So i paddled out decent sized baits the past three nights and only have had little baby runs from small sharks, on top of that its impossible to keep the line directly straight the waves keep making so much slack in the line that the shark has to swim out all the slack before my clicker goes off. Yesterday i paddled out a big dolphin carcass and sat for 8 hours and nothing touched it, im off a beach in FL, idk maybe it just sucks here?
Try adding an anchor to your leader doesn't have to be heavy just has to grab. Usually where there's a lot of pups there is a lack of big sharks because the big guys eat them.
I would definitely use some sort of spider weight. Size depending on current and such.
i would use an anchor like they said but as for the no big sharks there might just not be any in your area right now
anchor all the way. i like to do mine so it can slide like 3 or 4 feet up my leader that way the shark can run with no pressure other then the clicker and ur drag and then pops the anchors.
thats how i do mine to but i let mine slide all the way up and down the weed wacker string i use for tail swipe
So for an anchor what should i use, are you guys talking about the break away system thing? im from the west coast I dont know alot about stuff here but like you tie a light mono line to a cincder block and then break it off when you get the hit? im not sure what you mean by anchor
So for an anchor what should i use, are you guys talking about the break away system thing? im from the west coast I dont know alot about stuff here but like you tie a light mono line to a cincder block and then break it off when you get the hit? im not sure what you mean by anchor
barrel swivel 20 feet of 400 pound mono to another barrel swivel then cable or wire whichever u prefer then hook. inbetween the two barrel swivels put a snap swivel on the mono so that it slides. as for your anchor use clotheshanger with lead make them attach somhow tape twist the shit together whatever so that it makes a spider shape and it will grab. the other way to do it which i dont prefer is tie 10-30 lb mono to you hook then let out 5-7 foot and tie it to a brick or cinderblock when u get a run the sharks teeth will slice the mono. i dont like this method because if u miss the shark u gotta reel ur bait in tie on another brick then kayak back out. when u use the spider weight method make sure to use clotheshanger i noticed when u use anything thicker itll take forever to reel in ur bait cuz itll drag the bottom and get caght up on shit, the clothes hanger just bends back with enough pressure. good luck its all about common sense thats just the way i do it ( o and make sure ur weight is not affixed to ur leader cuz the shark will feel pressure immediately and drop it most of the time u wanna keep it feelin and lookin as natural as possible.)
OKay so with the spider weight, how heavy should it be like a pound or 2lbs? and you fight the shark with the big weight hanging on the line?
The spiders I ordered are 14oz. You're not gonna feel a pound weight on 200 pound shark.
Not sure of your fishing conditions but, as for line drift, if you want your bait to be straight in front of you by the time you get back in, you need to paddle your baits slightly to the left or right of your set up in the opposite way of the current you are fishing so by the time your bait reaches bottom it will drift right in front of your rod.
As for waves pulling your rig along, you can use a bite-away weight, anything from bricks, rocks, sacs of sand, etc. Tie it to some somewhat heady monofilament (40-130lb depending on conditions you fish) and to the eye of your hook, when a nice shark grabs your bait it will slice through the monofilament with ease.
Boca Raton I know can produce some very large sharks and this time of the year is probably a good time to try, but I definitely don't suggest using dolphin for bait, I have never seen dolphin get hit and have only heard of one shark ever caught using dolphin and it was a small lemon. 
On a boat it's a different story though, live dolphin get hit by makos and other sharks
Just an average fisherman.
These are ones i made i use them on sliders also i made different sizes and weights.
get a bigger rock ... the rocks work very good tie about 80lb mono or what ever you thing is best out there you don't
want to put some thing the will pop of with the current...
We've caught a couple of 6'ish bulls and 5'is bt's on dolphin this year out of the bays. If fact, we've only gotten 4 dolphin carcasses this year, and they each produced a fish...in a couple of cases the only fish!