I am gettin a Penn 6/0 on a 6'6" Penn Slammer (30-80# line) for christmas, im planning on spooling up with 50# Berkley big game, and hittin the surf/pier for shark,..........im going down to rockport for 5 days for new years with a possible side trip to corpus or port Aransas, does anyone know how the sharkin is doing right now............or does anyone have any pointers on rigs, settups, or baits to use??? any advise will be greatly appreciatede, Tight Lines and God Bless.

I just read a report on another forum where a member caught 9 sharks and a few bulls during a Port Mansfield trip.

Water temp is right around 65 there at the moment. Bulls and Sandbars will be around a little longer. SPI's temp is 70 so you may want to fish PINS.

For bait cownose and whiting would be my first choice. Just use a fish finder rig with offset and widened 18/0 circles.

Get yourself a good rigging needle. If you want a custom built big boy needle let me know I will hook you up with a guy who builds them.

Other than that good luck!


-Z-

I catch a lot of small sharks in winter down in GA off the coast and from the fishing piers and rivers near the mouth of the sound. For baits i like live fish with the tails cut so they swim eratically, chunks of mullet or cut squid. You can also dye the squid with food color for more action. I use a bottom feeding rig and wire leaders should be as long as the shark you plan on catching.

I am building a web page on shark fishing because I can't actually do any shark fishing here in Iraq and it drives me crazy. You can see some pictures of rigging styles for shark fishing at www.sharkfighter.com