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.

 

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petervb's picture

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 Some good sharks there

Sun, 2013-04-14 14:05

 Some good sharks there buddy, I wouldn't call a 6ft shark small either, that's decent

 

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 nice catch mate kyack

Sun, 2013-04-14 18:07

 nice catch mate kyack balloing or on the bottom

 

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they do have great markings imo

Sun, 2013-04-14 20:03

tigers do have some of the best markings i've seen on any sharks, glad to read about a good release well done

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 tigers are a shit fight.

Sun, 2013-04-14 21:56

 tigers are a shit fight. Good sharks tho well done gotta be happy with two sharks for a session.

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Thanks guys,  6ft not small

Mon, 2013-04-15 08:43

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's picture

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How long are your traces im

Mon, 2013-04-15 10:18

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

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Rays will take a bait on a

Mon, 2013-04-15 10:46

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.

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Nice catch! Sounds like a

Mon, 2013-04-15 19:20

Nice catch! Sounds like a good session getting three pickups, the little one would've made a good swimbait

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