Another night spent chasing an old favourite.
Spent another night down the beach last night chasing a big toothy critter on the slide baits with my brother Aron, mate Ryan and myself all having the heavy setups ready to go.
Set up our gear and out goes 3 grapnels to sit while we prepared our baits. Ryans sinker pulled trying to get the bait out so he had to reset while Aron and myself got ours out, about half an hour wait and my Sambo head gets absolutely hammered!! swing into it to set the hooks and im greeted by a bloody heavy dead weight, stupid black ray im thinking but after a few minutes it woke up and took off with a heap of huge head shakes. Yep this was an ok shark after all. Because there was very little swell it was so hard to tire it out and steer it around the beach, took ages to get it in close and got it up for a few quick photos and the hooks removed. nice 2.3m broinzie and my second in 3 days!! bloody stoked with it and kicking myself its been so long since targeting them again.
Ended the night with Ryan pullling hooks on a monster right at the shore break that would of gone 3m after a very very hard fight on full drag and some powerful runs.
always looking for a new challenge!!
piston broke
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Awesome Chris
What is the size of the hook or hooks you use to put on a Sambo head?
It would be good to see a picture. cheers pete.
Chris fish
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rigs we used is 150lb 49
rigs we used is 150lb 49 strand wire to 2 snelled 8/0 shout kudoko hooks one turned out at the top of the head the other through both jaws to hold them closed. ill try get a photo next time as we use mostly large baits like that for sliding
always looking for a new challenge!!
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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A photo would be great if
Awesome catch!!! A photo would be great if you could, wouldn't mind trying a slide bait when I head down to yeagarup in two weeks...
woody
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Nice shark Chris! What's the
Nice shark Chris! What's the slide bait combo you use? OH or spin?
Hutch
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Awesome as usual, you
May I ask how much mono topshot you use when sliding?
Chris fish
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Overhead setups all very
Overhead setups all very similar but I'll run down mine.
Posiedon bantam 5 heavy custom 13ft rod, saltist BG50 reel with 500m of 50lb SAS braid to 150m of 24kg stren mono joined to a 10m 200lb wind on leader with a plait and cats paw knots. Slide is a 2mm non return slide clip with a 1oz sinker crimped at the slide on 150lb wire to snelled 8/0 shout kudoko's and either big fillet baits or while fish heads/ wings slid out
always looking for a new challenge!!
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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Cheers mate...
Cheers mate...
Hutch
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woody
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Thanks Chris, hows the BG
Thanks Chris, hows the BG cast compared to a Torium? Get some distance with the windon etc on it?
Chris fish
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Casts wellas good as the
Casts well
as good as the toriums but still no match for a Trinidad DC or penn torque but for its price so far it's doing very well, I only bought it as I have owned most other reels and wanted to try something different and so far so good
always looking for a new challenge!!
tim-o
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Yawnnn
When are u guna post a land based marlin from down south, cmon mate, lift ur game!
Haha, nice whaler mate, heavy duty!
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chipper
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All fish must hate you!
All fish must hate you!
Fisheagle
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Well done!!!
Good landbased catch. Attention to detail in rig set up (tackle and trace), bait selection, predator behaviour, timing, location, weather conditions, etc. increase the chances for success. You tick the boxes - looking forward to your next post!!
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grantarctic1
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Nice
Nice catch Chris, good to see some pictures from you lately.
Cheers Grant
sea-kem
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Pearler of a pic Chris As
Pearler of a pic Chris
As said above attention to detail and timing will increase chances. I'd love to see this slide baiting in action.
Love the West!