It was personal

Hi Crew,

Me and my mate (member cuthbad) decided to try kayak fishing. And last friday we went to the beach to give it a first solid go. I got some nice fisheads from the shop and we were at our spot about 6.30pm. We had a quick go with the yak and then put out our first baits. As we r new to this kind of fishing I used a light modified sliding rig. About 30 min later we had bouth our baits out and started the waiting game.

After just another 30min my reel started to make this much loved klicking sound

I said to my mate already?! I was not prepared for such a quick pick up and i couln't quite belive it. I lifted my rod out of the rodholder and I started to tighten the drag and there it was gone....... I left the bait out for another while and after I got it back in I found out that it took my whole rig and cut through my shockleader!

Now i knew that a light modified sliding rig isn't cutting it.

Two nights later I went back but this time with a sliding rig as my mate was on shift and I couldn't take the yak. I put it out with a nice new fishhead and 2 hours later I got a solid pick up. I take the rod in my hand tighten the drag and.......gone......... This time I got a lil annoyed. The next night I went back, again by myself, and out went another head. This time it was just 30 min and I had another pick up. This time I actually got him on. For about 30 seconds, then I could feel the abraison happening and ping it was gone........ again........  really annoyed

Now it was personal, I put out another bait but no more pick up's in this night.

By now it is wednesday and cuthbad had a night of and could join me again. We decided to use the yak and much bigger baits and longer steel traces. We went down and put out some nice baits. This time and for my first time I used a circle hook rig.

30min later my reel starts klicking. I take the rod in my hand and slowly tighten the drag ( not to strike is so hard if it is in your nature to do) . The line starts to get tight and I give it a gentle strike ( cuthbad is reminding me not to go to hard, thankfully) and it was on!!!!! My first reaction was to yell I got you mother...

Then I had to calm down because it was not landed yet. After about 30 to 40 min of fight I could see the fins breacking the surface. And cuthbad helped me to get the fish on the beach ( still with the gills in the waterline). Cuthbad was yelling its a tiger!!!!!! In this moment I was over the moon! As a tiger is my aim to catch for about 2 years now. We tried to take the hook out and the circle was right in the corner of the mouth. This sold me for the use of circle hooks and I will use these hooks in future and no more J hooks.

After the hook business we took some pics and released the shark unharmed back in the sea.

The hooking ,landing and handling of the fish worked awesome and it couln't have been any better. I got my fish and it swam of unharmed!!!!!

And a big thanks to cuthbad, fishing for big sharks is a team sport and I couln't land a fish like that on my own. And now it is his turn!

What a day and what a fish!!!!!

Cheers Seb

 

 

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Fri, 2011-12-30 19:44

 awsome fish not sure i'd be sitting in the shore break with a pissed off tiger though. well done for sticking at it every night

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Top Effort

Fri, 2011-12-30 19:45

 And well done on finally landing a tiger, nice photo's and what a monster fish!!

Well done on the handling and release.

 

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Awsome,

Fri, 2011-12-30 19:46

well done mate, where bouts u fishing, metro or further north?

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Good effort blokes

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:03

excellent finale to 2011 ...any approx on the weight

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Thanks and our guess was

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:07

Thanks and our guess was about 120kg and about 2.3meter mate

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Good work on the report Seb.

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:17

Good work on the report Seb. And yea absolutely sold on the circle hooks hey, perfect corner of the mouth hookup!
 

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 Brilliant. top notch effort.

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:31

 Brilliant. top notch effort. I dont use anything but Circles when i shark fish!

 

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 Awesome capture Seb! You

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:41

 Awesome capture Seb! You really put in the effort to get that one. Do you think it was the same shark that done you in the previous nights?

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Thanks Everyone

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:49

And Goodz I honestly dont think it was the same but it sure felt like it is the same hitting.

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Well done there, fantastic

Fri, 2011-12-30 20:59

Well done there, fantastic and well deserved capture for that effort

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 Well done mate, rippa

Fri, 2011-12-30 21:08

 Well done mate, rippa effort.

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top catch

Fri, 2011-12-30 21:11

That's a fantastic report and a even better catch ..... well done mate !

looking forward to a great summer with a lot of big fish being caught this season.

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Great catch

Fri, 2011-12-30 21:14

Well done thats a fantastic catch.

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Awesome report and effort

Fri, 2011-12-30 21:31

Awesome report and effort fellas, thats a beast!!

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terrific report release

Fri, 2011-12-30 22:10

Terrific report and I bet that you felt realy chuffed when you re3leased the tiger

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Top effort

Fri, 2011-12-30 23:29

Top effort guy's, thats an awsome Tiger from the shore, congrat's on the reliese too .

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Awesome

Fri, 2011-12-30 23:54

Persistance pays off, well done

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Lessons

Sat, 2011-12-31 03:15

Lessons learnt and you've come up a winner. Great stuff, congrats.

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Yeah boy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats

Sat, 2011-12-31 07:29

Yeah boy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the snizzle bro!!!!

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Congrats!

Sat, 2011-12-31 07:29

Well done! All the ingredients of a winning recipe - persistance, open-minded, good gear, good bait and the ocean with it's toothy inhabitants. Did you hook him on the yak and paddled to the shore or paddled the baits out?

Nice one on the release (now you can hook him couple of years from now and flex muscle again)

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Hi SharktaleThanks and we

Sat, 2011-12-31 07:52

Hi Sharktale

Thanks and we used the yak to paddle the baits out. To get more distance with heavy gear.

 

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Awesome

Sat, 2011-12-31 07:38

Well done on all fronts mate. Congrats :)

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nick shark ,good work aalfred

Sat, 2011-12-31 08:25

nick shark ,good work aalfred an cuthbad

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 Brilliant catch - well done

Sat, 2011-12-31 08:46

 Brilliant catch - well done mate!!

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was this metro, north or

Sat, 2011-12-31 08:48

was this metro, north or south.

 

this little sucker cruisin around on dusk would wake u up a bit

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 well done sebpersistance

Sat, 2011-12-31 09:03

 

well done seb

persistance payed off for you, well you can take that of your bucket list now mate, and add another one now for 2012 aye???

                                                                                     cheers

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What a great report and pics guys

Sat, 2011-12-31 09:08

I must be getting old. The thought of taking a yak out with those critters cruising around make me shiver LOL.

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well done boys, awsome catch

Sat, 2011-12-31 11:30

well done boys, awsome catch by any standards

Tony

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great work guys, such a nice

Sat, 2011-12-31 12:40

great work guys, such a nice looking fish

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Great Catch

Sun, 2012-01-01 07:44

You sure know how to draw a crowd aafred.

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Mate that's a great effort

Sun, 2012-01-01 09:00

Mate that's a great effort well done

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nice 1 mate, put in the

Sun, 2012-01-01 16:04

nice 1 mate, put in the effort and you get your rewards. well done.

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Thanks Everyone!

Sun, 2012-01-01 16:35

Thanks Everyone!

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fabulous story

Sun, 2012-01-01 17:55

that's a real fishing tale, great stuff aalfred and cuthbad

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 I see a familiar metro

Mon, 2012-01-02 10:30

 I see a familiar metro marker bouy in one of the shots ... :D great catch either way.

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 geez you got good eyesight

Mon, 2012-01-02 11:07

 geez you got good eyesight Josh. didnt even pick it up.

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haha well spotted!

Mon, 2012-01-02 12:22

haha well spotted!

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"My first reaction was to

Tue, 2012-01-03 09:48

"My first reaction was to yell I got you mother..."

 

haha i can relate to that! - great post, mate your a brave boy grabbing a tiger by the tail!!!

 

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nice tiger mate starting to

Tue, 2012-01-03 09:52

nice tiger mate starting to look at getting one my self with my mate the summer. how far out do u paddle your baits out

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Line capacity

Tue, 2012-01-03 19:01

Hi Mate , that is just a question of line capacity. But the rule of thump is as far as you can. If possible in the 500m range.

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Nice Work

Thu, 2012-01-05 11:54

Nice work, Great read and good photo's

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Nice one mate - top catch and

Tue, 2012-01-10 11:25

Nice one mate - top catch and top pics!!