Of course you have to have wire leader on your rig so as to not get bit off. Bonnet sharks will take long fast runs similar to that of Bonefish. Blacktips will jump and thrash. Lemons are usually the largest of the Sharks I hook up. They can get up to several Hundred pounds.
People are surprised to see such large sharks in shallow water.
I lose a lot of redfish to these large sharks. I have never heard of anyone being bitten by a shark on an Everglades fishing trip. Your guide must be bonded to the conditions around him. Knowing which tide to fish,the effects of water temperature, wind speed and direction, cloud cover, moon phase, barometric changes, and a host of other variables Vary from location to location in the back-country. Your guide must be highly proficient at finding and catching fish, and imparting the years of experience necessary to get him on the line and landed when you are handling the pole.