I went to boot camp with a guy that caught a HUGE tiger off Cape San Blas...seems like it was around 14' long. He told me it ran aground about 30 yds from the beach, they had to get a wrecker out there to pull it the rest of the way in and load it to go to the scales...1050 lbs! I saw a pic of it, but it was so huge next to Dennis that it didn't even look real!

There have been some good ones caught on the cape. Last year some guy caught a big one that had been tagged near Appalachicola as a baby like 20-25 years prior TO THE DAY.

That's pretty cool that the shark stayed in it's common waters for that long and was caught again just a few miles from where it was tagged on the same day. Bet that doesn't happen often.

I've never shark fished from the surf but caught a few offshore. I can only imagine how hard it has to be to land it.

Jono:

We caught some sharks off the beach after dark summer before last. Easy fishing. Cut bait and a wire leader. Biggest we caught was probably 4ft. Fun though.

we used to shark fish at night of the Destin pass jetties, east side. We caught(landed) sharks to 11 1/2 feet. we lost bigger ones.

Awesome, I'm going to give it a shot tonight. I bought some random frozen bait at the walmarks earlier. We will see if it works!

Thanks for the input guys.

I got a 5' or so shark as close as I wanted to off of Ft Morgan when I was 16. Was using cut skipjack as bait with a wire leader. If you see any ladyfish running, find a shiny lure and get you some fresh bait that way. They are a fun fight and a lot of things out there will eat 'em.

Did y'all catch em all on a out going tide ? I took a couple Bonita out there last year but the tide was going out at noon and by then every honky with a fishing pole were seemingly on the east Jetti.

I surf fish all the time at the beach. Best fishing ever was when the oil was there. We caught fish all day long but didn't keep any. Have caught a few sharks nothing big in the gulf. One guy three years ago had on 85lb test, got a big one on and it kept going never checked it up.

outgoing tide at night. We used whole Bonita, on a 8" hook, heavy steel cable leader 10' long, rigged to 5/8 rope 100' long tied to a very large rock on the jetty. Take some friends and a cooler of beer. Throw the Bonita out as far as possible, build a fire, drink beer and wait for the rope to go tight. Manhandle pull the shark in and bangstick his azz.

outgoing tide at night. We used whole Bonita, on a 8" hook, heavy steel cable leader 10' long, rigged to 5/8 rope 100' long tied to a very large rock on the jetty. Take some friends and a cooler of beer. Throw the Bonita out as far as possible, build a fire, drink beer and wait for the rope to go tight. Manhandle pull the shark in and bangstick his azz.[/quote]

Dang. That's going caveman beast mode on them. Sounds fun.

No sharks yet, but got on some pompano and ladyfish today. Looks like storms tonight, but I have some bait now.

id eat them pomps... which i am sure you did.. right??

Yeah we kept those for us, ladyfish for sharks

Y'all should look at going bow fishing during the night. One of the most fun things I do down there.

Any recommendations of someone to go with?

Oh yeah...forgot to mention, though I'm sure you've figured it out by now...when you catch a ladyfish, keep the vent pointed away from you!

yeah, figured that one out... lol.

We are actually out fishing right now. I haven't caught any sharks but I caught my first bull red last night and that was freaking awesome. I don't know what's considered big, but it was a giant to me. Never reeled in anything that big before. Hoping something bites soon tonight

Update?

And pic of the red?