Shark

Bull sharks, lemon sharks, blacktip sharks, and spinner sharks are the most common species of large sharks in the Florida Keys and Florida Bay. These are typically a shallow water predator that hunts deep flats and adjacent channels. Generally we catch specimens ranging in weights between twenty and one hundred fifty pounds. The real big ones just do not lose a fight to a light tackle angler probably due to the fact that most fishermen are not going to play a fish for several hours. The small ones, below twenty pounds, are great sport fish on eight pound tackle. Twenty pound test line is my choice for the larger ones.

Sharks will stalk the flats all year long and only leave the shallows on sharp temperature drops. Spinner sharks and blacktips are both very active, fast moving fish commonly weighing less than one hundred pounds. They will jump high and spin when hooked and fight hard to the end. They school offshore and move inshore during the spring and summer months to feed and reproduce. Bull sharks are very strong aggressive fish capable of reaching seven hundred pounds. The typical bull we land with twenty pound test line is between eighty and one hundred pounds. Call me and ask about my guarantee on special shark charters.