What Do You Need? Shark Gear Review

[@waltercrews361]

Fairly new to LBSF, Just what I was looking for, some good gear recommendations with some solid explanation of why the gear with certain specs was chosen and is used rather than just "this is what I like and use because it's the best - go buy it!" *** In reality it is all too often because they are sponsored by said company or have been given free gear to promote and you know what I mean, as too many fishing KZbinrs seem to have sold their souls for a dollar these days. I am a fellow lifelong fisherman that grew up and now lives (after a career in the Army) not too far from you in the extreme northeast part of the state Lake Atlantic side LOL but we love the whole Destin area and visit when we can. Keep up the enthusiasm and great work GCN - Tight Lines!

[@GulfCoastNation]

Hey!! Glad you enjoyed the video and the content! Hope it helped!! Yes we do have sponsors but we do not partner with companies we don't trust! And we will always give the honest opinion up front. We have tried out many companies in the past offering sponsorship payment that didn't hold up to what we do and we turned them down because we wont promote bad products to our Nation!!

[@watersedgefishing9502]

Amazing tip for when you hook a massive stingray and it clamps to the ground. Get the line tight and start plucking it like a guitar. It annoys them a lot and they tend to rise or move right away or shortly after. Shout me out. Watersedge Fishing yt.

[@GulfCoastNation]

Yes sir! The ole Ray Guitar always works!

[@samalbro1633]

LOVE the channel!! Is that Steadfast rod the SFR10XH?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Its the 10H!! Love our steadfast rods!! And glad you enjoy the channel!

[@fishingwithlasharkhunter8492]

Nice video brother. I'm an old sharker these days and stuck in my ways for the most part but a good fisherman is always trying to learn new things. The whole braid thing has been a challenge for me lol but I'm getting it. I still prefer to fight a big shark on straight mono but braid really offers line capacity which we all need especially with the newer style reels.

[@GulfCoastNation]

Appreciate it brotha!! You are a shark fishing legend! 🙌 Experience is the best teacher for anything and bad experiences can turn someone off of something FAST! We can understand why braid draws hesitatation. One run on the wrong shell and its done for.

[@johnnycortez46]

We fish with steadfast med/heavy 10ft rods also here in South Texas. . Paired with Avet Mxl or Lx raptors all the time. Great rod's. Never thought about cutting one down for a 80 avet. Good idea!👌👌

[@GulfCoastNation]

Yeeeeeewwww, they are awesome rods for sure!! We how to fish yalls area sometime this year!

[@elijahbl5745]

I've got an old school first gen international 80w, absolute beasts

[@Tight--LiNeZ]

Are they all long length straight butts you use for landbased sharking?

[@AvetFisher]

Is that 8' total length with the unibutt?

[@chrisreynolds8488]

Where can i buy a rod already built with the steadfast rod blank? thank you

[@SpaceCoastSharking]

Recommendation on a builder to make me one of these steadfast rods?

[@mikem9727]

Enjoy the videos! Just have a quick question on the Terrafirma Tackle floating rigs you use. Just from looking at pics it looks like the float is very far from the bait and I'm wondering how it is able to float the bait?? Thanks

[@GulfCoastNation]

The float is about 9ft from the bait

[@mikem9727]

@@GulfCoastNation so is it designed to keep it just off the bottom? So for example if you dropped into 12 ft of water the bait would be 3 ft off bottom? Thanks again.

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@mikem9727 in that case yes! Where we fish you drop you baits in 20-35ft of water

[@mikem9727]

@@GulfCoastNation one last question! How far down do you tie your spider weight from the bottom swivel on the rig? Thanks!!

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@mikem9727 just clip it!!

[@pressurepointoutdoors6181]

Can I ask yall were you cut your stead fast rods at? The but or tip?

[@YakinwithJack]

Can’t wait to see a big blue vs steadfast this season 😳

[@GulfCoastNation]

We can't either brotha!!🔥😋😋

[@loganroberts1357]

Would you suggest Penn International 80W or Avet trx80w?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Depends on the generation of the penn international!! But the trx 80w are good reels. Avets customer service is lacking though

[@loganroberts1357]

The newest Penn INT 80VISW

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@loganroberts1357 we haven't had any experience with those yet but have heard great things!

[@drumslayer4792]

Where do you get the black lp mono from?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Lindgren Pittman website!

[@marcusbrandt6743]

What knot do you use to join the mono to the braid?

[@GulfCoastNation]

We hollowcore splice!!

[@marcusbrandt6743]

@@GulfCoastNation can one do that with any brand of braid? Or only hollowcore

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@marcusbrandt6743 it needs to be 16 strand hollowcore braid

[@WCFishin]

Now you’re making me think about getting an Avet for my next reel instead of another tiagra 🤔. Here I thought I was a crazy person holding 35lbs of drag at strike against hammerheads, might need to look into some steadfast equipment!

[@GulfCoastNation]

Yeah we used to own some tiagra 130s but we had to adjust the preset on the beach to get it to set good when we had the drag set to 65 at strike and we don't like messing with the preset on the beach!

[@billylovell8488]

@@GulfCoastNation could you elaborate on that more I have a 80w using 100lb j braid with 150' of 300lb mono to a 10' steel cable trying to get a massive black tip here on the east coast. So what do you mean by adjusting the preset to get it to set good? Don't you just put a weak drag until you hear it run then set the drag to strike to set. Was just wondering and awsome channel love the content.

[@michaelatwood6659]

I'm new to LBSF so I don'i know exactly what I need. I live in Mississippi and fish our shallow waters. I don't expect to catch anything over 10' at best. What Penn reel do you recommend ?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Checkout the newer video about getting into lbsf

[@raemilhathaway5449]

Where do you order your avet reels ??

[@GulfCoastNation]

All over and used! Not one place

[@raemilhathaway5449]

Any specific websites ??

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@raemilhathaway5449 we call around to about 20!best we deal with roys bait and tackle!!

[@Jared98utube]

Hey Adam, wondering when you personally measure your drag, do you measure straight off the reel, or do you do it with bend in the rod?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Do it with a bend of the rod if possible so it will give the highest number to know exactly how much you are putting on your gear!

[@jordanbabcock]

Question: I have 2 spinning setups right now, I'm thinking the next logical step up would be to add a 50W to the arsenal to drop 100-200yds or so. Does that make sense or should I go straight from spinning to an 80W? Great video!

[@GulfCoastNation]

Hey! Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching! Just east answer we would recommend going with the 80w! We say this because long term it will be a better investment! Now if you get an 80w and spool it right you can target large sharks, the only thing we would say to be aware of would be your experience handling sharks! You know yourself best so if you have handled quiet a few tippers and sharks with your spinning setups then go ahead and start running a setup for the big hosses. Have a release procedure ready, release bucket ready, and assign release jobs to your people helping BEFORE the fish hits the beach!

[@iamatt]

@@GulfCoastNation get an 80. If you are cutoff on a 50 you are basically 1 and done. With the 80 you will probably be able to send it back out due to the line capacity.

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@iamatt that largely depends on the cutoff. Also depending on your area, they may not see very many cutoffs. Plenty of great lbsf guys use 50ws!

[@iamatt]

@@GulfCoastNation on upper/mid Texas coast here cutoff happens more than we would like! 50 is an awesome reel no doubt about that. I'm just.hlad.we.can drive on the beaches here!

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@iamatt oh for sure! Lots of different areas to shark. What doesn't work for yall may work elsewhere!

[@whatupm8891]

Nice setups man, I got a tiagra 130 this year and also got lucky enough to grab an orange Avet 80W

[@GulfCoastNation]

The orange!!😍 let us know if you wanna sell it!🤣🤣

[@johnbeckywier1548]

Hey Hey G Son Good info you are giving. Good to see you are doing well. Looking for some fish on the beach soon. The steadfast rods are amazing to fish with. Have a good week, and maybe the weather will give you all a break. j MAN

[@GulfCoastNation]

Hey hey! Thanks so much! We are gonna be hitting the beach to film the next few nights! Hoping the water will clear up the tiger will show up!

[@Fishyfisherman]

I have a Penn international 2 50tw, with roughly 500-600 yards of 100lb braid and 100lb mono topshot, Do you think that’ll be enough for 8ft to 10ft sharks? The drag at strike is roughly 28lbs and at strike it’s roughly at 40lbs

[@GulfCoastNation]

Thats a good setup there! I would say ideally you wouldn't break over 8ft on that setup because the wrong 10ft fish could be an hour + which results in dead sharks.. if you do find yourself in that situation I would go to full drag and use a glove to add more pressure on the spool. 40 pounds to a 10ft+ fish isn't much at all

[@Fishyfisherman]

@@GulfCoastNation Ok thank you, I’m just starting to get into land based shark fishing. And was just wondering.

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@Fishyfisherman yes sir! Just don't wanna cut corners then end up with a 1000 pound fish dead on the beach, thats a lot of trouble and fish to deal with, plus having a dinosaur die like that would be very sad!

[@alambritojose]

You guys look like your team Mak these days. How have the Avets stood up? I have been looking for an upgrade and leaning more towards a Makaira or International based on longevity and issues.

[@GulfCoastNation]

Yes!! We have shifted over to the makiara seA models and LOVE them!! Avet has let us down pretty hard a few times in the past so we have to find more reliable reels

[@alambritojose]

@@GulfCoastNation Sweet! Inline with what I've been hearing. Thanks for the response!

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@alambritojose of course!!

[@oreoblizzard1662]

First!! Lol 😂 I cant wait to get my steadfast rod! Do they cut it down for you if you ask, or do you have to go elsewhere? Thanks for this video, I wish I had it a year ago haha best shark fishing tackle video ive seen by far 😁🤙🏾

[@GulfCoastNation]

Haha!! I'm not sure if they cut it down or not but I'm sure if you got in touch with them on the phone they would! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jackofalltrades5904]

Where on facebook did you find that?

[@GulfCoastNation]

Hey! We aren't sure what you mean? What did we find on facebook?

[@jackofalltrades5904]

@@GulfCoastNation I thought you said you found the reel on facebook used...

[@jackofalltrades5904]

@@GulfCoastNation 0:49

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@jackofalltrades5904 oh ok, didn't know what you were referring too! Facebook marketplace!

[@jackofalltrades5904]

@@GulfCoastNation oh.ok.thank you.i knew I didn't imagine that.haha I had 3 avet reels.stolen after that it broke my spirit,haven't been shark fishing in 11 years.im gonna try to get back into it to take my kid and teach our family tradition

[@raymundturner1140]

I didn't know there was a trx narrow 😲

[@GulfCoastNation]

Yeah!! They aren't in production anymore 😳

[@Dave30867]

What happened to old school shark fishing 200lb line is just ridiculous .

[@GulfCoastNation]

"Old school" shark fishing got many many sharks killed. Which proved lbsf not to be sustainable long haul. We have since adapted (along with new regulations, because of "old school" tactics) and use heavy line and heavy drag to get sharks in to minimize the death of sharks after release... we do this for a living and know how to properly target, tag, and release sharks. We handle right around 200 a year...

[@jackofalltrades5904]

I need to buy a used one of these reels,I would say a new one but the state is robbing me, " child support" for a child I have full legal and physical custody of.i haven't been able to do any shark fishing with my daughter because of them taking my money and other thief broke into my garage and stole my set up.all I want to do is mind my own business and enjoy myself and I can't even catch a break.

[@GulfCoastNation]

Dang man, don't let life kick you without punching back my man! Facebook and eBay is a great tool!

[@jackofalltrades5904]

@@GulfCoastNation I've been fighting the state for 13 years straight now this august..I have been but it's hard for one man to fight an army.haha..thank you I will check FB and ebay

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@jackofalltrades5904 keep your head high brotha, rooting for you!

[@jackofalltrades5904]

@@GulfCoastNation thank you,will do!

[@bobbyh177]

like your car can run 7000 rpms, but you shouldn't, zoom in, some of you might, zoom in, but i don't hahaha

[@GulfCoastNation]

Exactly!!!

[@bobbyh177]

@@GulfCoastNation god i can't wait to meet yall, hopefully one of these days! ya'll seem so damn chill!

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@bobbyh177 we would love to meet you man!!

[@bobbyh177]

@@GulfCoastNation only down side is how far we are haha im out in texas and y'all in Florida

[@GulfCoastNation]

@@bobbyh177 yes sir!

[@mississippioutdoorsandmore1760]

3 let’s get go get a 13 on the beach

[@GulfCoastNation]

Thats right!! Haha 😆

[@mississippioutdoorsandmore1760]

Yes sir