Freo Wharf MONSTER

Feelin kinda lonely, feelin kinda weird, feelin kinda different coz this giant NIPPED MY BEARD!!!!!

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May? Freo Wharf? 4am? light rain? 12 foot ugly stick beach rod with a shakespear 065 Balance outfit with 25 pound mono? 45 minutes of fighting back n forth? skull draggin this giant in? NO PROBLEMS LOL. Only JUST found the pic on my computer. Before i went all out with my popper stopper and Saragosa 18000F I invested in a beach set up from Oceanside which cost me 150 bucks? best money i ever spent!

 

Note to self..... Dont try it again coz the drag was smashed to pieces after this LOL

 

not a bad big boy!  not sure on the weight but i can dead lift 120kg's and i needed help to  pick this baby up........ and im 115kg's myself and 6ft3 i think this shovel nose i named "george" was longer then me LOL just wish i had taken a pic of the ray i pulled up the other morning was about 3x times the size of this!

 

I know its not a glamourous or prized species but aint that somethin!!!


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Congrats!

Thu, 2010-08-12 03:52

That's a beast mate and would have been an awesome fight. You'll be feeling that for days!!!

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Very poetic Big Andy

Thu, 2010-08-12 06:35

That is a big shark. It must have pulled like a train.

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thats a great capture on

Thu, 2010-08-12 06:37

thats a great capture on 25lb , certainly one to remember.its going to be hard to beat that if you want a new pb.

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No worries Russ and Big Andy

Thu, 2010-08-12 06:36

I have resized the pics

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and i just edited my post as

Thu, 2010-08-12 06:38

and i just edited my post as i saw you done it as i was typing lol

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Lol

Thu, 2010-08-12 06:43

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how did u get it up the wharfe lol

Thu, 2010-08-12 07:19

?

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there tail sections are nice

Thu, 2010-08-12 10:22

there tail sections are nice eating  they cook and tast the same as a shark does

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They pull very hard

Thu, 2010-08-12 11:07

They pull very hard indeed... did you keep the beast?

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never seen one of those

Thu, 2010-08-12 11:27

NICE!! never seen one of those sharks before, didnt know there would be things like at around E shed area!

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when the scalies are in

Thu, 2010-08-12 11:31

when the scalies are in there are all sorts of monsters in that water....

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Top stuff!!!!

Thu, 2010-08-12 11:40

Top stuff!!!!

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monster

Sat, 2010-08-14 18:17

yeah wont forget it luckily i had enough line that night LOL the ray i caught the other week pulled harder, i threw the shark back and named him george. used a mates cliff gaff on a rope to get him up, bait was a live yellowtail on a 80pound snapper rig. Gonna try for some more bad boys this weekend!

 

Cheers for re-sizing the pic very much appreciated

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Now that's a f**cking

Mon, 2010-09-06 20:03

Now that's a f**cking monster haha. Yop effort man

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