Central West Coast Florida Water Hunters...Hunting buddy looking for YOU!

[bob.oz]

12ft+ 1400 lb White Shark Betsy continues to ping in the Gulf of Mexico offshore of St.Petersburg, Florida! Betsy is close to where she pinged almost a year ago on April 23, 2014:

 

[nagov]

I know they love seals but I wonder if they have ever found Manatee's to their liking.....if that happens, she will ping a lot closer to shore!

Cliff

 

[bob.oz]

I saw a large manatee and calf yesterday, never heard of a manatee being attacked by any sharks before. I would think a White would stay offshore in the cooler waters anyway. I think more about Bull sharks, especially in the summer when hitting the water in the near dawn hours when the shallows are full of larger fish attacking the bait schools.

 

[dewcon4414]

I had another yesterday want to see what I was digging. Shark best not get between me and my gold.

 

[Minas man]

I am packing today for 2 weeks on the Central Gulf Coast but the past three years have been so poor that I am debating whether to bring the Sovereign for the shallow water or Vaquero for the dry beach or leave it all home and do all my hunting at the thrift stores. Snow is so deep here that it will be May before I can get out digging.
Really don't want to enter the food chain. I stepped on a couple of rays last year and one took to the air for a couple of hundred yards, what a sight !
I hunt the water early in the morning as the wife is still sleeping so I stay shallow but have always wanted to hit the sand bar that is 100 feet off shore at low tide but the lack of a partner keeps me in the shallows of Indian shores.
Nothing like a shark report to keep people out of the water.


Minas man

 

[bob.oz]

Minas man....Have no fears!! No water hunter has ever been chomped on by any sharks around here....that we know of. The sharks that I have seen are the small friendly kind. By the time you realize its a shark your looking at, It will dart away faster than you can scream SHARK!! Bring your Sov if you want to hunt beach and water, beaches are still full even though Spring Break is winding down. At low tide you can wade out to that sandbar. You can also go north to Clearwater or south to Madeira, Treasure Island or St. Pete Beach. TI and SPB are big wide beaches with plenty of dry or wet sand to hunt if you choose to stay out of the water. GL

 

[dewcon4414]

Bring anything but a water machine i see way to many of them BUT.... with the renurishment making those beaches wider dry sand hunting looks promissing. Weve had a lot of people..... it was warm for a change this year. Not warm enough to get them out in the water very far so near shore and dry sand maybe a good option.

 

[joe69]

The spring breakers are good for bothn cool water making dry and wet they forget what they hide under there towls and forget that skin shrinks in cool water making rings and braceslets loose come on wave lol

 

[hershey1]

Don't worry too much about the sharks but watch for the RAY"S. They get down in the sand and are hard to see and the sharks love them. Shuffle your feet and you should have no problems. Leave your detectors at home. Dew and myself will have ours so no need to worry. Have a great trip! HH