How to avoid the sharks?

Ha, switch rigs!

More skilled fisherman

Beef Jerky. Snapper love it. Sharks hate it.

On a serious note; I have never found a way to avoid them. Like hardheads, all you can do is move when they move in.

for some species, or if you're just trying to fill a limit of any size fish, you can just move. but if you think you're in the right location for a trophy fish (say, for example, you know there are big snapper on a certain rig), you sometimes just have to fight through them. one thing i've noticed though is that they are a lot more likely to take certain baits. fishing a few weekends ago, we caught 3 sharks in a row on cut croaker. put on a squid: snapper every time.

stay onshore

Throw shite in the water