Big Sand Tiger Sharks In The Surf

The fishing so far this weekend has been decent.  There is a ton of weakfish in the Delaware bay on the sites and around all the structure.  There is a rumor of a large school of bigger unicorns moving around the Delaware Bay.   The bluefish action was slower at the pier this morning to almost non-existent.  The same for the surf at Cape Henlopen, but a few fish were hooked up.  Couple of keeper striped bass came off the beaches on bunker chunks.  Big bluefish in Delaware Seashore state park around conquest to Key box area earlier this afternoon.  The sand tiger sharks are thick in the surf now, they will hit all kinds of cut bait and chunks of fish.  Kevin Baldwin caught a seven footer around three at Cape Henlopen.  Cody Gallien, Ethan Henry, Jason Satterfield, Chris DiVincenzo,  Spencer Dish, and José Guadarrama picked up a few sharks this morning. “Tally for today … 3 sand tigers and 1 small sand bar, caught 2 that were 8+ft 250+, 3rd one being the fattest 9-9.5 fter … Biggest I’ve ever seen, she was all of 300-350 pounds. Personally caught 2 of the sand tigers on my rod, none of the baits were dropped for more than 20-25 min before we had a shark on ”  The boys are catching some serious sharks from the surf and they are doing it the correct way.  They were on Fenwick Island this morning.

If you decide to get into land based shark fishing make sure you know the rules for landing sharks in whatever state you are fishing.  Delaware has some serious rules for the prohibited species; sand bar, dusky and sand tiger sharks.  They are not to be removed from the water.  That is why Cody and these boys are waist deep working this shark to remove the hook or cut the line.  It is preferred you cut the line as close to the shaft as possible, and make sure you are using a hook that will rust out.  Aluminum and stainless steel will not rust out and stay in the shark.    Aside from being careful landing the shark you need to be careful kayaking out baits.  Late last night Justin Miller was paddling out a bait when the kayak flipped.  He wound up in the hospital with a very large hook in his forearm.  In the picture we are pretty sure due to the expression on his face, the pain killers had already kicked in and he was feeling nothing.  I have yet to hear how things went and we will keep you updated.  Accidents happen even when you are being very careful.

The shark fishing off shore has been off the hook. The Mako Mania is finishing up day two right now.  A 477 pound thresher hit the scales at Indian River Marina today. Caught by Rick Passwaters, Tom Dukes, and Darrin Payne.   The boys were about thirteen miles out when they hooked up with that beast.  Too bad they are not in the mania they would have landed first place for thresher sharks at this point.  The Mako Mania standings as of this morning are below, and I am sure this will change-up today there haven’t been any updates yet.

Mako Mania day 1 standings:

1st mako 220.8lbs “Jade II”
2nd mako 182.5 “Reel Nauti”
3rd mako 176.7 “Outnumbered”