I am in Vero Beach. Sounds like fun. I also have a kayak.

I normally fish a seven foot rod with a 4000 penn reel with 15 pound test. Bait is generally dead shrimp. I was fishing from a dock into lagoon not channel. Something yanked my rod and banged it against a 4x4 on the dock. I grabbed the rod and line was peeling off the reel going south. I pulled as hard as I could but it kept going south. I dared to tighten the drag and things slowed down. The line went dead slack. I saw a fin just east of me. I reeled as fast and hard as I could. Old shark wanted to go north and started peeling line again. A school of mullet went bananas and he kept going. We went back and forth several times and finally my buddy showed up. We got him to the dock. He had a net and I had the rod. Together we got him on the dock. I collapsed on some grass a that was a fight. Hope to do it again. This was before our new law.

Hi I am Mellon from east coast central Florida. I have fished inland and off shore all my life and I am 75. I have started replacing a bunch of guides on my rods. It is fun and can be difficult if you want. I have recently discovered shark is a good eating fish.
Tight lines.