Shark Mack off Mandurah today
Hey FWer's,
Got out for a fish today. Great day on the water. Headed out to the 40's off Mandurah at 6am. Hit up some new marks I came across last time out. 2 weeks ago all we got off these spots were undersize Pinkies and a couple of small Dhus, but the signs were there so gave it another crack today with much better results. Only a couple of undersize snapper this time but heaps of undersize Dhus (at least 9 for the day) but also managed 2 size ones not huge but good enough. Also scored 2 cracking BB's, a nice KGW,6 Skippy and a small shark.
But the highlight for me was ticking a Shark Mack off the list, and a good one at that. We had just been commenting on how warm the water felt. Not long after, the deckie was onto a reasonable fish, so I started winding up my jig pretty quick to help with the net. When about half way up I got smashed, and off it went. I was thinking Sambo at first but early on it headed for the surface at a pretty good rate of knots. After a good tussle we got its head in the net but had to grab it's tail to get it over the side. Weighed and measured at home at spot on 7kgs and right on 1m long. Got 4 Mackie species now: Spanish, Broad Bar, Spotted and now the Sharkie, gotta get me a Wahoo now.
Sorry about the photo, should of left the sunnies on 
Not sure where the photo went. Edit think it's back.
Hutch
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Top work bud, did you get a
Top work bud, did you get a water temp?
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
Nah we didn't mate. Could
Nah we didn't mate. Could feel it was warm though, or it could of been from having cold hands.
Rosie
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Nice one kirky!
Good lookin fish. Yet to tick that one off my list...
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hilly9
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Date Joined: 13/10/12
Nice one Kirky. I hit the
Nice one Kirky. I hit the 30's early but only one under sized dhu and lots of undersized snapper