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blacktip · 2011-10-27T19:55:09Z

Hi all, My name is Dan, currently living in Miami and fishing the South East area. I'm originally from England but now live permanently in the US with my wonderful wife Cristina. I've been slowly getting to grips with a very different set of fishing challenges than those back home in the UK, but with some trial and error and a little help from the locals I've landed some nice fish over the last year living here, mostly from shore. I started out after snook, tarpon etc and had a blast, but then I realized how many sharks there are down here and that people were targeting them from shore, so I've been totally addicted to that ever since. I read as much as I could find about light tackle sharking (I couldn't afford shark gear at the time - immigration lawyers are expensive!) and used google earth to locate some likely spots. So first trip out I hooked up and landed a very nice lemon, around 6'5"... on a penn 209 and a bionic blade bass rod...! You may laugh, and I don't blame you, but that's all I had available at the time, so I did my best to rig it to handle small sharks. This also meant coming up with a castable shark rig as I didn't have a kayak, but with a little sweat and a lot of luck my first shark was on the beach. Testament to Bass Pro Shops - they make a very strong bass rod! I wouldn't recommend it for sharks though. The next time out I had a bit more of an idea what I was doing and landed the beauty in the pic! 7'6"... again on the bass rod! It took 300 yards on me but eventually with the drag locked down and my thumb burnt to a crisp on the spool I managed to stop and turn it. It completely destroyed the reel (it sounds like an old coffee grinder now ) But I got that shark on the beach. I'll post a video some time for everyone's amusement. Anyway, I invested in a couple of senator set-ups for medium-sized sharks, belt, harness etc and am looking forward to going after them correctly armed at last. I'm always down for a fishing trip and being quite new to the area I'm looking forward to meeting some local shark fishers who share the passion. I fish hard and am totally committed once I get to the water. My current 'shark crew' is just me and my wife, who is a little gem when it comes to landing big fish and generally assisting on the beach, but we would love to build or join a crew of dedicated shark fishers so we can go after the big boys a bit more safely. PM me any time, I'm almost always available if there is fishing on the cards. Tight lines and all the best. #1 How did you here about us? Google searches #2 How long have you been shark fishing? 6 months #3 Where do you fish mostly? Miami, Everglades, Keys #4 Do you fish land and boat and if so where? Land mainly #5 Do you fish the South Florida and the Keys any? Yes, often #6 Would you like to get together with us and learn more? Absolutely! #7 Are you interested in becoming a shark club member? Yes

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stevensj407

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Ya avets are nice me personlly tho would rather have an everol well built reels and everyone who owns one loves it and says they have to service them like once every ten years and they fish them a lot so personally my nexy reels is a 9/0 everol and loading with braid but if u can afford a avet go for it but idk how long the drag lasts in them

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Posted : 10/28/2011 9:45 pm

slasherx4

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Welcome to the club Dan, just got back from the keys, me and 2 others got an 8ft bull and a 125lb jewfish... I'll have a story and pics later, anyways, what part of Miami do you live in? I live in North Miami Beach and know a ton of spots all over Miami, up the west coast, east coast, keys, etc., hit me up well get some sharks.

Just an average fisherman.

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Posted : 10/29/2011 12:36 am

william

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Welcome aboard Dan; looks like you're getting plenty of good advice here ,,,thanks to everyone who has reached out and helped with useful recommendations .Helping one another is one of the main reasons for this website.

SOUTH FLORIDA SHARK CLUB -President SFSC-Founding Member est 1983 SFSC-Website Administrator BIG HAMMER SHARK TOURNAMENT -Founder Rene Memorial Sharkathon -Founder NMFS Shark Tagger

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Posted : 10/29/2011 9:51 am

mattwho

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welcome to the club, sure u will meet some new teammates here

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Posted : 10/29/2011 10:07 am

blacktip

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Thanks all.

Slasherx4 - I sent you a PM.

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Topic starter Posted : 10/29/2011 1:46 pm

manasota coty

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WELCOME ABOARD DAN!

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Posted : 11/01/2011 8:32 pm

JD553

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welcome to the site. congrats on those nice lemons. and on that light tackle, way to go. good luck with your fishing. if you cant find an anser to some of your questions on hear, just ask and im sure some one will anser.

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Posted : 11/08/2011 8:03 pm

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