I've been fishing the Jax beach pier lately and finally got set up for the big boys off the end of the pier. Our pier is a 1/4 mile long.
Got my mudhook out around 125-150 yards (oh yeah it casts that far) then got my fighting rod hook up with a quick release and baited the treble with a greenie. slid that thing down and about 2 hours later I saw a couple of swirls in the water, and then I saw the qick release shaking, then BANG! SQUEEEELLL! goes the clicker!
I had 600 yards of 25 pound test line and it was just pulling SO HARD. I could figure out what I had hooked up on. All I could think was it had to be a submarine from Kings bay submarine base.
Finally I got it up to the pier and one of the guys in the new anglers assoc. we started showed up with a gaff. well, he missed and somone else came over with a landing net.
One word of advice...never try to land a 6 foot shark with a net. That fish is still in the water...