Sharks

Do sharks eat Sting rays...

 

because i had a large stingray on my line but then cam in dead with a big bite mark in it does any one no ???


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Eat

Mon, 2012-11-19 14:40

Sharks will eat nearly anything and if it is struggling you can bet on it.

 

Found with lemon sharks up north that their jaws are usually full of snapped off catfish spines and stingray barbs so it can't worry them too much

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Tigers staple diet are stingrays

Mon, 2012-11-19 14:54

Go to the lookout at Eaglehawk Bluff near Denham and you can watch them hunt stingrays - bloody amazing to watch

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second that

Mon, 2012-11-19 17:55

saw them chasing rays at Cape Peron

 

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Yep, I've read reports of

Mon, 2012-11-19 15:05

Yep, I've read reports of people using stingray wings for catching big tigers over east.

Saw a huge tiger getting stuck into on in about 2m of water in Monkey Mia a couple of years back now I think of it too.

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Live Bait

Mon, 2012-11-19 15:10

Rays make very good live bait for big sharks. I have had a 90+kg ray eaten by a shark during a fight.

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live baits

Mon, 2012-11-19 15:37

Make great live baits for the bigger sharks , was fishing a league comp - weighed a 70kg diamond ray for a angler who then swam it as a livey and caught an approx 75kg bronzie .....

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Hammerhead sharks

Mon, 2012-11-19 16:07

are also particularly fond of stingrays if I recall correctly.

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Vis22

Mon, 2012-11-19 19:13

Haha next time I won't be so lazy , i should of swum one of those grey sharks or at least sent out a head on the slide . The tigers will be arriving shortly and il be swimming some eagles this summer .

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Yes

Mon, 2012-11-19 19:24

We  definitely need to start swimming some big live baits. I am keen to land a Tiger.

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do they? check out this:   

Mon, 2012-11-19 16:55

do they? check out this:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyt4D3CY2GI

 

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 Are tiger sharks protected

Mon, 2012-11-19 22:14

 Are tiger sharks protected in wa? See one caught the other week but put it back in the water

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pretty sure they arn't

Tue, 2012-11-20 09:25

pretty sure they arn't protected but it most likely got released due to tigers having a high mercury content in there blood like most sharks after a certain size

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tigers are classified under

Tue, 2012-11-20 10:51

tigers are classified under whaler sharks according to fisheries & there is a MAX size of 700mm between dorsal & caudal fin- means sharks about 1.8m & over are no take. there is also a bag limit of 2

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I Remember

Tue, 2012-11-20 11:37

 A bloke having a massive run off the ammo jetty one sunny afternoon, it soon stopped and started leaping in the air.

 The local seal was making a meal of it!!

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Thanks for the Info guys.

Tue, 2012-11-20 11:45

Thanks for the Info guys. Well ive just learned something new, didn't know sharks had mercury in there tissue or any sea animal thinking it would be poisonous to them too.

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