kayaking baits out,,,,how far??

it doesnt really matter but dont make a 600 yard drop if u only have 700 yards of line. but sharks cruse all parts of the water.

yea i got a lot of line 1000 yards of 130 but i would be scared to got out that far i think a 100 yards or 200 yards would be my max at night lol

2/3 on the reel 1/3 in the water.

Casted baits will get hit.

I have seen 500 lb bulls in 2 feet of water and people wade in the river?

I would fish atleast two rods. Drop the big guns deep and the smaller reels closer in.

I fish 130 on my 80w So it give me a little more then 650 yards of line.

I try to keep 400+ on my reel when I deploy. Here is the catcher... I dont have a yak I use mostly live baits. 10 lb jacks are my favorite How ever I'd put a 30 lbder out in a heart beat. Tail hook them and let them swim out until they stop taking line

In my personal experience I have found that those big sharks hit the closer baits. My largest tiger was caught on a 200 yard drop. A few years ago I dropped my 6/0 in close. I mean like 40-50 yards. The tide changed around 10 at night and I hooked into a freight train that never stopped. The hook was pulled but I have no doubt that had the hook not be pulled I would have been spooled. Like said before place your baits at different depths, but don't feel that you have to get your bait out as far as you can.

Ive also found that shallow bait drops get hit more often that runnin out 300+yrds n droppin baits, plus ya dont get wore out as easily thus makin it easier for more baits. Ive caught way more big fish in shallower water than i have in farther,deeper water.

Ive also found that shallow bait drops get hit more often that runnin out 300+yrds n droppin baits, plus ya dont get wore out as easily thus makin it easier for more baits

That's the main thing

I think you kinda have to know the lay of the bottom. I fish on the south part of Ft. Myers beach in front of our condo. We also go to other spots but it is easy for me to set up close to home, I looked at Geo Garage, and can see the depths from my porch. Just south of us is Big Carlos Pass, there is a Chanel that runs along the beach from the pass not too far out, say 100 yards and it goes north and south along the beach.

I had been doing these monster drops to get out past the sand bars etc without not to much success. So I thought, why not drop in this trough. A few months ago I started getting slammed and hooked onto a freight train 100 yards out, the bait was in the water 5 minutes. Fought the thing for some time and it destroyed my penn 12, snapped the line 130 lb mono.

Anyway, point being I think you have to look for these natural pathways where the bait are. Like when the cow nose are in, I am just willing to bet there are some big boys munching down on them 50 feet from shore.

drop at differnt spots. if i take my 14,12, and a 9 out i drop them differnt areas. theres nights I will but out a chunck of mullet,live silver trout , and it gets hit before anything else does.

yea i got a lot of line 1000 yards of 130 but i would be scared to got out that far i think a 100 yards or 200 yards would be my max at night lol

if ur fishing a beach that requires far drops, ur gonna have to get used to going the distance.... no guts no glory

I think you kinda have to know the lay of the bottom. I fish on the south part of Ft. Myers beach in front of our condo. We also go to other spots but it is easy for me to set up close to home, I looked at Geo Garage, and can see the depths from my porch. Just south of us is Big Carlos Pass, there is a Chanel that runs along the beach from the pass not too far out, say 100 yards and it goes north and south along the beach.

I had been doing these monster drops to get out past the sand bars etc without not to much success. So I thought, why not drop in this trough. A few months ago I started getting slammed and hooked onto a freight train 100 yards out, the bait was in the water 5 minutes. Fought the thing for some time and it destroyed my penn 12, snapped the line 130 lb mono.

Anyway, point being I think you have to look for these natural pathways where the bait are. Like when the cow nose are in, I am just willing to bet there are some big boys munching down on them 50 feet from shore.

You bet right Brother, you fish just about on my old honeyholes, LOVER'S KEY BEACH ,
When I was first going there, I cast{lobbed} stingray wing out on a 50W Tornado rod & a PENN 309M w 50# BIGGAME & 150#braided stainless got hits in kneedeep water ,spooky when you think about it
Used to snorkel out big baits untill we started catching , then we thought about it LOL
They come right on in
There was always alot of"activity" along that Beach,
I saw Dorsal & caudal fins out all the time when they were chasing & killing bait,
even used to get 'em on huge Rattletraps 1-1/2OZ. cast right to them, the first time I did, it was THE longest cast I ever pulled off [7' custom spinning 20# rod, PENN8500SS] he grabbed it immediately ,he was chasing "bait"

I saw Dorsal & caudal fins out all the time when they were chasing & killing bait,
even used to get 'em on huge Rattletraps 1-1/2OZ. cast right to them, the first time I did, it was THE longest cast I ever pulled off [7' custom spinning 20# rod, PENN8500SS] he grabbed it immediately ,he was chasing "bait"

I have never caught them on rattle traps but a few years ago I was throwing a top water mirror lure from the beach at some spanish mackerel feeding and my lure kept getting slammed by atlantic sharpnose. Those things were a blast on that light tackle.

The drops in Florida are in pretty close compared to what we have here. Ya'll have outstanding deep guts in closer to the sand!!!Our usual minimum in Texas is 150-200 yards with 350 or 400 more the norm. Shallow crappy water means we gotta paddle more. I always forget that on the emerald coast the first few days.

My usual spot is pretty shallow. Ive gotta paddle pretty far to get hit but there is nights I have had blacktips shoot damn near between my legs while waist deep gigging rays and chasing drum around . I usually paddle out till I get nervous, then I go about another 50-75yds

Some of the best beaches that we fish in Florida have produced the damned biggest sharks hits with baits dropped inside of 100 yards.I can remember multiple times when the long drops were silent and a short drop produced a screamer hit ,,,,,on various occasions those short drops had sharks hooked that spooled big reels , a Penn 12/0 followed by a 14/0 almost to the knot also.If you are learning a new spot you gotta do the research by dropping at different distances and seeing what works best during that particular time of the year BUT keep in mind that you must adjust during the different seasons to account for bait school movement near shore ,th mullet run ,surf conditions etc,etc,etc.

Study what you do and become a master shark hunter ,,,it takes careful attention to detail to become great in any sport and shark fishing from shore is no different.GET EM!!!