Shark fishing in MA Bay...?

[Tuna Meltdown]

How do you rig up heavy spin rods for these sharks? I neeed to feel the tug and the tunas are not cooperating for the run and gun style fishing i do. Thinking of giving sharkin a try.
Could you share your setup for them?
Also, what do you do for chum/bait. 5 gal frozen chum and a few bluefish do the trick?
Thanks

It's pretty simple. I have just been using the store bought square 4 gallon buckets of pogie chum. Bluefish chum is better for attracting the makos and threshers but the pogie chum works fine for blue sharks. My spinning rods are set up with 80 pound braid mainlines. At the end of the mainline I tie a bimni twist. I then attach a 100-130 pound wind-on leader to my bimini using and offshore loop knot. At the end of the wind-on I tie the biggest snap swivel I can find. This serves two purposes. One , as a visual so the angler does not wind the single strand wire leader through and ruin the expensive guides and two as a good spot for the wire man to hang on to during the leadering process. Then I just attach a simple single stranded wire leader with a hook. A 4'-6' single strand leader works with most of the blue sharks you will come across. We did it again this past weekend and got another 10 to the boat and released.

[Happy Ending]

great, thanks. i thought about that, but wanted to get the real deal from someone who has done it with spin gear. i have stout FLA Calstar rods, stella 20k and 80lb JB hollow core line. next trip out....here sharky shark! would be fun if we see a smaller one on the big fly rod too!

[WeCatchEm]

You don't need bluefish for your hookbaits for blues, just toss about 3 or 4 mackeral hooked in the eye sockets on your hook...makes a nice smorgishborg (I think thats how you spell it). They can't resist.

[sportsman250]

nor do you need more then a senator 113/ 4/0 for blue dogs, you do not need any high tech or expensive anything

[WeCatchEm]

There are some nice ones out there that will give you a challenge on light gear..

[LurkerCharters]

A good size thresher was caught a few miles off hull last week, ate a live mack.