Yet another sharkin question

[giantfan]

I just asked this question in another thread, but I wanted everyone to see it so here it is again.

Sharking over the weekend we did a very long drift and I wanted to know what you all think.

Below is a picture of the drift that I did on Sat for Mako Mania.

Here is what I was thinking:

We set up to drift over the tower, when we had done that I saw that the drift was swinging around and had us heading right at the Bacardi wreck. Do you think that I should have done the drift like I did, which took most of the day, or should I have motored over to the wreck and done a short drift there?

Do you guys do short drifts to stay on the structure? Or do you stay with a long drift to keep in the established slick?

I always hate to leave my slick as I feel that Mr Mako is swimming right at us when we are leaving.

What's your take on this???

Thanks in advance for your replies.

We ended up making a move to the Mako Hotel and picking up a 150 LB Mako on Sat. and ran to the Glory hole on Sunday and had 1 mako around 130 LBS and one monster Blue 250-300LBS???

[Deep C]

Looks like you ran through a tide change on that one... Long isn't the issue. I have some drifts that will take a whole day. The key is to bang as much structure as humanly possible and to bang it right...
A long drift isn't without its merrits... It does involve a lonnger scent trail for one to stumble in but you gots to have structure...
A wreck drift for example seldom goes more than a half mile for me. Straight up a wall about the same. Along a wall though may run miles or if therees a good pile of bumpy stuff in front of me that can get a nod to stick with it too.

[WAHOONBOX]

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[On The Edge]

I am no expert but i do long targeted drifts and seldom if ever leave my slick once it gets going. If i need to chase a shark i cut my chum loose and let it float on its own marking its location and noting the drift direction so i can come back to get it.
If drifting a wreck i will still stay on my drift but set up for as long of a drift as possible. I think You should be able to pull a shark off a wreck from a good distance. If your slick went over your target the shark does not know if you are there and will follow the trail to you and your baits..

Like i said i am no expert and don't spend as much time on the water as some but this has worked for me. last year i went 4 for 4 - 3 makos between 140 lb and 240 lb and 1-207lb thresher.

[Bluewater Lady Charters]

If it was me I would have stayed on that drift all day. Drifting over both is ideal. Sooner or later you probably would have pulled one off of those spots.But you pulled off and caught a fish, so what do I know.
When I used to fish the Glory Hole we would set up in the shallows in the morning so that we would wind up drifting the deeper ledges in the afternoon fishing structure all day. Never pulled off the slick unless we didn't like the temperature. As a matter a fact years ago before there was decent chart plotters, I would look for a string of pots and see if we could drift along them. 9 out 10 times we would get a fish.
Pretty work on your fishing