Fishing Report May 6th, 2009

What a great morning on the water! I fished with the Biedlingmaier family from Wisconsin today and the request was to go after sharks. I must confess, it's been awhile since I was asked specifically to go after the toothy creatures. Since the winds finally layed down a bit we headed out into the Gulf and anchored up in 18 feet of water just a few miles off the beaches of Fort Myers. The sharks were there and hungry! I used cut threadfins as chum and it wasn't long before the first fish was on. The final count was 10 sharks on the line with 5 to the boat. The landed fish were 3 blacktips and 2 lemon sharks with one of the lemons going 35 pounds. The group also caught a couple of big spanish mackerel. Fun was had by all!