hey guys new member here john. live and shark out of south texas but grew up in st pete area and headin back for a visit beginning of may. only beaches i remember how to get to are madeira,redington and irb. any of these spots any good at night?(hear they frown on beach sharkin around there) any tips or spots would be appreciated not lookin for a honey hole just some advice. gotta travel light so ill only be bringin the little yak,daiwa 900h and the penn 309,shimano 6500 baitrunner for casted baits. do most of yall use circles or j's? i started out using 16-20/0 circles but have noticed with the large cownose and jacks i miss alot of hookups. thanks and any tips or places to go would be greatly appreciated!
I fish Indian Rocks Beach and Mad Beach, never been bothered out there at night. Other than tourists and their 20 questions and idiots telling me "there's no sharks here, we swim here." Once we had a cop ask for fishing Licenses but he was cool, didn't even say anything bout my buddies beer. Morons swim in your lines at night every once in a while but we fish a "private" area behind some condos but no one says anything as long as you park in public parking areas. I use 14/0 VMC J-hooks. WARNING: Hope you like crab traps, IRB and Mad Beach has quite a few traps at the moment. When you come down we'll fish with ya if we can.
thanks for the tips! yeah i figured there would be buoys or traps..sucks but ill go wherever to run out some bait. hopefully it wont be a problem producing bait but i was gonna try to bring a few cownose with me just in case if the wife permits haha. anyways that would be cool to meet some new people and learn a thing or 2 on sharkin around that area i see you're located in largo im originally from seminole. ill be sure to post when im down there to try and set something up. thanks again!
Im from Seminole too btw. LOL. Just post up a reminder before you come, we'll try to fish with ya or I'll at least let ya know what the guides and my buddies are ranting about at the time. (Whats hot, whats not.)
sounds good thanks