Guided land-based shark fishing · Miami to Fort Lauderdale
Giants From
the Shore
No boat. We paddle a big bait out past the sandbar after dark, and when a shark eats it, you fight it standing on the sand. Every fish goes back alive.
Miami → Fort Lauderdale
From the Sand, No Boat
4–6 Hour Night Trips
100% Catch & Release
What This Is
Shark fishing with
your feet in the sand
Land-based shark fishing means what it sounds like: no boat. We meet on a public beach at dusk, rig heavy conventional tackle, and paddle a whole bait out past the first sandbar on a board. Then the rods go in the spikes and we wait. When something picks it up, you're in the harness and the fish is yours — and every yard of line has to come back from the sand. You don't need gear and you don't need experience. You need to be willing to stay up late.
Shoreline Giants is owner-operated and in its first season. That means one group a night instead of four, and it means the person who answers your message is the person standing next to you on the sand.
The Giants
Great HammerheadSphyrna mokarran
10–14 ft · drag to inspect
FWC-prohibited species. Stays in the water, gills submerged, released immediately.
Florida protects 29 shark species. We fish for the fight — never the kill. Protected giants are unhooked in the wash and never leave the water.
A Night on the Sand
- 01
Meet at Golden Hour
We link up at a legal public shoreline — Haulover, Virginia Key, or a night-window beach between Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale — right as the light drops and the beach empties out.
- 02
Rig and Brief
You watch the leaders come together and learn why every crimp matters. Then the safety brief and a permit check before anything goes in the water.
- 03
Baits Out by Paddleboard
A whole bait gets paddled out past the sandbar in the dark and dropped. Back on the beach, the rods go in the spikes.
- 04
The Wait
Clickers on, underwater lights glowing in the wash. This is the part of the night where the stories come out.
- 05
The Run
When a clicker screams, you clip into the harness, dig your feet into the wet sand, and hang on. Your guide talks you through the whole fight.
- 06
Release and Photos
Hook out, gills wet, a few quick photos, and she swims back into the dark. Watching her go is the best part of the night.
There is no boat to chase her with. Whatever line she takes, you have to earn back standing in the wash.
The Legal Part
Legal on every
beach we fish
Florida runs the strictest shore-based shark rules in the country. Every angler 16 and up carries their own free state permit and Shark-Smart course certificate — no guide can cover you for it, so we walk you through signup before the trip. How the permitting works.
Non-offset circle hooks, natural bait, a cutter within arm's reach, and no chumming from the beach. Every shark goes back, and 29 protected species never leave the water at all. The gear and the rules.
Legal hours change from one city to the next, and some beaches and every pier are closed to it entirely. We fish the open ones, inside their windows. Which beaches are open, and when.
Miami Beach banned land-based shark fishing in 2026. We don't fish Miami Beach — Haulover is a Miami-Dade county park and Rickenbacker is City of Miami, both open. What that means for a Miami trip.
Why we do this
“The monsters are already at the beach. We just introduce you — respectfully, legally, and on our terms.”
Catch · Measure · Release
Straight Answers
Is it safe?
You stay on the sand. The shark stays in the water. Your guide handles every leader, every hook, every release — you never touch the business end. The safety brief before the first bait covers exactly where to stand and what to do when a fish is on the beach.
Do I need experience?
No. The harness carries the load and your guide talks you through every stage of the fight. You don't need to have ever touched a conventional reel before.
What if we don't hook one?
Sharks are wild animals and nobody honest guarantees one. What we control is where and when: we fish the night windows and seasons the fish move on. If the night goes quiet, that's fishing.
What does it cost?
$450 for the night — that's the whole group, up to four rods, 4 to 6 hours on the sand. It's our first-season price. There's no deposit and no payment through this site; nothing is owed until we've confirmed your date together.
Keep Reading
Miami
Haulover Cut and Virginia Key, why the water there is different, and what the Miami Beach ban means for your trip.
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The Coastline
Which beaches are open, what hours, which ones are closed, and what runs each season from Miami-Dade to Broward.
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The Craft
The exact tackle, the FWC rules we fish by, and the sixty seconds of the release that the whole night is built around.
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Book a Trip
Pick your night
Tell us who's coming and when you want to fish, and we'll get back to you with open nights and pricing. There's no deposit. We agree on a date together and that's the booking.