of the few public beach access points.
But Fort Morgan offers a huge expanse of relatively deserted beach, you just have to haul gear to where you're fishing.

Some of my sharking buddies & I make several trips a year to FL, mainly the Pensacola area, to do nothing but shark.
I take 3-4 days of vacation and fish about 12hrs a day.
Sometimes it can be days before I catch anything, other times there are sharks & other denizens of the surf abound.
But you'll never catch the trophies if you're not out there putting in the time.
And just as much fun as the sharking is the fishing for bait.

June 1-8, maybe I can take a few days & join you?
Sharking is a team endeavor, minimum three people to land a big one, and they have to know their jobs.
I have a yak to run baits, some decent gear & enough knowledge to just possibly get us onto a shark or two.

I've landed two trophy hammers and a multitude of smaller sharks.
Here is my personal best from last year.
He took three days of getting skunked, zero sharks, then on the last night...

awesome Hammer brother yeah keep in touch I'll shoot you a pm with my info. I'd love to fish with you. I'll have to work around my family stuff some but for the most part I'll have lots of time. Especially the night, my wife has a lot of her family coming and so far I'm the only man on the trip! Lol my daughter is 13 and she'll want to join up. I'm really looking forward to getting down there!

I'd love to try that myself sometime! The hell if I'm going to be the guy who runs the bait out with the kayak though!

Chilli! I'm down!! We'll keep in touch!

If I am able I will try to get with you and Chili too.

Sounds great! I'm ready!