shark gear and you just caught and rigged up the best shark baityou could find. You waded out and casted your bait in the perfectlocation and got back to dry land and set your pole in the rod holder.Surely you remembered to loosen you drag all the way so your pole isn’tpulled in the water when that 6 foot blacktip cruises by your sharkbait. 
Now it’s time to do what fisherman do best. You wait. And youwait.Then in an instant your pole will double over or your clicker willstart singing. In that instant you’ll be hit with an adrenaline rushlike none other. It’s time to do battle with the biggest and baddestpredator the oceans will ever see. Get to your pole ASAP. At this point the shark has just pickedupthe bait and is off to devour his freshly plucked meal. From the timeyou hear that clicker you need to start counting. When you get to 10it’s time to set the hook. As fast as you can start loading up the drag to a predetermined drag setting. Make sure you reel in all the slack and then set the hook as hard as you can. Now the shark is going to start peeling some major drag. Keep your eyes on the water because if you’ve hooked a blacktip, spinner, or mako shark you may see him jump out of the water. As he’s peeling drag don’t try to stop him. Let him wear himself out. Your goal at this point is to keep the line as tight as possible. If he turns and swims back towards the beach you’ve got to reel in that slack as fast as possible. It may also help to run up the beach to get that slack line tight again. Eventually you’ll start gaining line back. Then you’ll seeyour 100lb leader surface. At this point you’ll want to have a friend handy to hold your pole or be the daring one and grab the shark by his tail. You’ll want him to be in less than knee deep water before trying to pull him by his tail onto the beach. You need to have a pair of 16″ channel lock pliers handy in order to retrieve the hook. Pull the shark by the tail onto the sand. You’ll need to work quick so no permanent damage is done to the shark. If you can’t get the hook out in a couple of tries cut the leader and leave the hook behind. The hook will rust out of his mouth in a couple of days and he’ll be perfectly fine. | 
