I've been fishing the surf the last three weekends. I have caught a lot of whiting, bonnet head sharks and the usual hard heads and gaff tops. This last weekend though things have changed, I caught 2 nice pompano, got 30 lb leader broke, got the anti reverse broke on a reel that the drag locked up, and caught several black drum in the 3-5 lb range. I saw a 4' shark of some type caught and have seen people fight things for 45 minutes then lose them. I also caught a big lady fish and a sting ray around 30" in diameter this weekend.

About 2 hours after high tide both Friday and Saturday, some big Jacks came through. I had one on, around 3' long, but came loose just as I was bringing it up on the sand. 2 guys next to me both caught Jacks the same size. I fished some lights around 04:00 Sunday to no avail, but could see some very large fish crashing something about 100 yards off shore. They were too big to be specks or reds. Someone said they could have been tarpon.

I'm wading out as far as I can and throwing 50 yards or so out, total of about 75 yards out. 6 oz spider weight, 50 and 65 lb braid, double drop rig, 5/0 circle hook with fresh dead shrimp.

When they come through, it's fast and furious. A lot of times I'm getting bit while walking back to the beach to put the rod in the holder.