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.

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That wobby is huge!  Ugly

Tue, 2015-03-10 23:29

That wobby is huge!  Ugly sods too hey.

Thanks for posting mate, cool stuff.

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Nice Catch

Wed, 2015-03-11 02:07

 Good pic's and a good catch for a couple hours on the sand.

What gear are you running Chris??

Merv

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 Rod is a custom posiedon

Wed, 2015-03-11 06:53

 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

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 That large wobby is an

Wed, 2015-03-11 02:14

 That large wobby is an awesome catch. Caught a few myself. Did it role and go absolutely crazy when it got out the water?

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 Well done mate cracking

Wed, 2015-03-11 03:25

 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.

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Good stuff Chris. There is SO

Wed, 2015-03-11 08:01

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.

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Love the colours and patterns

Wed, 2015-03-11 12:07

On the wobby ..............brilliant and a great photo

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 That's a solid wobby

Wed, 2015-03-11 17:48

 That's a solid wobby there

Good work!

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Wobby

Wed, 2015-03-11 17:54

 That is a cracker!

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 Great work as usual. Wish i

Thu, 2015-03-12 06:16

 Great work as usual. Wish i could do it as easy as you make it look.

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nice work - big wobby.

Sat, 2015-03-14 09:10

nice work - big wobby.