bronze whaler caught off hillarys!
Submitted by stylz on Mon, 2010-11-08 11:27
caught this beauty off the rocks :p lots of fun, great feed :D good to see them hangin around this close.
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Ash stylz!
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roberta
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Hate to let you know
lovely catch but think all bronzies are protected now, hope I'm wrong, somebody might be able to correct me.
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tailor marc
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Well done! Keep it? Would be
Well done! Keep it? Would be good to eat at that size.
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stylz
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well,im sure there not
mate i dont think any whalers are protected from my research and i work on a deep sea charter boat and we always keep em, but i think they do have a maximum size limmit then you have to throw them back if there over 1.5 or sumthin,
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fishmad69
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There is a maxium size
There is a maxium size limit but that fish would be ok. It's 700mm maxium from the front dorsol fin to the outside of the rear dorsal. They reckon the shark has to be 1.8m approx long for this to occur so yours mate is perfectly legal. Ripper catch buddy
John_M
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Bigger than 700mm they
Bigger than 700mm they reckon the amonia levels are too high, thats why you have to release them.
Nice little bronzie there man
crasny1
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And I think they concentrate
Mercury and other heavy metals in their system that is toxic for us to munch on.
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roberta
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Thanks fellas
wasn't sure, read somewhere a lot of sharks are protected, so the bronzie has to be bigger than 700mm just in case I catch one, caught a 1.5m tiger and released it beautiful strips on them.
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John_M
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yeh I release all my sharks.
yeh I release all my sharks. much better feeling.
spearfisher
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great shark there mate they
great shark there mate they taste great..
yer i like to keep all my sharks they taste great the bigger one just have to be left in the freezer for a bit nothing wrong with a tiger shark burger...
DieHard
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sweet man! was this last
sweet man!
was this last night??
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flangies
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I remember a night when we
I remember a night when we must have caught his identical brother. From the disabled platform. Sure was tastey :)
motty
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nice little bronzie ash!
nice little bronzie ash! when ya workin again on the boat?
brg
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nice
that little spot seems to have big things cruising around.
stylz
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haha mottyyy!!!!! how long u bin on fishwrecked?
yeh cheers guys, caught on saturday night, incommin tide,new moon day after,on mullet just as sun was setting, i hope theres more to come,
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stylz
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yehh
im meant to be jiggin or whale watching this weekend, i do hope work starts to pikk up soon aye, wbu mate???
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Bodie
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great catch mate, well
great catch mate, well done!!!
While we are on the subject, does anyone have any concrete information on weather killing / cleaning sharks in a certian way drains or removes most of the metals and mercury?
Faulkner Family
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you only need to cut the
you only need to cut the gills and tail to bleed and gut asap. the brown line along the spine has to be removed as well as thats where the amonia is from what i have been told and researched. no need to cut the fins off. the fins make great soup from what i have heard but never tried it
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younga34
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niiiiiiiice
niiiiiiiice
trailcraft_tony
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I've always removed the head
I've always removed the head and fins off the shark when caught straight away, helps to keep the amonia taste down in it, always have done. never had bad tasting shark.
carnarvonite
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Head and fins
Just cutting the head and fins off doesn't do anything as far as stopping the ammonia getting into the flesh. Best way to bleed is cut the head and tail off asap then clean it straight away, don't leave it till later. Remove the brown strip along its spine and get water to flush through the passage from the tail back through to the gut cavity along the spine as ant blood/crap will taint the flesh very quickly.
With the fins, now the pros even leave the fins on gummies for extra weight because it is worth more than cutting them off for sale as fins. Cutting them off first removes the handles that make them easier to carry and that is all.
stylz
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yeh thts what i got taught at work a few yrs ago
when i got this one on the rocks, took the pictures, incision behind the head, tail off, fins off, guts out,bloodline head removed and straight on ice ;)
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GrahamM
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there must be more getting
there must be more getting around in close we got one about the same size on melbourne cup day up at moore river off the beach i havent seen any caught in close for ages good job on yours we let ours swim another day
Joodles
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Mate I got a Bronzie whilst
Mate I got a Bronzie whilst baiting Sambo's at the gemini 2 weeks ago. It was about 1.2m and was deep fried that night. AMAZING fresh taste! I'm more than happy to hook another one.