2. Chum 'Em - In order to attract the biggest, most prized species of shark, anglers go to great lengths to deploy the most attractive combinations of chopped up bait fish called chum. Captain Robert Trosset, a member of Team Quizno's on ESPN's Madfin Shark Series (www.quiznosmadfin.com), starts each shark fishing trip by first fishing for his chum. "I like to use fresh barracuda because that¿s what sharks like to eat the most," he says. Trosset will also catch king mackerel, ladyfish, jacks and bonita. He butterflies each fish so that the fillets dangle from the carcass. Then he skewers the fish through their gills with a wire diver's stringer and hangs them over the side of the boat. Every few minutes, he'll slice off some chunks of the fillets and toss them in the slick. Captain Mark Sampson (www.bigsharks.com), a shark skipper based out of Ocean City, Maryland, will visit the fish cleaning table at his marina each evening to gather the ingredients for the next day's chum. "That's the best way to get the freshest bait that the sharks are mostly likely feeding on," he explains. Mark will take the leftovers home and grind them up in a meat grinder to prepare his concoction of chum. "It's got to be fresh," he says, "because the sharks can tell."