Mark the Shark

Hatchi · 2013-03-30T20:48:16Z

My friends and I took the trip back in December to go shark fishing in Miami. We took a charter with Mark the Shark. We departed from Biscayne bay, headed out government cut and headed to the gulf stream. It was my first time on a 46 hattaras. This fishing trip turned out to be more of a sight seeing trip for we don't venture out to Miami very often being from the west coast. It was nice seeing Government Cut, especially after reading so much about Rene and how he caught monsters off the Government cut peir which is no longer there. The day was very unproductive. It was one of the worst days to go fishing. There was a nasty cold front come in and wind was blowing 25 out of the north. Needless to say it was windy and cold. There were 5 footers and dispite being on a 46 hattaras it was boucing around like a bouy. The girls were not too happy and one friend puked off the boat half the time begging for us to go home, unfortunately after paying $1200 for the trip that was not an option. We stuck it out for the full 8 hours. First we caught bait. My friend kyle was dead set on catching a shark but mark the shark told us we would have better luck trying to catch migrating sailfish. By god we tried. We tried all day. We tried every fishing method. All I can say is we tried. Mark the Sharks deckhand worked his @$$ off. When I say we didn't catch anything it wasn't from lack of effort that's for sure. We talked to Mark and picked his brain. He told us he knew Rene and used to fish with him back in the day. He also made me realize that when your passion is fishing don't make it your job. Once its work you no longer enjoy it as a pastime. After a full day of trying to catch fish we did some trolling. All we caught was a stinkin lizard fish. LAME. But I guess that's why they call it fishing not catching. Regardless of the disappointment it was wonderful to get to see the area that William speaks of and thinking of the great Rene and his adventures in the past. It turned out to be a wonderful field trip

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