Chasing Mulloway turned into a bronzie
Submitted by Seek on Wed, 2012-02-22 16:03
Hey all, just started fishing seriously since last december. These are a few of my decent catches since December. Got a few good tailor of southern Perth beaches, the one in my right hand is a 49cm other is a 43cm. Last Saturday, seen a bloke pull up a 1.3m Mulloway(pictured above) at E-shed, I measured it for him. So the next night I decided to give it a shot. Put some new line on my reel 50lb braid. Hooked onto something big! Thought this was the moment I got my first Mulloway, turned out to be a big bronzie. Quite disappointed it wasn't a mulla but still lots of fun, always a good feeling when you have something heavy on your rod and it's kicking!
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garethgkr
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Nice bronzie there mate, was
Nice bronzie there mate, was around South Mole last night and got a bonzie (released) that looks very similar to yours.
Seek
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Thanks, was my first bronzie.
Thanks, was my first bronzie. He got released so it's a good possibility it could be the same one
falttymatty
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looks more like a blacktip to
looks more like a blacktip to be honest still nice catch though mate well done keep it up. Will probably see you there one day as im there alot lol especially around freo.
My mates are still trying also for there first mulla just keep being caught left and right of them lol but they dont give up one day theyll have a turn and if you put in the hours you should to.
to fish or not to fish is that even an option?
Redemperor000
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Yeah, it has black tips on
Yeah, it has black tips on fins so mabe isnt a bronzie, anyways doenst matter still a good fish, still waiting for my first shark ,
spooled79
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dont get black tips in
dont get black tips in perth.. top effort and some good sessions since you started ure fishing career
falttymatty
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Not wanting to start
Not wanting to start arguments and hijack this blokes thread as is a nice catch metro anyways if you go to my post the other night of a blacktip it was in perth so you do get them here. sorry mate i just had to clear that up.And hope to catch up for a fish sometime always good to meet new faces
to fish or not to fish is that even an option?
Seek
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Cheers all. I'll definitely
Cheers all. I'll definitely be down there at E-shed more often chasing my Mulloway, so there's chance I'll run into ya!
Rig
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Title
I think thf title of this thread is the story of my mulloway fishing life lol
Nice captures, looks like a bronzie to me
falttymatty
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Do bronzies have blacktips on
Do bronzies have blacktips on them when there younger rig? just interested to know
to fish or not to fish is that even an option?
spooled79
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looks like a juvenile spinner
looks like a juvenile spinner shark to me but i am no expert
Rig
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Whalers
Bronzies and spinners come from thf same family whalers. They all look pretty similar and very hard to distinguish with the clarity of that photo. Usually need to identify by teeth also
Seek
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Teeth
Had lots of very small teeth, friend of mine said it was a bronzie. He could be wrong not entirely sure.
Glenn Moore
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Common Blacktip Shark?
For what it is worth, I'll weigh in too. If you are still interested, your great little shark is probably not a Bronze Whaler. My best guess from the photo is that it is a Common Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus. They are mostly tropical, but are common down to Dunsborough too. However, it could also be a Spinner Shark Carcharhinus brevipinna.
In whaler sharks, there is so much confusion with IDs. Firstly, as rig says, they are so hard to be certain just from a photo - you really need the specimen, or a) excellent photos; b) teeth, c) sometimes xrays of the vertebrae! The one thing that I have noticed is that the name 'bronzie' gets given to almost any whaler, but I think that is because they are so hard to tell apart. The other problem is common names - 'blacktip' is part of the name of 3 species of whaler:
Common Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
Australian Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus tilsoni
So, as spooled79 said 'we don't get blacktips in Perth' - correct if you are referring to the second 2 species, but falttymatty pointed out that we do - true also, we get the 'common blacktip'
While I'm here, (and I think others have mentioned it before) I'll also point out that the TRUE Bronze Whaler Charcharinus brachyurus is a southern species and only goes as far north as Geraldton. So, sharks at Shark Bay, Exmouth etc are not bronzies.
enough from me. Nice catch Seek!
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
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falttymatty
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thanks fo that glen i am
thanks fo that glen i am still learning of what species are where so very enlightening.
makes me wonder what mine was now lol still tasted good anyways
next time i catch one ill take shots of teeth and what else may distinguish it as im curious now
to fish or not to fish is that even an option?
Glenn Moore
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same
same mate - as best as I can ID it, I think yours was the same species
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
twitter @WestOzFish