Hello, Looks like you are the fisherman here. I want to fish on the surf (beach area) with my son at the end of October and he wants to catch a shark. Size does not matter. We tried last year and never got a bite but it was kinda rough. We had a regular rod and reel and used the double hooks with a sinker. We used squid on 1 and a mullet on the other hook. We had to poles out. No luck and we went about three nights. Maybe we did not stay long enough. Maybe we need a surf pole, or whatever they are in order to get it out further. Any suggestions or advise would be great.

Thanks

I hope this gets to you in time!


You need a surf rod 10ft or longer and 20-30lb test on your reel. Also, a rod holder that stands your rod straight up in the air is a good piece of equipment to have.

Go to wall mart and ask for a Gulf-rig, 3/0 or 4/0 hooks, and 4-6 oz triangle sinkers.

Hook your sinker to the swivel on the gulf rig closest to where you tie your line to the gulf rig, and place 1 hook on the remaining swivels. This is the rig I use.

You can catch the smaller sharks 10lbs and under using cut squid (also sold at wal-mart), but I would suggest going to a fish market and buying a whole bonita, spanish mackrel, or other oily fish and using them for cutbait.

I hope this helps and I hope it gets to you in time. Let me know if I can help you out in any other way.

I really hope this message got to you in time. Again, I'm sorry I was so late in getting to your question.