I was taking pictures of the sand dunes when I noticed the two guys in the kayaks. I decided to walk to the end to get some photos of these guys against the sun. When I reached the end I found something more interesting.
Here was a young guy with half a dozen heavy fishing rods. He was lowering a bait fish about the size of a northern (a game fish we catch in the north) down toward the water. This is where the guys in the kayak come in. One of these guys maneuvered his boat so that the bait fish dropped into his boat and he started paddling toward open water. Even though the pier was long it was evidently useful to get the bait much further out than a fisherperson could cast.
These guys were after shark. With 1000 yards of 130 point test line, they had worked out a system for going after Dusky or bull sharks. Mako sharks were also moving through and were supposed to be a thrill to catch because they are the fastest shark. Imagine a 6-foot beast.
Unless you like to kayak, the guy on the pier seemed to get the best of the deal. It turned out that they usually take turns, but getting through the surf into deeper water was quite tiring at this location so the kayak guys got to the end of the pier they just stayed there.
No, we did not see a shark being caught. It takes patience to fish or to watch fishermen (or fisherwomen) fish,
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