Quick arvo down the beach for some toothy critters
I havent been for a decent fish in about a month as ive been way to busy but managed to find the time this arvo to get out and have a crack at an old favorite.
Got to the beach just before dark and sent out my first slide bait on the heavy setup. 15 minutes later it screams off!!! burnt the crap out of my thumb from grabbing the spool on full drag to stop it from making it behind a reef. managed to turn it quick and it fought back and forth in the waves for a while before we where able to grab the leader and beach it. was a nice 2.2m female bronze whaler, awesome start!!
i sat out while the others put their rods out, Mate ryans screams off not long after. bitten off almost straight away above the wire and the slide.
15 minutes later Aron's races off very very fast!! swinging into it to set hooks and it just picked up speed full drag did nothing before quickly pulling hook on what was a huge shark!!
I re rig mine this time and out it slides, another very short wait and my rod starts bobbing, swing into it to set the hook and a huge headshake meets me as i do. good news it not a ray at least haha
quick fight on full drag and a monster of a wobby is up on the beach.
all up i spent 2 1/2 hours down there this arvo for an awesome session and a good way to get back into it and ready for the shark season following the salmon.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Ben Derecki
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That wobby is huge! Ugly
That wobby is huge! Ugly sods too hey.
Thanks for posting mate, cool stuff.
Madmerv
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Date Joined: 24/01/15
Nice Catch
Good pic's and a good catch for a couple hours on the sand.
What gear are you running Chris??
Merv
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Chris fish
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Date Joined: 23/02/11
Rod is a custom posiedon
Rod is a custom posiedon bantam 5 Heavy, reel is a saltist BG50, 500m 50lb SAS braid to 150m 24kg stren mono and a 200lb wind on leader. Slide rig is made up of richter 2.2mm slide, 250lb 49 strand wire and 2x 8/0 shout kodoku hooks
always looking for a new challenge!!
Jaggo
Posts: 206
Date Joined: 06/05/14
That large wobby is an
That large wobby is an awesome catch. Caught a few myself. Did it role and go absolutely crazy when it got out the water?
Billyfish2
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Date Joined: 29/09/14
Well done mate cracking
Well done mate cracking catches both, i'm looking forward to a shark or two in the near future, keep it up mate and keep posting great to see.
woody
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Date Joined: 27/02/08
Good stuff Chris. There is SO
Good stuff Chris. There is SO SO many big sharks being caught on the south coast lately....boys in Esperance have been having a ball.
sunshine
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Love the colours and patterns
On the wobby ..............brilliant and a great photo
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
That's a solid wobby
That's a solid wobby there
Good work!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Pondy
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Date Joined: 30/03/12
Wobby
That is a cracker!
perthblue
Posts: 49
Date Joined: 26/10/11
Great work as usual. Wish i
Great work as usual. Wish i could do it as easy as you make it look.
Fishing n 4x4
darren monks
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Date Joined: 25/09/14
nice work - big wobby.
nice work - big wobby.