Originally Posted by stxhunter
Originally Posted by jc189
Originally Posted by clockwork_7mm
Originally Posted by stxhunter
We do down here, my brother has one he spent a couple of grand on, it can carry a 5 or 10-lb bait is what I believe he said. Pretty much all the serious shark fishermen use them for taking bait out past the surf, up to half a mile or more, usually over 1000 yards.

In younger -- and maybe braver (stupider?) -- days, we used to do it with a kayak. Not tons of fun in the dark, but worth the fish.

Brings back memories. Shark fishing was popular back in the 70's where I grew up. It was pretty spooky paddling several large shark baits out through the surf on a pitch black night. The movie Jaws was just released. Made you think of the scary theme song when you were out there dropping the bloody baits off the kayak in the dark.
Use to do it on a surfboard back in the day.


I did that too, but only once. used a kayak after that. The kayak was OK. but the surf board was just nuts. It seemed fine when you were leaving the beach. But when you got around 600 yds off the beach in the dark you started thinking, what the fugg am I doing out here on a surfboard with blood from the baits dripping off in the water. Nothing like leaving a bread crumb trail right to you. I sure paddled my ass off getting back to the beach.

Last edited by jc189; 07/30/23.