Shark Handling Page

[Sam]

I had a talk with the new Superintendent of Assateague Island recently. I just couldn't help myself and I asked his opinion on shark fishing. ;)

He said he basically had two minor concerns about shark fishing on Assateague Island.

1. Shark survival rate if released.
   
2. Swimmers seeing a shark pulled in might scare some folks.
   

Both of these were expected by me and I was pleasantly surprised how much he cared about the shark survival rate. He basically said to use common sense and discretion. Don't yak out baits in the middle of a family of swimmers and try your best to be gentle with the shark after landing it.

After thinking about this, I decided to design a Shark Fishing Web Page.

What I need from you all are suggestions on what to put on this page.

• Equipment to be used for catching the sharks
  
• Bait
  
• Handling instructions
  
• Releasing
• Basic Saftey
  

Thank you for your input and hopefully, we will be able to have another great sharking summer.

[ben23]

that would be awesome.......i think thats a great idea
it would be better for targeting sharks from these waters...not what ppl in texas do
i will help out....but i dont have much to offer...maybe a couple pics from my upcoming sharkin adventures...lol

[travis]

different rigs for casting for those of us that dont paddle our bait out.and what kind of stinkers to use.

[Steve]

You talking about stinkey baits?
Sorry, but you got me crackin' up!!!

I'm gonna' keep my trap shut, but I couldn't resist....

Originally Posted by travis

and what kind of stinkers to use.

[Sam]

Steve, how many Sam Adams tonight?

Okay, I'm starting to Hijack my own thread. Back to the subject at hand. The website name will be http://www.beachsharkfishing.com

[travis]

man i didnt even notice that.i need to learn how to type it was meant to say be sinkers by the

[Steve]

I dunno' bout that Sam, I think keeping the info in one place would be nicer....
Like, this site...

[travis]

Originally Posted by Steve

I dunno' bout that Sam, I think keeping the info in one place would be nicer....
Like, this site...

ya i agree.i thought it would just be another forum under extreme fishing.

[Sam]

The site will a site (Lots of pictures and some videos) and information with a link forwarded to this forum. ;)

[trowpa]

Another vote here to make sure you have info for the non-yakkers (casting crowd). Especially since I would think that's how most sharkers get started....then buy the yak when they get obsessed....

[igormothra]

Funny you bring up the not yakking out in the middle of a family(no I didn't) Last week I was paddling back in and there was a family about 200yrds up the beach and I thought to myself "how long would those kids be in the water if there mother knew I was shark fishing" Doesn't really matter that the sharks are there anyway and that the majority of the species are not likely to take a bite out of a human. I do agree that we should take some serious precautions, Maybe we should head further down the beach.

[Steve]

I used to do a lot of flying when I lived in FL. I would fly over Daytona Beach and look down at the hundreds of people swimming, wading, etc...

And the plethora of sharks swimming within a couple feet of the people. The people never knew....

But I agree, if we are targeting, move it down the ORV a bit. It's what the AI Super would like to see also. Legally we could set up right next to all the swimmers, but I wouldn't want to defend myself in a civil suit for doing such. There are folks here that do not have the vehicle to get down the beach, I understand. But it doesn't stop you from exercising caution and using common sense.

Ya got to remember, there's nothing stopping the Feds from putting a restriction on targeting, like that story from the SC pier. Let's all just be very observant to who is around and think about the other people's right to enjoy the same waters we do. There aren't any rules governing how we do it, just use common sense and there won't be any restrictions imposed.

It's everybody's playground, play nicely.

Well, that's my two cents for this thread, got the "Where to fish" part...

[igormothra]

Again I concur, I just found this new kind of fishing and I would not want to see Big Brother telling me I can't do it, and I really don't want to wind up in court because some lawyer thinks its my fault someone got bit. Fortunatly we tend to be targeting them more towards the evening and most "normal" people aren't in the water anyway.

[igormothra]

For those folks who do not have 4x4 capabilities and want to target those big tooth buggers, I am quite sure those of us that do have 4x4 will be more than happy to team up. I know I would be. Just pm me or like Sam said post it on the calander and if I am headed down that day I will be more than happy to meet up in the parking lot and roll down to the other end of the Island.

[ben23]

i might have to take you up on that..........but i know that i'm restricted to Bethany beach for most of my beach week...i guess i need to push up farther from the swimmers?