This Fishing Rod Was Not Designed for This

[@johnfitzgerald6510]

Good to see the two of you fishing together again!

[@geraldlathan2355]

Good video. I life in Georgetown. REALLY enjoy the spark fishing and red fishing. Change of paste.

[@seymourwrasse3321]

on the west coast of Fla. I have seen 6 ft sharks and large stingrays swimming in and around people within 20-30 ft of shore. I quit going to the beach after Jaws. I was waiting for one of you to tell the other, "You're gonna need a bigger boat,” lol

[@Ryan-jy5hi]

Look up "Malibu Artist." Routinely records great whites within 10 yards of swimmers and surfers.

[@davidransom4476]

That Heavy Hellcat is rated the same as the Ugly Stik Tiger Medium Heavy casting rod I would use for sturgeon where you might hook a larger fish of 150-200 lbs.

[@DieterMelhorn]

I like the Ugly Stik Tiger rods….they’re a good bang for your buck….

[@joshuawensil766]

Dieter the smaller sharks you caught were all sandbars. The bigger one you caught and did not bring in the boat was a "finetooth"

[@DieterMelhorn]

Good read on the sandbar. I thought that’s what they were, but I mix them up with dusky’s sometimes. The sandbar dorsal is over the pectoral, and the dusky is totally behind the pectoral fin?? How did you make the quick ID son the finetooth???

[@richardgipson4023]

Man that is fun ! Went to Venice back in September caught shark till both arms cramped . Was fishin for other fish but caught tons of shark .

[@chrishoda4287]

That one shark you caught looks like an Atlantic sharpnose

[@raygissendanner1476]

Great video hellcat rods for the win

[@HomesickforAlaska]

Great video.

[@jeffreyneely9283]

Totally enjoyed watching, sharks are fun to catch.👍

[@TheAnglerJay]

Hey Dieter have you tried the Arc dehooker? Works really well and you get your hooks back.

[@DieterMelhorn]

I had one, and I've lost it......the arm needs to be longer...

[@Cpvplee]

Did you use a extra heavy rod??? Or a heavy

[@DieterMelhorn]

Heavy

[@ryanbowers8413]

Ironically I have broke two hellcats on flatheads mid fight so was super unimpressed. They did send me new ones atleast which is nice but won’t fish them anymore

[@DieterMelhorn]

The great thing is if it’s a manufacturing defect they’ll replace it.

[@williambenner701]

If I was still shark fishing I would pick up one of those Hellcats. They seem like great rods! What reel do you have matched to it? I no expert, but I think the first one was a sandbar. I use to target blacktips when I lived in Myrtle Beach.

[@DieterMelhorn]

The sandbars and dusky’s get me confused….it’s an Ancient Mariner 7000 series reel.

[@williambenner701]

@@DieterMelhorn thank you so much. What is the price range of the rod and reel?

[@stank8919]

Could you check out meat hunter rods they are really strong and great and I know the guy who makes em

[@seymourwrasse3321]

but, do the sharks talk to dad?

[@koreywilliams4570]

I've been surprised at how much weight my cheap rods have held.

[@joshthompson112]

I attempted to catch a shark from the Tybee Pier this summer with my Mad Katz rod. I put half a whiting on a shark rig from Amazon and chucked it out as far as I could with the drag loose and the clicker on. About half an hour later, it started clicking so I picked it up and tightened down on the drag... and my main line broke. 65 pound braid. But it had been on the rod for a couple of years so it was probably compromised. I don't get a chance to ocean fish often so that fish lives in my mind as the one that got away.

[@joshthompson112]

Also on that trip I somehow tail hooked a big stingray in the surf. Since he was able to face away from me during the fight, he pulled really hard. Scared a family out of the water because they didn't know what I had hooked (I didn't either). Luckily he broke off at the beach because I probably would've caught a barb trying to unhook his tail.

[@DieterMelhorn]

The tail on a blacktip or spinner will slice through 65# braided line with no problem….

[@joshthompson112]

@@DieterMelhorn that might be what happened. Is a longer leader the answer?

[@DieterMelhorn]

Yes @@joshthompson112 but you really need a wind-on leader in the 8'+ range....when they get wrapped up, even aa small shark, they can eat up some line..,.

[@michaelleady9089]

👍😎

[@seymourwrasse3321]

you about have to take a lawyer fishing with you to know what you can keep