Sharks
Submitted by Bluetonic on Sat, 2010-03-13 22:51
I fish out of Bunbury and have been fishing this area for quite some time. Down here at this time of year we always see plenty of Hammerhead Sharks. This year I have noticed a lot of small young sharks that are blue in colour with a decent eye on them. They are prolific at the moment with catches nearly every time I go out. At 1st I thought they were young Makos because they are similar in appearance, but they don't exit the water whilst fighting like Makos normally do. Are they Blue Sharks that are related to Makos?
Water Temps. down here are slightly higher than the last few previous years.
Are any members in the metro or south west area noticing this as well?
Would be interesting to know...?
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wopjrb
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they could be
maybe google blue shark and compare to a mako i know they look similar but the blue shark has very long pectoral fins and is blue in colour
Bluetonic
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Cheers wopjrb. I nearly
Cheers wopjrb. I nearly called one for a Thresher because of the extra length on the upper tail fin and the pec fins were long as well.
Anyone else experiencing an increase in captures of similar sharks?
After some reseach I'm dead set they are Blue Sharks.
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Feral
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what areas are you fishing
what areas are you fishing and are you using a lot of burley ??
ive seen the odd hammer in busso but no blues . even out at nato i havent seen any
Bluetonic
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Without giving too much away
Without giving too much away Feral, (Good try on finding my spot
) I'm fishing in 16 metres of water south of Bunbury on my snapper ground, ummm, or am I? 
Plenty of these metre long critters around.
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Nealez
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Could be a Porbeagle
Could be a Porbeagle Bluetonic, there has been a bit in the media about the mis identifacation between the species over east but it could be either. by what your discribing it could well be a mako but i wouldnt distinguish beacause it didnt jump even marlin wont jump sometimes
We caught This little fellah off bunbury a few years ago
carnarvonite
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Blue shark
Sounds like an oceanic blue shark.They are closely related to the mako and sometimes called a blue pointer or whaler.