Few small sharks and a ray iv got into recently
Submitted by Timtation on Sun, 2012-12-09 15:10
Just a few sharks and a ray iv caught recently in the metro area, some black tips hammer heads, bronzie, gummy and a big black ray, just need to get into some bigger versions.
Cheers.
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brg
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well done young fella
well done young fella
catchalittle
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saw you down there yesterday
saw you down there yesterday when I was collecting bait
Nathan
Timtation
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Cheers mate
Cheers mate
diver albie
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are you releasing
them or eating them
Timtation
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The blacktips where kept
The blacktips where kept
diver albie
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good to see the baby hammers
good to see the baby hammers were released then
COASTALJOY
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gaff and release
Fair bit of blood to release the hammers, were they gaffed, also I dont think the big ray needed to be dragged up the beach just for a photo, cutting them off in shallow water would do
He fishes, He fishes, He fishes, its the only thing in life. All he ever gets is hell from his fed up wife
AlwaysFishin
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Whatever you killjoy nazi.
Whatever you killjoy nazi. Leave the young bloke alone. Some nice captures there Tim, good on ya.
Jorie
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good effort mate. looks like
good effort mate. looks like a lot of hard work rewarded. that ray would have been a killer on your arms caught plenty that big myself i know they dont come easy.
Rig
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lol
killjoy nazi ha ha
nice captures there young fella. That big ray would have been hard to keep away from busting you off on the jetty?
paulsmez
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Well done
Nice work mate. You're obviously putting the hours in and are reaping the rewards.
Having caught a big ray in south africa once (about 1.5m across) I know only too well how much work it takes to get one that size in. Well done.
choorles
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nice gummy
Gummy pic is crisp
Seek
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Nice, some good fights there.
Nice, some good fights there. How long did it take you to get the ray in? I bet you're arm was dead after that one mate. Was down there the other day and got a few strong runs with no hookups tho!
COASTALJOY
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harsh
Sorry I thought looking after fish was responsible, dragging the ray onto the beach with a gaff does not seem to be, I will gaff the next sambo I get and release it after a photo
He fishes, He fishes, He fishes, its the only thing in life. All he ever gets is hell from his fed up wife
high Noon
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poor ray
agree costaljoy. The Ray would have been better released without gaffing and draging up beach. Then regaffed to be put back in water. Nice pics young fella, you must enjoy you fishing. There are plenty of non fishers out there that could make a bad story of a ray on the beach like that. As fishermen we need to be carefull an thoughtfull with what we do with fish. It is in all our interests.
Rig
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assuming
well you guys are assuming he used it. that gaff is being used to keep the barb down in that picture and I cant see any holes in the ray.
a light weight aluminium gaff like that isnt capable of controlling a stingray of that size.
The bloke puts up a post of some captures he is proud of and cops unsubstantiated negative comments, do you think he will bother again? probably not! Nothing illegal going on there, didnt your mummies ever tell you "if you havent got anything nice to say dont say it at all"
bitten
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+1 rig ;)
+1 rig ;)
high Noon
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Look closer
Looks like two gaff markes on front of ray. How else are you going to get that sort of weight up a beach. 200lb line wouldnt drag that ray up sand. Least it was released. Seen plenty of rays just left on the beach to rot.
cuthbad
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Some great catches there
Some great catches there mate!
Dont stress about the haters, best to avoid the gaff where possible but thats not always an option.
Nice work!
wagoewanderer
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looks to me like the trace
looks to me like the trace has cut through him, great catches champ.