re: Sharks in Gulf Shores

This happened when I was a kid in Gulf Shores about 20 years ago. Apparently the sharks come in to spawn every so many years. We used our small poles we had brought to catch baitfish in the surf then bought big arse poles for the sharks. Hooked many, only landed 1 to the beach, about a 6 foot black tip.

You could literally see the shark swimming along, cut a slit in the side of the baitfish, and pitch it about 20 feet infront of where the shark was heading and they'd hit it.