Friday Night Shark Fishing
Hit the beach around 5pm friday arvo, was a bit of drizzle around but the water was dead calm..
Around 7:30 heard that sound of the ratchet we were waiting for, set the hook a couple of times and followed it down the beach. Wasn't putting up a great fight, didnt think much of it but i knew it was a shark as i could feel its tail beating against my leader.
Got it in close to shore in around 10-15 minutes and it was a little tiger around 6 foot, looked small compared to the last one but still pretty stoked even though i was a bit dissapointed with the fight. Released strong after a couple of snaps and unhooking with my hands (couldnt find the pliers!)
Around 10:00 had a small hit but just missed the hooks. 12:00ish had another small run, struck and started reeling in some dead weight. Thought i probably missed it until a small shark came up the beach.. Kept this one for a feed, perfect size so he got trunked and into the engel.
Fished for another hour or so while packing up for nil, was a great night though conditions couldnt have been better.
petervb
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Some good sharks there
Some good sharks there buddy, I wouldn't call a 6ft shark small either, that's decent
poser
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Date Joined: 25/01/13
nice catch mate kyack
nice catch mate kyack balloing or on the bottom
meglodon
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they do have great markings imo
tigers do have some of the best markings i've seen on any sharks, glad to read about a good release well done
Jorie
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Date Joined: 04/09/12
tigers are a shit fight.
tigers are a shit fight. Good sharks tho well done gotta be happy with two sharks for a session.
mjohns
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Date Joined: 11/01/07
Thanks guys, 6ft not small
Thanks guys,
6ft not small just looked heaps smaller than the last one we got estimated at 2.5m.
Was caught ballooning poser.
Do have nice markings , shame the pictures dont really do them justice though.
Jorie this one was caught on 80lb, the last big one was on spin gear and 50lb, one hell of a fight... approx 2.5 to 3 hours worth.
poser
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Date Joined: 25/01/13
How long are your traces im
How long are your traces im having issues with trace size think mine hit the bottom and get rays off the jetty im fine was thinkin about using 2 meters now I have kyack
mjohns
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Date Joined: 11/01/07
Rays will take a bait on a
Rays will take a bait on a balloon aswell...
I use 20 feet of mono and around 50cm of wire,i havent had much luck with the kayak yet.
drifta
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Date Joined: 15/01/12
Nice catch! Sounds like a
Nice catch! Sounds like a good session getting three pickups, the little one would've made a good swimbait
- Brett