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Submitted by Chris fish on Sun, 2013-10-27 09:39
hit up one of my spots NOR for some sharks last night and managed to get 2 in 3 hours. first little dusky was about 1m then the next i hooked was much much bigger and took an hour to get to the rocks and land it solo. 2.3m female dusky shark caught on 40lb wire twisted and doubled with a whole pike under a balloon on a sensor surf rod and an avet mxj5.8mc spooled with 20lb braid backing and 20lb mono to a 100lb wind on leader. pretty dam stoked to land a shark over 80kg on less than 10kg gear on my own off the rocks!! both sharks where caught and released.
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Lamby
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Awesome captures Chris
Awesome captures Chris
opsrey
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+1 very good effort.
A good session by any standards. Thx for sharing.
mulloway_hunter
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Were u balooning or just on
Were u balooning or just on the bottom??
Chris fish
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balloons with whole mullet
balloons with whole mullet as bait
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Fishn104
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Top effort Chris! Photos
Top effort Chris! Photos don't do it justice.
Fishing awakens the soul!
Chris fish
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Yeah it wasn't easy to hold
Yeah it wasn't easy to hold the shark and try get some photos as I couldn't get it out of the water haha. The photo of my hand compared to its head give you a good idea that it's a big shark.
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jack93
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What's
Whats the sinker on the end of line to the wire for ? :)
Chris fish
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keeps the bait well bellow
keeps the bait well bellow the surface, played around with rigs for a while and this balloon rigs gets more hits than any other that i tried. got another 4 sharks the next night at a spot SOR and guys next to me using different balloon rigs didnt get a run.
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jack93
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So
So the sinker is bellow the balloon ? How do you connect the balloons ? Sounds good just trying to learn how others do it
Chris fish
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sinker is below the balloon
sinker is below the balloon and ballooon is about 2m above the bait. use a 3 way swivel and tie the balloon on with 20lb but use the 60cm latex balloons so when a shark grabs it the hooks set by it snapping the 20lb balloon line. easiest way ever.
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