Shark Fishing on Cape Cod from Shore

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for the advice! I got one shark summer of 2018 on a beach on the south side of cape cod thanks to your tips.

Biggest frustration I’ve had though is dealing with the amount of seaweed and reeds! I’ve wasted nights spending more time reeling in baits and clearing 10-20lbs of seaweed from my line. Unfortunately I didn’t check winds before going, just tried to time the Slack Tide.

Did you notice a big improvement going on days with a North West (offshore) wind? I hope so! it would allow me to predict a few days in advance whether I should drive 2 hours for a night of shark fishing or expect to be clearing lines of seaweed.

Thanks again!

-Andrew

If you are fishing in an area with a big drop off try using a 1 oz weight and let it sink as slow as possible. Thanks and good fishing

Hows the sharking going — great websites are

tx-sharkfishing.com

and check out Blacktip challenge

his youtube is BlacktipH —- he has a ton of videos on making rigs, gear, baiting, etc — he is a great guy — I spoke with him for over an hr on the phone to get his insights —

Im out in Nantucket in the early summer and fall — Im geared up and ready for Sept — there are bigger shark out there than browns — Ive seen them from the shore —

you spoke of elliot catching the 200# brown — that was down by my house — that was a big brown — Ive gotten in contact with him as well and we are planning on hitting the beaches when I get out there — he’s a great guy and has caught some serious fish in florida —

You can find me on FB as well — let me know what you are learning — I’ll do the same —

Remember big baits — big shark —

Im running a Penn V series 8500 spin with a custom surfcasting rod — 4 oz spider weight (digs in better and holds) with a bluefish/albie head — you want a oily stinky fish — the albies make great bait — blues are softer meat — can lose baits more easily —

The long range set up is a Makaira 50W with a Seeker 7′ 60-100# class rod with 100# Jerry Brown Hollow braid with 200yds of 200# mono top shot — I’ll run a whole bait or larger section of albie on that — 8oz spider weight — can either kayak it out — or I have the Aqua Cat Dinglehopper Turbo bait deployment boat — comes from S Africa (not cheap esp with shipping) — I am a bit concerned over the white sharks and yaking it out at night — Ive seen several of them in years past as we have a serious seal issue —

you can also try a balloon rig to get baits offshore

you are correct — look for structure — troughs between sand bars — rips/shoals, steep drop offs — etc —

Run a short bait and a long bait — esp early dusk before the sharks head into the beach for feeding — I dont know the mainland too well — but nantucket you dont have to go more than 100-200 yds out on some of the beaches to get to deep water —

so do you have a seal issue — if so you may need to fish large heads only — seals like to eat the guts out of fish and will take you for a ride down the beach — If you do — look up seal abatement coalition — I work on that and we need all the support we can get — seals are out of control — and only getting worse — we cant even fish great point anymore — and that was some of the best fishing around the cape —

crabs — they love bait too — try to float the bait off the bottom — or if using a whole albie try a black nylon stocking — put the fish in like you would your foot — get it tight — zip tie at the tail– cut off remaining — then run your hook —

for crabs — fish heads will fare much longer than chunk meat —

Ive seen some big sharks — and I believe they are running under the blues and albies — the trophy would be a mako from shore — Ive seen a few near shore — some with some size to them — there are more than brown sharks nowadays —

Kyle woodhead