Freo Shark Mack on 4lb ( Video Link Added )
My friend asked me to show him some ground or Freo were we could catch some Skippy and bait fish. We headed out at the lazy hour of 10 am and stopped at the first cardinal marker just north of the mole.
We set the anchor threw in the burley bucket and started to get the baits ready. I had taken my little trout rod to catch some bait, it already had a small soft plastic on it so i gave it a cast to stretch the line. On the second cast it got hit big time, at first i thought it was a dreaded N/W blowie but it took of at speed.
Then i started to think , this might be a Samson as it realized it was hooked and peeled line of my 1000 Sienna with the 4lb braid starting to show the backing. I started to guess what it could be after seeing big flashes realized it was a Mack of some type.
20 minutes later and a few tense moments i had an aprox 8kg Shark Mack in the net. ( no i don't have callibrated scales Spence. lol )
Good thing was i got some of the action on video and will upload it as soon as i can .
I was pretty stoked to say the least and my mate (Chad) was happy with the spot i showed him.
We caught a few yakka's and other bait fish then then set Chad up to try for some thing bigger. He didn't get the big one but did break in his new Salty Fighter on a small Samson and lost one a lot bigger.
Not a bad day for just a bait fish and all within view of the North Mole. I'm sure Chad will be heading out there again for a bit of light tackle fun.
Cheers Grant..
Edit : Here is the link to the video , hope you like it but there is a couple F@&K words sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/user/grantarctic1
deepwater
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nice fish there mate good
nice fish there mate good stuff
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till
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Good surprise there Grant!
Good surprise there Grant!
scottland
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Nice work mate
Would have been interesting ahhaah
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big john
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Excellent
That would have lit up the drag on 4lb.
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Codhead
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Great Effort
Well done. Thats an amazing catch
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chris raff
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Your not supposed to catch
Your not supposed to catch hard running, good size fish with a $50 reel using 4lb line...full credit to you Grant, very impressive
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grantarctic1
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Thanks guy's
Thanks guy's , It was a real surprise when i filaly realized what it was.
Yeah the little cheap reel held up pretty good but the drag clicker didn't last very long after the second big run . I had my nice expensive gear with me but just flicked the little plastic out to see what was around. Well i certainly found out very quick .
beau
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That is an epic effort Grant!
That is an epic effort Grant!
MK2
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Cool, that must be fun!
Cool, that must be fun!
dkonig82
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Awesome work on 4lb
Awesome work on 4lb
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grantarctic1
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Video Uploaded
Just uploaded the Video to my Channel , looks pretty good with a few underwater shots as well.
http://www.youtube.com/user/grantarctic1
Cheers Grant .
parry123
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nice work there on the mack!
nice work there on the mack! i got the same reel but i have heard people using the reels for dhuies?
parry123
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nice work there on the mack!
nice work there on the mack! i got the same reel but i have heard people using the reels for dhuies?
r.gates
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Great work
That's a fantastic effort Grant, especially on 4lb line....just goes to show that you don't need big reels with 50lb braid to bag a mackie.
Great video shots, too....looks like it gave you a few anxious moments before you finally had it in the boat. Sure tested your knots as well as the rod and reel!!
regards
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Righteo
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its not a fkn mackeral is
its not a fkn mackeral is it??
classic.
Here we go again.
grantarctic1
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Ha Ha
Ha Ha , i realy tried not to swear, I had no idea what it was for a while , lucky it wasn't a Spanish Mack i would have had no chance .
Righteo
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The 2 spaniards we boated
The 2 spaniards we boated recently didnt really put up much of a fight (using tyrnos 10 with 30lb braid) so thinking about trying a couple smaller spinning rods with lures to match. Not quite as light as you went though ;)
Here we go again.
adam87
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great job on 4lb,looks like
great job on 4lb,
looks like great fun!
metroLBfisher
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thats insane, well done!
thats insane, well done!
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SHEEESH! Dont sharkies have
SHEEESH! Dont sharkies have teeth? Dahm good effort to not bust off, or was the lure in the lip, done well to set the hook, I nearly had the same story on a spaniard and a trolled popper on 5lb along a northern beach, missed the hook up after several strikes from side on (I removed the front trebble as talior generally only hit the rear) always good to land (or boat) a cool fish with the odds against you, awesome!
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flangies
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Sick catch! They go so hard
Sick catch! They go so hard on the light gear. I reckon they go harder than spaniards for the same size