{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Surf fishing -- Floating line = idiot?

Gene,

One other thing....Sharks.

Sharks are always present but I found them to be far more so in the last days of summer and the first days of fall when water temps have been high and are still high, 80+ degrees.  Six to eight footer in 1 to 3 foot of water is common on the OBX.  I've seen them with their dorsal fins and back out of the water in the suds.  If you have a bluefish,spanish mackeral and or albie feed going on DON'T stand in the water and be careful releasing fish as a shark may take the fish and your hand.  If you find yourself in this situation, I hope you have a 12 or 13 weight.

The pic is of Beaufort NC inlet and all those dark spots in the water are 6 to 10 foot sharks.  This was taken in late Sept.      

On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 3:25:51 PM UTC-5, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hey -- I'm planning to do more fishing on the beach this year and will be in OBX in few months (and also MD Eastern Shore).  I've done a little surf fishing in DE with a full-sink line, and I didn't catch anything other than horseshoe crabs -- but I got an understanding of how to use the basket, etc.  The full sink was honestly dragging bottom too much to be effective....at least where I was standing.  

One thing I kept thinking was that fishing near the shore (I guess between the "wash" and first sand bar -- I'm too scared of sharks to try to get to the deeper cuts...sue me, I never claimed I was rational) might be a place to use a floating line?  A lot of folks talk about using the int. line instead, but doesn't the wave action push just as much a few inches below the surface as it does on the surface?  It seems like you could mend the floater and work a "swing" with the incoming waves better than you could with a sinking line.  

I also understand that the intensity of the waves and/or depth you're fishing makes a difference....I'm mostly thinking OBX and Assateague.  

In other words, is it worth my time to use the floater, or is that one to leave home?  

Gene

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