my father and i both have reels that hold 500 yards of 50 lb line. we will be fishing off the shore near Myers beach. whats the max distance we should yak our baits out. i would like to be able to get 100-200 yards so is 400-300 enough line in reserve to fight 5-6-7-8 foot sharks???
that's plenty of line. I'd suggest dropping a bait in the first and second gut, or if its a large wave beach, 50 yards past the break and 100 yards past it.
that's plenty of line. I'd suggest dropping a bait in the first and second gut, or if its a large wave beach, 50 yards past the break and 100 yards past it.
I'm a fresh water fisherman so bare with me...are guts the area between where the waves breaks?
that's plenty of line. I'd suggest dropping a bait in the first and second gut, or if its a large wave beach, 50 yards past the break and 100 yards past it.
I'm a fresh water fisherman so bare with me...are guts the area between where the waves breaks?
yes. waves don't break over the deeper water. unless there is a storm.
The gut is the trough between shallower water, such as between areas that are sandbars at low tide. 
no matter where you fish, you must drop your bait before any reefs if there are shallow reefs
You can go out as far as you want in some areas, just remember that the less line you have on your reel is a lowering percentage towards landing a fish in any situation. One common mis-perception is that your bait needs to be farther out for a bigger shark.
My top three sharks I saw before they hit the bait, all within only feet from me. My hammer hit next to the beach after the seaweed and current swept it practically on shore, my tiger hit almost straight down at the pier, and I basically hand fed the bull from the bridge.
Just an average fisherman.
Casted a 12 0 out off the beach and it was a 90inch lemon shark.
JPSHARK took me out 500yards+ on my 16 0 and I got a 8ft Nurse 
You never know where they might be.
I've seen a tiger in 10ft deep water. And he hit a casted bait.
I got spooled casting off the jetty the other weekend by something big.
cubaneddy had a hammer hit his crab trap on the beach at lake worth pier.
The shark was so big it broke his rope holding the trap.
I think it's random, but everyone tells me the big sharks are out in the blue water.
Do one short drop and one long drop and see what happens in that spot.
Same here, had hits and seen others in waist deep "LobCast" distance water ,and 200+yds out, got a nursey once longer than me { 6"} on a big sting ray wing I threw 10-15 feet out just to prove a point , ....That they come in CLOSE.