Shark Fishing Cocoa Beach

Shark Fishing Cocoa Beach Deep Sea Fishing Charters offers morning, afternoon and early evening four-hour chartered shark-fishing trips. Shark fishing is different than regular fishing, because sharks cruise close to the beach in about eight to 15 feet of water. The guides toss chunks of meat into the water where they gather and then wait. On a good day, this can mean a lot of action. Ten different species of sharks live in these waters, including great whites – although the charter has never caught them. They have caught hammerheads, sandbars, sand tigers and blacknoses, though. The bigger sharks tend to come into the shallows in the winter. But if a shark is too big, guides won't bring it on the boat. Sandbar sharks can reach 250 pounds and sand tigers can be 350. Although visitors can rent their own boat and hit the waters, both shark and regular fishing can be challenging – even for experienced fishers.