Heading down camping with the girlfriend and step daughter later this week. Last year at the cape I tried for brown sharks and had the second best 30 seconds of my life before losing the shark. Anyone try the soco beaches for sharks? I have never heard any talk about it.

Having fished RI Beaches at night for bass with eels I have had few possible shark encounters - I have had a shark hit a bass on the line but that is it really all I can confirm

Having fished RI Beaches at night for bass with eels I have had few possible shark encounters - I have had a shark hit a bass on the line but that is it really all I can confirm

Jimmy Sly or his partner got one on the RISS on an eel some years ago, I am sure there are some browns and sand tigers around this time of year...

The only consistent shark fishing in the RI surf I can remember happened around 20 years back right at the beach down the steps at SE light on Block. A friend of mine was catching some large brown sharks. He was originally fishing for bass that summer and kept getting spooled on his Ambassador 7000. He finally landed a shark. Then changed his rigging to more efficiently target sharks and his landing ratio improved. He chummed heavily with pogy/mackeral.

Jimmy Sly or his partner got one on the RISS on an eel some years ago, I am sure there are some browns and sand tigers around this time of year...


Ohhh, I bet they are out there, just unsure how many...

Like DZ says - stout rigging, chunking multi purpose bass / shaaak / blues

Keep in mind that it is technically illegal to target certain species of shark. If you are "targeting a legal species" but just so happen to catch a prohibited species, you must release it as quickly as possible without inflicting any unnecessary harm. I've never been a fan of this technicality as I liken it to targeting bluefish in the EEZ with eels but just so happening to catch and release striped bass.

These days you could always try the holiday roast on a hook and chain off the dock approach.

I have targeted sharks a little on the west coast. Once you catch a
couple it is sort of boring. Finding a spot they tend to frequent can
be the hardest part and once you get it dialed in, it is not so much if
you will catch one, but how big and how many.

Sharks are cool to catch and see up close but you often have to fight
them to exhaustion and I frankly dont like doing that with any fish.
Most sharks are pretty resilient, but I still prefer not to target
them. My surfcasting buddies out there would have sharking
nights...I would show up for the social part of it and leave the rod in
the car...just drink tequila on the beach and enjoy the
spectacle.....hahahaa...poor sharkie was just looking for a snack and
somehow ended up on the beach.

Keep in mind that it is technically illegal to target certain species of shark. If you are "targeting a legal species" but just so happen to catch a prohibited species, you must release it as quickly as possible without inflicting any unnecessary harm. I've never been a fan of this technicality as I liken it to targeting bluefish in the EEZ with eels but just so happening to catch and release striped bass.

I don't generally like the technicality either but is saved our butt during the bass moratorium in the 80s ;)

DZ .I guess you were fishing the wrong places during the 80,s ……………..to me the moratorium was the best of times …………………….. 35 40 lives pogies & run out of bait ………………………………….. plugging was epict for fish 5 - 10 #,s <><:fishin:

DZ .I guess you were fishing the wrong places during the 80,s ……………..to me the moratorium was the best of times …………………….. 35 40 lives pogies & run out of bait ………………………………….. plugging was epict for fish 5 - 10 #,s <><:fishin:
No - what I'm saying is that under the technicality of "moratorium" you couldn't be targeting striped bass because they were illegal to possess. But if you say you're fishing for bluefish and not targeting striped bass you can get away with catching striped bass by accident.

I would target the walls where there albies and bonito show up

Last year mid of the day while albie fishing we had a solid 6-7’ swimbait right to rocks and just cruise around, then two more 4-5’ sharks showed up, and were feeding on a dead and bleeding albie in the bottom.

Was a hell of sight and scary considering we wetsuit there at night.

But I think all the albie action has them pushed into the wall but either way.
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Anything can happen out there that is why we are all drawn to the salt. Will spike a rod with a haywire twist and see what happens. The girlfriend think sea robins are cool to catch so I don’t have a lot of pressure.
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I’m go in tomorrow night south side CC,,,,

Got some Macs today and have them iced down...

What do I need to know other than beach chair, plenty beer and junk food... :-)

This could be fun!

I would target the walls where there albies and bonito show up

Last year mid of the day while albie fishing we had a solid 6-7’ swimbait right to rocks and just cruise around, then two more 4-5’ sharks showed up, and were feeding on a dead and bleeding albie in the bottom.

Was a hell of sight and scary considering we wetsuit there at night.

But I think all the albie action has them pushed into the wall but either way.
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Pretty sad commentary on the release mortality of that fishing if that is enough to draw them in.

Saw a blue shark come in to Galilee Channel one summer night when I was jigging at George’s
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They are probably there, but its going to be 99.99% protected species. Do you really want to target a protected species (i.e. Brown and Sand tiger?)

There is a .01 chance they wouldn’t be protected.
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Speaking of shore sharking - would imagine the Outer Cape beaches would be a good bet right now. There has to be a few people hooking up with sharks while chunking those beaches for bass at night? I would imagine daytime chumming on those swimming beaches would be ethically wrong and frowned upon.

They are probably there, but its going to be 99.99% protected species. Do you really want to target a protected species (i.e. Brown and Sand tiger?)

Some of the local shops are advertising people targeting Browns from the south shore beaches on the cape, and indicating in their reports that they’re protected and should be released immediately upon landing.
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