Great to know because I was on my way to loading up a 14/o with 100# mono... I'll be looking into your suggestion.
I'm located in Fort Lauderdale but I'm willing to go anywhere within an hour from home. For example, not too long ago I met up with Willy in Stuart. I'm always getting hit in Fort Lauderdale but between snags and chasing over reef I'm losing my rigs way too often (which is why braid is sounding reeeal nice). I drop these about a football field out as I do on AI. I had 80# mono onto a 15' wire braid / wire combo leader to a 10 or 12/o hook... I throw on 8-16oz pyramid at the top of the leader and this always worked in MD for fish up to 200#. I'll leave the drag loose enough to easily feed with my hands but keep the line taut. Willy showed me some things which has me reconsidering my FL tackle.
You have some great locations very close to you. FL can be bad for cutoffs. I have found that long leaders help alot. Here is a basic leader I run. 20/0 Mustad circle, 8 feet or so of # 19 wire or 480lb coated cable, 800lb barrel swivel, then 30 feet of 6 to 800lb mono. I also put a big snap swivel on the 30 foot of heavy mono to act as my sliding weight. This leader helps stop some cut offs along with at least 150 yards of 200 mono for a top shot on my reels. 12/0 size and 14/0 size are FL favorites and have caught some true monsters. IMO any 14/130 size reel should be loaded with 130lb min and have at least 200 yards of 200lb mono on top. 80-100 and even 130 will not last long in tough conditions. I know it sounds crazy running 200lb line but 90% of it is for abrasion resistance. keep reading around in the forums and you will learn a lot.
How far do you yak your baits out?
Our plan is to create a spread, 100–200-300 yard drops. I’m assuming 300 yards is more than sufficient for the larger sharks, but maybe I’m wrong. I figure AI can't be too much different than the Carolinas.Thats a great plan and exactly what we do on AI until we find the hot bite drop, then we focus on the depth.
How did you get your tuna heads?
I hit up the docks in west oc between 3-5 o'clock. Sunset marina area. It helps to have some friends offshore but its usually pretty easy. Dont count out the skins from Tuna, wahoo, and what ever else they work great.
here is some MD sharker info for you. http://sharksonthesand.com/forum/viewto ... f=8&t=4139 ever need any help feel free to contact me.
Great advice. Just got a 12/o and that's exactly what I'm going to set it up with. Pictures to follow...
How did you get your tuna heads?
What he said. Sunset is also where I would go. They're great guys and usually don't try to make money off of you like, say, the fish cleaner at Fish Tales in OC. Micky Fins and the docks west of Sunset are other places to check out as well if there's no luck at Sunset. Get to any of those places by 4:30 and they won't have taken their carcasses out to drop yet.
Any of you guys fish up at Lewes, Delaware or Cape Henlopen? From what I've heard, there's plenty of Bulls to be had. My only concern is the new shark fishing laws Delaware passed.
Any of you guys fish up at Lewes, Delaware or Cape Henlopen? From what I've heard, there's plenty of Bulls to be had. My only concern is the new shark fishing laws Delaware passed.
Good fishing, but the law of not removing sharks from the water can be a little tricky when dehooking in the wash 
No Bulls but 2 Tigers lots of Dusky, Sandbars and Sandtigers. I have only seen a few Bulls caught over the last 5 or 6 years. Heres a special DE report where we had a permit to remove them from the water. https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/fo ... =32&t=6019
Any of you guys fish up at Lewes, Delaware or Cape Henlopen? From what I've heard, there's plenty of Bulls to be had. My only concern is the new shark fishing laws Delaware passed.
Good fishing, but the law of not removing sharks from the water can be a little tricky when dehooking in the wash
No Bulls but 2 Tigers lots of Dusky, Sandbars and Sandtigers. I have only seen a few Bulls caught over the last 5 or 6 years. Heres a special DE report where we had a permit to remove them from the water. https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/fo ... =32&t=6019
The law seems mostly unenforceable, but I don't mind keeping the sharks wet if that's what we have to do.
Nice report. Hopefully, by august, I'll have some pics to post.
The beach definitely has better odds of catching a monster, the deep DE shipping channel and massive Delaware bay is prime aera for a big ol FL style shark.
The easy way to release in the water is walk out to as close as you feel comfortable and clip the leader. I know it sucks but I would not want to loose my fishing pass for the year or worse over a hook. If you try dehooking make sure you are good with a dehooker and having the barbs smashed down or filed off really help.
Do any of you guys have any info on beach driving and permits on Assateague Island?
I haven't made a trip to AI yet, so I'm trying to figure out what we're getting into. From what I understand, it's $90 for a permit to drive on the Maryland side. Is there a cheaper permit?
I'm also confused on the State Park v. National Seashore. What's the difference between the two in terms of permits, regulations, and public access?