7. Setting Up - Whether anglers anchor up or drift, the key to catching sharks is getting the chum to cross as much productive water as possible. When laying out their gameplan for the day, Sharkers consider how their chum slick will be affected by current speed, wind direction, and bottom geography. "The ideal conditions would have the wind blowing against the current to slow the boat's drift," says Captain Robert Trosset. The toughest part about using chum is waiting for the fish to come to the fishermen. West Coast fly guide Captain Conway Bowman waits a minimum of two hours before he even thinks about moving. "You got to get into the headspace to be patient," he says, "the payoff can be awesome." The downside to changing location is that the crew has to re-establish the chum slick and start the waiting game again. Larry Melo and the crew of Waterbury caught the 399-pound thresher that won them the Oak Bluff's Monster Shark Tournament (www.bbgfc.com) 15 minutes after making a move. "We were catching too many bluesharks so we pulled up and moved to the end of our slick." This tactic allowed the team to get away from the ineligible blue sharks and stay in their chum slick.