so after work i desided i was going to give it another shot i mean why not the fishing has been hot. so my boss and his wife want to go with me and i am not the guy that wont take someone fishing so heck yea lets go. unfortunetly justin stewart couldent come on this trip but hey i wish you were there buddy. so i yakked out 2 baits on the 6/0s. and it was dead all night. so about 2:00 we deside to call it a night and start packing up. and as me and WES (my boss) were putting the yakk on the truck zzzz…………………..zzzzz………………………zzzzzz realy slow so i let the fish take it and then wam the hooks were set. it felt like a good fish but i will say i thought it was a sandy. but it just ran alot harder. well KATHY (bosses wife) had never caught a shark befor so i let here reel it in and helped her with the rod and line stuff. so the fish gets in to the wash and i grab the leader and then i see a tail i havent seen before. at first i thought it mite be a blacktip but the fight was so differant. and thenit roled and i freaked it was my first tiger shark well our first tiger shark. she was so perty . she wasent big but hey it was a tiger. we realeased the fish , finished packin up and went home. guys this week is one for the books for us here in NC i think we should all go out and play the lotery. jason

Finally back from IRAQ! Missed you man!

Nice day in NC. We get to the beach around 8 AM. And start rigging.

NCSHARKER takes out a huge chunk of Tuna on his 12/0. Yakked around 650 yards right. It was a nice day to yak.

NOJ is next up with a huge ray for his 12/0. Yakked around 700 yards left.

I’m up next. Smaller ray for the 12/0 yakked 450 yards straight out.

With the big rods out successfully. We put out a 6/0hlw, diawa slosh50, and a 9/0. These rods were yakked out just past the bar.

With all the rods out, it’s time for the eagle kite.

Julie having a talk with my 12. Sing baby, sing.

Release bag and cast net.

A little while later, the slosh 50 starts to roll. Noj is up.

First shark in. Time for the flag kite.

Me having a talk with my 12. Sing baby, sing.

These make dropping bait so much better.

Next up, the 6/0 screams like only a blacktip can make it. Julie is on it! Sorry for the sideways pictures.

The big rods sat untouched. When we brought them in, there were some bites taken, but nothing too major. Anyway, it was a fun day at the beach.

I have been fishing for sharks on the NC coast for a few years now and will share some of my experience with you on this site.

Before I get too ahead of myself, let me give you the background story.  I’m originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been fishing since I’ve been big enough to hold a rod and reel.  In PA, I used to fish for Trout, Steelhead, Panfish, and big Catfish.  I did pretty good.  I found myself constantly trying new methods to catch more and bigger fish.

So it’s only natural that during family vacations to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I started fishing in the ocean.  It didn’t take me long to find my way to some of NC’s awesome piers.  While fishing one night, I watched a pier fisherman land a 4 foot shark.  I haven’t been the same since.  The next year on vacation, I caught my own.

Flash foreword, I live in Wilmington, NC, the atlantic ocean is my backyard, I own more fishing gear than my girlfriend thinks I should, and I still love shark fishing!