charlie_the_tuna
God
by now you've all heard about the summer of the shark off the coast of long island. we've had 5 minor "attacks" and they claim sharknado is here.
first off, the news stations have broken the story... there are sharks in the ocean. who knew?!?
we have more bunker than i've seen in a decade or more. run out one of our inlets and you can find a decent bunker pod every 50 yards or so. many of them have small blues under them, 2 to 3 pounders all day long. we were at one of the nearshore reefs last week. slow pick of fluke. decent fish. we decided to run back in and try inside. on the way out, we snagged a few bunker and tossed them in the transom well just because. so we're getting ready to run back in and hey look. there's a shark. just swimming by. brown, dusky or spinner, we're not sure which. i tell the kid to toss him a bunker to keep him here. went right for it. about 4 feet long and close to 30 pounds. we quickly rigged a bluefish hook and tossed him a chunk. 5 seconds and BOOM!!! we're on. my boy is fighting the shark on my inside fluke setup. 6.6 light with the bass pro gold cheapo levelwind loaded with 8. after about 15 minutes we bring him boatside and with the hook right in the corner of his mouth, it's an easy release.
if that was the end of the day.... AWESOME!!! great day. so we start the run back to the inlet and the kid spots a little shark smacking at one of the many bunker pods. we stop and drift a couple chunks and BOOM!!! 5 seconds and we have a double hookup. so we play with the little sharks for about an hour, releasing about a dozen and losing just as many.
about 4 foot long and 30 or so pounds, all on light fluke gear. what a phukking day!!
first off, the news stations have broken the story... there are sharks in the ocean. who knew?!?
we have more bunker than i've seen in a decade or more. run out one of our inlets and you can find a decent bunker pod every 50 yards or so. many of them have small blues under them, 2 to 3 pounders all day long. we were at one of the nearshore reefs last week. slow pick of fluke. decent fish. we decided to run back in and try inside. on the way out, we snagged a few bunker and tossed them in the transom well just because. so we're getting ready to run back in and hey look. there's a shark. just swimming by. brown, dusky or spinner, we're not sure which. i tell the kid to toss him a bunker to keep him here. went right for it. about 4 feet long and close to 30 pounds. we quickly rigged a bluefish hook and tossed him a chunk. 5 seconds and BOOM!!! we're on. my boy is fighting the shark on my inside fluke setup. 6.6 light with the bass pro gold cheapo levelwind loaded with 8. after about 15 minutes we bring him boatside and with the hook right in the corner of his mouth, it's an easy release.
if that was the end of the day.... AWESOME!!! great day. so we start the run back to the inlet and the kid spots a little shark smacking at one of the many bunker pods. we stop and drift a couple chunks and BOOM!!! 5 seconds and we have a double hookup. so we play with the little sharks for about an hour, releasing about a dozen and losing just as many.
about 4 foot long and 30 or so pounds, all on light fluke gear. what a phukking day!!
Too bad you don't have any pictures. My friend told me yesterday at his Marina in Jamaica Bay they found a dead Thresher, he said around 300 pounds. Now I do know, in the past and in late July, Threshers have been seen and caught all around Breezy Point and in the bay, you right who knew Sharks live in the water.
