big shark #3
got this big one last night, was a very hard 2 hour fight with a lot of running back and forward over rocks before i had to sprint to the beach to pull it away from a reef to get it into the surf.
my mate was watching my rod saying weird stuff was happening like the line going a bit loose and slack then off goes the ratchet and then it stoped, i got to my rod and line was slack so wound like crazy and felt a solid weight so i set the hooks, lets just say she wasnt happy having a set of 11/0 hooks in her mouth and took off taking 700m of line against full drag on the torium. managed to get her back into the bay and into the surf after a while and got her on the beach..JPG)
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oonce on the beach we hurried to get the hooks out take a few photos and struggled to move her back into the water. she swam off fine and headed straight back out to the deeper water..JPG)
was caught on a fresh salmon fillet on a slide bait rig, after getting the hooks back checked over the gear and my 200lb wind on leader is destroyed, slide clip bent, 400lb wire a fair few of the strands where chewed through and the stop ring at the bottow was starting to bend. just goes to show even the best gear gets destroyed buy huge fish like this. after spending 5 out of 24 hours connected to sharks like this i think today is a well earned rest day.
cheers chris...
always looking for a new challenge!!
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1268-EX
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nice good job
nice good job
TonyT
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Madness..... But
Madness..... But brilliant....
Ben Derecki
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You're killing it Chris.
You're killing it Chris. Awesome work man.
scotto
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You are an animal!
I would hate to be your gimbal!!
Nice work
terboz123
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whoa whoa whoa your doing
whoa whoa whoa your doing very welll on the XL sharks....you should be stoked mate. Good work on all the sucessful realeases! Sportfishing at its best!
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great work there Chris. but
great work there Chris. but toughen up, you dont need a rest, get back out there before the mussels realy start hurting as they will when you rest them. your nailing them monsters atm, keep it up
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meglodon
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that is a rip snorta of a shark
what a great catch and release
petervb
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Very Nice! what kind of
Very Nice!
what kind of sharks are these? Quite large tail fins on them & smaller dorsal.... some kind of whaler?
Leemo
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All big bronzies mate!
All big bronzies mate!
bludgin' since 94'
pelagicyachts
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mate great pics and great
mate
great pics and great fish --although i have seen some pics like this before titled 'seconds before disaster!!"
watch you fingers! - hooks are not easy to get out of shark skin -invest in some decent (long handled) water pump pliers!! :-)
great work and love the updates
crasny1
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I agree
Posted this picture for a joke on Sherbert post fishing on the boat with the tiger shark, but it could happen in a flash!!
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Lennoxjake
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Great catch, only just beats
Great catch, only just beats the tiny herring iv been catching
tim-o
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GEEZUS Chris youve gota be
GEEZUS Chris youve gota be the most successful landbased fisho on this forum lately, you're constanly catchin fish most people hope to get once in a blue moon, you must be single and unemployed (but still cashed up enough to fish), seriously, how many hours a week do you fish, you are a serious addict and we can see why. Fuggn top work dude, anything heavier than your own weight landed off a beach is epic. Keep em comin!
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i wish i could fish all the
i wish i could fish all the time, i work full time and have a mrs i just study what im after a lot so i know when my best times to fish for them will be and just target the one species at a time. i usualy try to get out 3 nights a week weather and right times permitting (depending on what im after). im running out of goals which sucks so i need some more extreme landbased stuff to chase. topping my pb's is going to be a very hard thing to do but i have a few more things left before i start trying to beat my old records.
always looking for a new challenge!!
tim-o
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Mate thats dedicated, you def
Mate thats dedicated, you def got a fishin brain, does ur missus come along, man should hook her up on one of those sharks.....next goal maybe lol
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Chris fish
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yeah she does when she feels
yeah she does when she feels like it, got her onto a few good fish to, she has got a few mullas, small sharks, decent black bream rays ect. i was going to hand the rod to my brother for this shark but after i watched how fast line was dissapearing on full drag i decided against it hahaha glad i did or the little bugger would of got pulled in!!
always looking for a new challenge!!
bitten
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how about a 10 kg dhuie off
how about a 10 kg dhuie off the beach
ive seen it done
Sharktale
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Well done Chris!
Best cure for delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is to keep going hard! See the chiro when weather is bad. Well done lad!
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soupster51
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Sharks
Agreed, your doing well. Great stuff.
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Markie
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Yeh you got alrightttt ay.
Yeh you got alrightttt ay. Haha killin it champ
rails8291
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Nice catch chris, well done
Nice catch chris, well done mate, keep it up, What's the go with sliding baits, what's that about , how's that all done,
Cheers rails
crasny1
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Your a fanatic
Thats just plain crazy. Love your work
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dkonig82
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5 hours of fighting them is a
5 hours of fighting them is a solid effort
Slaying it!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.