Went out last Saturday morning (4am) in the middle of a good storm. Fishing time doesn't come easy lately so we go when our schedule allows, not the weather. Anyways, I was afraid the rain, overflowing canals and murky water would turn off the bite, if there was one at all. Turns out the opposite. About 30minitrs after the canal next to us burst through the sand bank (0615) and almost washed away my Makaira, it was hit and I landed a decent 7' 8.5" shark.
The 30mph winds finally stopped about noon and I put the head of a 10lb squid on my everol and less than 30minutes later I had another one on the sand. 7'10"
Squid on 20/0 catch all
And shark
As far as ID goes. We're pretty convinced they are blacktips. After inquiring with a few shark experts and sending pics to various groups we've gotten the same responses back. "Large healthy blacktips".
Rolled into Sunday and the weather was perfect. Light wind, sunny skies, calm surf but no fish! Figured it was time to Pack it in and call it a success.
Nice!
If those are tippers like the guys say, they are mack daddy tippers! Not like the lil guys that come to FL for the migration!