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Shark Topwater Strikes

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Wow that's really cool.

 

I can't wait to watch this summer's Shark Week in a couple weeks :) 

Holy crap! That's awesome is there even hooks on that lure?

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dang!

 

 

You should come fish here. There are TONS of those things by the state pier

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Wow that's really cool.

 

I can't wait to watch this summer's Shark Week in a couple weeks :)

 

Ironically always the week before we go on vacation to the beach!

Is he just teasing them?

Holy crap! That's awesome is there even hooks on that lure?

 

Is he just teasing them?

 

No hooks on those plugs. 

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Ironically always the week before we go on vacation to the beach!

So I shouldn't tell you where you could do this on HHI? :)

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So I shouldn't tell you where you could do this on HHI? :)

Go for it, lol. I make sure I surround myself with better meal options in the ocean. Lol

i been catching a ton of southern stingrays on lures while fishing for flounder. I was almost spooled twice by them. Sharks being faster and more predatory, it's no surprise.

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Go for it, lol. I make sure I surround myself with better meal options in the ocean. Lol

You've got mail!  Or more accurately, a PM :)

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Now on my list too! Some of those strikes are so close to the beach its insane!

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Awesome!  I didn't see hooks on the lure but it doesn't make it any less cool.  

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Awesome!  I didn't see hooks on the lure but it doesn't make it any less cool.  

There is another video of them out there. Most of their baits have a large, single hook on the back. Makes sense, I can only imagine how hard it would be to remove a treble hook from a ticked off sharks mouth. I could also see doing it without hooks and just enjoying the strikes. 

Sharks, topwaters, light tackle, pretty much everything awesome. It almost seems like more fun without hooks, during the whole fight I would be worried about getting the hooks out of the fish. Those teeth are scary.

I've always found sharks to be fascinating. :)

There was a rod and reel shark tournament on tv the other day...pretty cool. 

 

It's kind of creepy knowing that bull sharks can live in fresh water and have been found in rivers far upstream from the ocean.  Imagine being nudged by a bull shark while peacefully wading for smallmouth....I'd likely stick to bank fishing after that haha :)

Man! When I was in North Carolina I caught some shark that looked like a baby nurse shark on soft plastics but that's nothing compared to that!

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I was out on my friends skiff last week and hooked into a shark on a medium heavy veritas with 30# braid. All I can say is wow. The power of those fish on light tackle is pretty crazy. Its an entire different thing to see sharks in the wild while feeding. No video will ever capture it. These fish had their jaws coming over the edge of a 12 foot Carolina Skiff trying to steal a chum bag. Fascinating creatures but when they're feeding they truly are intimidating. Even more scary when unhooking them.

Looks awesome, but sadly the only boats in which I would consider fishing shark are owned by the U.S. Navy and I think the high angle from the deck of an aircraft carrier would kill the action.  

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