Shark Caught From Beach

[Will B]

Did your cousin use noisy chicken for bait?

They were fishing for grouper in the rodeo. The shark kept hitting the grouper they had hooked which drew it to the surface. I heard they baited an amberjack. Took them almost two hours to reel it in. Was so big they had to tow it back to Destin

What kind of shark did your cousin catch?

It was also a mako.

 

[Smiling JOe]

This was caught recently? I'm surprised it didn't make the news.

What? Do you not consider it news when it is posted on SoWal.com? You read it here, first.

 

[ASH]

Good point. I still want to know when it was caught to confirm that it is new news.

 

[Will B]

These photo's were forwarded to me from another SoWal.com member. I don't know what they used to catch it. Two, of my guys shark fish at night near Inlet Beach and they paddle out with kayaks and drop their bait then paddle back in and wait.

The first year they had the shark tourney in Destin the guy who won it fished from the beach between SRB and Blue Mountain. He used Bonita because they are a bloody fish. A lot of times, though, a shark catch is a seconday event because they hit the fish that was originally hooked and wind up as the caught fish...

 

[Smiling JOe]

By the way, it is illegal to intentionally fish for sharks close to shore (I think it is within 500 ft from shore) in Walton County.

 

[ASH]

Sounds like a smart law to me. I recall walking the beach in Navarre and coming across 4 guys who were intnetionally fishing for sharks from shore. They caught one too. About a 5' blacktip.

 

[SHELLY]

Did anybody get to see this 720 lb. mako caught from the beach in Navarre?

They caught it in Navarre and hauled it all the way to Destin for the photo op?

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[grace]

makes me sad to see all of these bloodied and beaten sharks being displayed like trophies. very sad.

 

[Will B]

They caught it in Navarre and hauled it all the way to Destin for the photo op?

Wow...good eye. Makes the 720 pounder story seem a little suspect, IMHO, unless there is first hand knowledge

makes me sad to see all of these bloodied and beaten sharks being displayed like trophies. very sad.

I'm neither a proponent nor an opponent of shark fishing. In my cousin's case, however, the entire fish was used. The whole crew, AJ's, all the friends on the boat, and many family members got a good supply of meat. Mako is very good. Additionally, my cousin did not take the $5000 saving bond that he won for bringing in a record holder. He had the bank split it and put $2500 in the names of the Captain's and First Mate's children into a college fund. All in all it was a very productive fish.

 

[SlowMovin]

By the way, it is illegal to intentionally fish for sharks close to shore (I think it is within 500 ft from shore) in Walton County.

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I may well be on this) but I thought it was only illegal within a certain distance of swimmers. Also, I thought certain hours (night time versus day time) were part of the legality equation also. Am I mistaken?