Built my first shark rig and hooked a three foot black tip but it broke loose in the surf before I could get my camera out and my son was getting chewed by black flies so we called it a night. 135# steel cable to 80# mono to braid…
We were running steel leaders when fishing for reds because the sharks were thick for some reason, maybe all the recent rain….
Also the Crappie Magnet proved to be just as strong of “catch everything” type lure for my son in the salt as it is in freshwater (baby reds, croaker, specked sea trout, pinfish, lady fish, needlefish)