Big Shark off Mindaries
I'm posting this report for a friend of mine who had an encounter with a large shark yesterday ( Thursday )
They had hooked a large Bronzie and fought it for a while then it became just a dead weight. They were in amazed to see what was left of it as is came to the surface .
Shortly after a visiter started to circle the boat.
Estimated at over 4 m it stayed around then decided to have a munch on the outboard wich now started to worry the guy's .
The boat owner decided to give it a whack with the gaff and all hell broke loose.
Now with a 3m gaff stuck in its side it went crazy and started to free jump, on the third jump it nearly landed on the transom and the disappeared into the deep and was not spotted again. The owner of the boat knows his sharks and says it was a Great White . I'm no expert but didn't think a GW could jump that high, but ive never seen one with a gaff stuck in its side either .
All i can say is You Guys are Crazy . lol . Cheers Grant .
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Bruce
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wholy crap thats a huge shark
wholy crap thats a huge shark
hunterdive
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Crazy stuff and great
Crazy stuff and great photos. The 1st shark was a decent one, the one that chomped him must've been huge
Why would you try and belt a big shark with a gaff though??
MattMiller
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Could have been
a big Mako?
grantarctic1
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I thought Mako
I thought it was a big Mako too, but they say GW. They did get some film of it swimming around the boat ( might clarify the ID ) but i havn't seen it yet .
Yeah the Bronzie was quite large and estimated at 7 ft .
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holy hell
thats some crazy shit
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carnarvonite
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Toss up
First look and I thought short finned mako but after looking at the bite marks think white pointer as makos usually shred rather than cut cleanly.
Bet he doesn't stick a gaff into a free swimmer again in a hurry.
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yeh, definitely looks like a
yeh, definitely looks like a mako in that pic...... and agree, they do shred rather than clean bite.
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looks like a mako to me
luckily for your friend too....dont reckon its too legal to start sticking gaffs into the protected great whites
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edit > hmmm its actually hard to tell - the in water shot looks more like a mako, the one of it mid air looks like a pointer
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Not intended
Yeah i don't think he realy intended to actualy stick the gaff in it. Just hit it to get it away, but it freaked out and hooked itself on the pointy bit .
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Hahaha nice
Hahaha nice
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fark!now that would be scary
fark!now that would be scary having it jum and land right near the boat .
SHizz
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Douchebag move to gaff a
Douchebag move to gaff a large free swimming shark. Stupid move to "poke" a shark of that size with a gaff.
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I agree
Scotte
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Yes i would be doing
Yes i would be doing everything to make sure that shark doesn't get upset.probably move off after a few photos
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bugger
lets get the heavy gear out
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perhaps zacs marlin was
perhaps zacs marlin was this??
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That was one hell of an ambitious start to his spear fishing career
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Classic Pic
Thats awesome , imagine if it had landed on the deck ...might have to take out a big smokie next time , one wants to play
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Alan James
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That last pic
Looks like a double backward sommersault with a half twist, degree of difficulty for a mako = 0. The one surprising thing though is the gaff hanging out of it.
Your friend was extremely lucky that it didn't touch down in the boat.
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Its a white for sure
only a great white has the audacity to attack your boat like that. Good shot with the gaff that will slow him down some. Pity it wasnt hanging out his head.
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I've had
a 7-8ft Mako come up to the back of my tinny and have a chomp at the outboard before.
I few cubes of Bonito for berley then one with a hook inside soon had him hooked.
20 jumps and 15mins later he was along side the boat for release.
Mako's are an awesome Shark and it wouldn't surprised me one iota if this was indeed a BIG Mako.
Wouldn't be 'poking' a freeswimmer with a gaff though. Not much thinking went into that move
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Quite a few years ago...
A solid mako jumped into a half cab boat off Binningup after being hooked. Apparently the two chaps fishing got on the foredeck near the anchor well as the fish went ballistic until it died - completely demolished the interior of the boat. Carnarvonite may have heard of the situation - I'm sure it was 20+ years ago!
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Bailed out
Seems they hooked it and after it did the usual couple of jumps it charged the boat. When it jumped in the boat one bloke bailed out over the side and the other was up on the bow, leaving the mako to demolish everything in the boat then flick itself back over the side. As soon as it hit the water , the bloke in the drink reckons he jumped straight out of the water and into the boat without even touching the side.
They showed pics in the local paper of the inside of the boat, pedestal seats torn out of the deck, bite marks on the side pockets and tackle strewn all over the place. and that was from only a 7 footer so they said if I remember correctly.
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Photo
Awesome photo, did well to capture the situation.
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$ 100 bucks says Mako . . .
$ 100 bucks says Mako . . . they belong in straight jackets, caught heaps off busso/ dunsborough years ago, heaps of fun and bad attitude. . .
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Cape Nat / Wright's bank
Caught more makos in the area of Cape Naturaliste and Wright's bank than anywhere up the coast. Fisheries research backs this up with data collected by pros going back over twenty years plus.
out wide
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Yeah jumps like a Mako
but Mako's rip their prey to shreds that other shark is cut clean like GW bite
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looks like a mako to me, did
looks like a mako to me, did they actually see the bronzie get eaten?, maybe a GW bit the bronzie and the blood attracted the mako to the boat?
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Where did the photo of the
Where did the photo of the shark breaching go?
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Never heard of a GW clear
Never heard of a GW clear the water in such an extreme fashion
All Whites ive seen have only just cleared the water
Not been 3 metres up! (Going by the gaff length in picture) Also 3 metres is a long gaff to have on boat must be a big boat
I'd have to say its a mako
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http://www.youtube.com/watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWT-tBLnD8
definitely a mako for me. the fin structure is wrong for a GW in my books. very chunky in the back end too.
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check you tube of footage of
check you tube of footage of whites clearing the water attacking seals form beneath....5m plus sharks completely airborn....it happens.
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Agreat photo
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I heard Al of shikari
I heard Al of shikari charters had a close encounter with a big white a few k's south of rotto today also. A few still hanging around maybe?
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that is a mako shark. Had
that is a mako shark.
Had many encounters with them longlining.
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Does this look familar
I think the link has been on here before.
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its a mako 100%......
its a mako 100%......
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If it was a Mako it would
If it was a Mako it would have to be a Longfin Mako as they are the only Mako that grows over 2.5m. It looks as though the fins arent long enough to me and that shark is meant to be rare and its meant to stay in deep water?
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Is that pic with the gaff
Is that pic with the gaff real??? if it is F that!!
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that last pic looks a bit
that last pic looks a bit fishy (sorry couldnt resist). Why is that picture smaller than the other 2?
If its real... shite son!
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It's real
I'ts real, the pictures were taken with a phone and sent me. I assume the first 2 pic's were shot verticlal and the 1 with the gaff was horizontal.
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That is crazy!
That is crazy!
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i'd say mako as the dorsal
i'd say mako as the dorsal fin isn't typical shape of a gw's and also the biting end of the scale is too narrow in my opinion to be a gw and it does look more like a mako but in saying that i could be wrong
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taken with a i phone 4s
exif data shows shark with gaff jumping photo taken with i phone 4s 17/05/2012 2.51pm
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Photo of the big shark is a
Photo of the big shark is a mako- but that doesn`t mean he was the one the ate the Bronzy.
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Looks a bit like this mako
Looks a bit like this mako plus a gaff!
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Awesome story mate you guys
Awesome story mate you guys are legends last time I caught a litlle shark 1.5mtrs I tried to gaff it for over ten mins until it got off...they have very tuff skin and my gaff was a litlle rusty, you did well just to gaff it let alone get these pictures...
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Try to push it away
from the motor Not gaff it, Read above first
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Not sure if it's the same
Not sure if it's the same shark, but it looks very very similar! A large school of babies probably about 30-50cm just swimming around near the rocks on the inside area. Whenever I shined my light upon them they quickly scatter and swim off.
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that is epic....
that is epic....
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thats a mako
thats a mako
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How'd the pics! Crazy the one
How'd the pics! Crazy the one where its leaping out with the gaff attached.
I have to agree with most people with the mako call. Pointed nose and acrobatics point to a mako, but tellingly on the jump shot, the undersides of the pectorial fins are completely white, not black tipped like a great white.
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Can't believe he used a gaff
Can't believe he used a gaff ......a shotgun and a hatchet would have been much better
Nice photo
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Its a mako.
Its a mako.
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Looking at the head thats
Looking at the head thats left could be a White took him and the Mako showed up right after?
Im only saying that because of the clean bite on the dead one. Definitly a Mako thats gaffed though.
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Its a Mako
Just because a mako's teeth are thin dosnt mean they are not sharp. They manage to cut sambos clean in half. The sharp pointed nose and fin shape its a mako
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Seven News Tonight
showed these pics at the end of the story about the bloke who got knocked off his ski by a shark yesterday. They reported the shark was jumping to escape a larger shark. A bit of journalism license being used there I think. Tossers.
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Yeah I seen that too on
Yeah I seen that too on channel 7 news, they didn't even mention the gaff after showing that awesome picture!
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saw it too and I wonder if
saw it too and I wonder if they got the pics and footage from here and yep didn't even mention the gaff lol in saying that it'll be on there tonight reckless fishos gaff innocent shark lol make up more bulls#$%t
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Looks like a mako to me
Looks like a mako to me
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fuel on the fire
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/leaping-great-white-caught-on-camera-off-the-coast-of-mindarie/story-e6frg12c-1226427465452
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saw 7 news and thought that was on fishwrecked weeks ago,
saw seven news and thought that shark was on fishwrecked weeks ago,not today ,another way that 7 news gets more viewers imo
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Looking at the comments and
Looking at the comments and general opinion, the gaff isnt doing fisherman much justice. I cant believe this got through to the mainstream media and its clearly not a white shark!
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some people have no idea, had
some people have no idea, had a good laugh reading people comments thoe
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Certainly doing the rounds
Certainly doing the rounds again, both media and forums are showing the pictures and story.
I don't know the owner of the boat , my mate was his deckie for the day and sent me the pictures. I have to agree the comments on Perth Now are quite funny . And channel 7 have a different story every time they have showed the pictures.
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Well i can tell you the first
Well i can tell you the first pic is a mako. White sharks are not blue like that, they have fatter fins not thin fins. The dorsal also is very thin on that which calls it a mako. Other very very easy way to tell is the teeth.
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