Kite fishing for sharks???

[BrothaBob]

Has anyone done this before? How were the results?

[Graceland]

Funny you mentioned this. We were tarpon fishing today and when the tide slacked the wind picked up and the sharks were all over our baits. I decided to put out the kite and see if I could keep the sharks off. Big mistake!!! They ate those baist faster than the baits on the bottom. These were only small sand bars, 3-4 feet long. It was kind of cool watching them demolish those poor little spots though.

[Flatdog]

normaly off the bank in SA Rabbits work!!!!

[BigSteads]

There is a sport fishermen magazine from a couple months ago (possibly a year, I find them randomly around the house) with a lot of different articles. Mainly for makos though, and a nice one on kite fishing for them. Maybe if I get the date and number off of it you could google it????

Found it. August 2006 - Giant redfish cover.

Have not tried it, nor know of anyone that has had success.

[Seaker]

Put a livey on a kite

Put a strip on a kite

You may start with one kite but you will purchase more

[BrothaBob]

In the past, I have fished kites for Tuna and Sailfish.....its deadly for Sailfish in the Keys but as I drove to work one day I was thinking about shark fishing. I have only gone twice with limited success but, I started thinking about ways to attract them to boat.

I thought that if you created a really nice slick and then had one or live ones splashing in a panic at the surface in the middle of that slick, you could draw some attention to your baits........just my inexperience thought.

[Graceland]

You just basically described on of our king fishing tactics up here. Nice chum slick and livies splashing on top from a kite. We do it on anchor or at drift.