| If you observe fifty different fishermen targeting | | | | You should sharpen your hooks each time after |
| sharks you will likely see fifty different techniques | | | | you fish to ensure their proper condition the next |
| for catching them. | | | | time you go out on the water. Also use hooks |
| There is much more science to shark fishing than | | | | that have a thick shank. A fight with a large shark |
| originally meets the eye. In the following | | | | is often very long and grueling. Their mouths are |
| paragraphs I will outline some tips for improving | | | | very strong and when they roll over and over it |
| your catch rate. | | | | can stress a hook greatly. Hooks with a thin |
| Everyone knows that chumming and sharks go | | | | shank are often straightened out which will result |
| together like peanut butter and jelly. What you | | | | in the loss of the fish. |
| may not know however is what forms of chum | | | | When using freshly cut fish for bait do not forget |
| work best. Through experience I have learned the | | | | the head. I often see novice shark fishermen cut |
| best form of chum is a cut open Barracuda. | | | | their bait into chunks and use nice white looking |
| Barracuda are oily fish and a natural competitor to | | | | strips of meat. I once asked a fisherman why he |
| most species of shark. Simply put sharks cannot | | | | removed the skin and used a white chunk of |
| stand Barracuda, a fish that has a pungent and | | | | meat. He told me it looked nice. The problem is of |
| distinctive odor. | | | | course how it looks to the shark. |
| If you want to attract sharks cut open a | | | | The best part of any cut fish is the head portion. |
| Barracuda and hang it from the boat or pier you | | | | Depending on the size of fish I like to cut the fish |
| are fishing and wait about a half hour. If there are | | | | an inch or two behind the head and use that |
| sharks in the area you will know quickly. | | | | portion as bait. I have caught many more fish |
| Live bait is your best option for catching sharks. | | | | using the head section than a fillet. Don't think like |
| Sharks have often been called garbage disposals | | | | a human and use what looks best in the pan. |
| because of their ability to eat just about anything. | | | | Think like a shark and select the bloody head |
| In the final analysis it is live bait that works best | | | | portion of the fish to use for bait. |
| to catch them. Freshly killed fish work better than | | | | My preferred technique for fishing for sharks in |
| previously frozen fish as well. You need to look at | | | | water with light current goes against the grain of |
| the shark much like you look at any other fish. | | | | commonly accepted shark fishing principles. Most |
| The hook is without a doubt a very important | | | | experienced shark fishermen insist on keeping |
| piece of equipment. When fishing for sharks I like | | | | their bait on the bottom. I have had much |
| to rig my bait with a very large, thick sharp hook. | | | | success free lining both live and cut bait while |
| You need a sharp hook because the mouth of a | | | | fishing for sharks. |
| shark is very difficult to penetrate. | | | | |