Here’s the shark. The rest were just bait for this guy

Surf is still super rough, tried but within a couple casts just gave up as my bait was in the wash within seconds it seemed.

Went over to the bay for some wade fishing. Had some trout jumping but no bites. Not sure the bait of frozen shrimp was the best offering but it’s all I had today. Not gonna but live stuff when the utility of using it was so low.

Hoping the current and the swells are less tomorrow, it’s supposed to be. Only a couple more days left of shark week

Yep.

"As the bullets raked overhead, Louie struggled to stay under the rafts. The current clutched at him, rotating his body horizontally and dragging him away. He kicked against it, but it was no use. He was being sucked way, and he knew that if he lost touch with the rafts, he wouldn’t be able to swim hard enough against the current to get back. As he was pulled loose, he saw the long cord that strayed off the end of one of the rafts. He grabbed it and tied it around his waist.
As he lay underwater, his legs tugged in front of him by the current, Louie looked down at his feet. His left sock was pulled up on his shin; his right had slipped halfway off. He watched it flap in the current. Then, in the murky blur beyond it, he saw the huge, gaping mouth of a shark emerge out of the darkness and rush straight at his legs.
Louie recoiled, pulling his legs toward his body. The current was too strong for him to get his legs beneath him, but he was able to swim them to the side, away from the shark’s mouth. The shark kept coming, directly at Louie’s head. Louie remembered the advice of the old man in Honolulu: Make a threatening expression, then stiff-arm the shark’s snout. As the shark lunged for his head, Louie bared his teeth, widened his eyes, and rammed his palm into the tip of the shark’s nose. The shark flinched, circled away, then swam back for a second pass. Louie waited until the shark was inches from him, then struck it in the nose again. Again, the shark peeled away.
Above, the bullets had stopped coming. As quickly as he could, Louie pulled himself along the cord until he reached the raft. He grabbed its wall and lifted himself clear of the shark.
Mac and Phil were lying together in the fetal position. They were absolutely still, and bullet holes dappled the raft around them. Louie shook Mac. Mac made a sound. Louie asked if he’d been hit. Mac said no. Louie spoke to Phil. Phil said he was okay.
The bomber circled back for another go. Phil and Mac played dead, and Louie tipped back into the ocean. As bullets knifed the water around him, the shark came at him, and again Louie bumped its snout and repelled it. Then a second shark charged at him. Louie hung there, gyrating in the water and flailing his arms and legs, as the sharks snapped at him and bullets came down. The moment the bomber sped out of firing range, he clambered onto the raft again. Phil and Mac were still unhit..."

Green to the beach here.

Morning fishing is over, it’s raining now. Hoping things calm down after the rain rolls through.
Have Bull minnows and live shrimp today, hoping to catch some good stuff in the afternoon we can use for bait again. If we catch enough, we can eat some too.
Fished about 1.5 hrs this am without a bite. Not very active out there right now

Back on the water for a quick interlude between rain and storms, got my first speck trout. Bull minnow. Hope I can get more fishing in today. Water is calmest it’s been for the week but the sky is the worst it’s been all week, can’t win for losing.

Anyway, got some food for tonight. Hope for some more and some
Bait fish too

Afternoon update...it’s a lot easier and a guarantee to buy shark bait at local fish stores than to try and catch non-existent fish....no really I got a boat load of whole fish for like 21 bucks today, will make for a lot of shark bait.

I know it is more satisfying to catch your own bait, but dang the fishing has been hard this week. Caught a whiting and a lady fish today, and that was it. Not very good work on my end, but the fish just aren’t out there and I don’t know why.

So we dropped some shark bait early today, got a bite but it took the tail right off the bait. So we dropped it again, and this time we landed a decent 4.5-5’ spinner shark. Seems that is all we can find out there, but we will drop more bait this evening and see if we can’t get a different species.

Buy the extra large bait, it is easier to clean when you don't catch anything.

Buy the extra large bait, it is easier to clean when you don't catch anything.