Yesterday turned out better than i had expected. It was windy, cold, the beach had changed a lot since last week, but, we scored plenty of bait and I brought my 20lb set up and shrimp to try for something different.
I kayaked a red snapper head out about 300 yards, then put some slices of grouper in the first gut on the long rods. i had the snapper head on a float. the float was attached to 50ft of 50lb mono then to a rock that had 12lb mono wrapped around it and a loop connection. i hung the snapper several feet under the float and hoped a Mako would be cruising by.
the smaller bait rod paid off. first hook up was on it and i was fighting what was comparable to a 50" class leopard shark. after a 7 or 8 min. tussle i had this 32" spotfin, i mean black drum on the beach.
soon after my 9/0 is bent over and screeming. I hook into it and it peeling 16-18lbs of drag like nothing. does a good 60 yard run then starts to turn. I kept watching the horizon but there was no jumping going on so I started to think it might be a bull. got her to the beach and its a 84" (7ft) sand bar. My first shark i get to tag. I was using a 10/0 owner super mutu with the barb removed. made for an easy un hooking process.
She swam off, now known as #352614
got another bait out. this time just on the bottom and about 300 yards as well.
not too long after i hook up! while im hooked up something picked up the shrimp and Hannah was on it. She landed a huge redfish and it looked longer than the drum i had landed. I got the phone ready to take a pic while i had the 9/0 in my hand and she turned and said she just wanted to release it. so back it went with no pic.
got the shark in, another sandy and another tag.
we stay another few hours hoping to use the last tag. not much went on until Hannahs long rod goes off. she hooks up and the line breaks. 3rd break off with the big game solar collector green. not long after my long rod goes off, Hannah hooks up and the white/clear big game mono holds just fine. for the 6th or seventh shark. that solar collector stuff is going in the trash.
Hannah gets her sand bar in and we get the last tag in and send her on her way.
called it a night after that.
Now that you mention it they do look exactly like Spotfins
Great report!
Man those Sandbars sure are purdy. Wish they were around on the east coast. Good 'goin. 
Fat sandbars, I got my first next to P-Cola Pier and it was FREEZING, less than 40 degrees 
Just an average fisherman.
Fat sandbars, I got my first next to P-Cola Pier and it was FREEZING, less than 40 degrees
yeah it was mid 30's. got down to 28 last night... 