shovel nose shark

caught this beast down in lano late last year and putt up a pretty good fight

took 45 min to bring in and faught very simlar to a mulloway fight running up and down the beach then straight out for 2 massive runs and kept us guessing till the last ten min of the fight when we saw it's dorsal fin

 

was about 6/7 foot and weighed 40 kg

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My favourite shark to battle

Tue, 2011-04-19 21:54

My favourite shark to battle with by far awesome running out in left right out in wikid fight... sick catch man..!

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but when you dont catch the

Fri, 2011-04-22 01:12

but when you dont catch the big one.

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 nice size shovel. you woulda

Tue, 2011-04-19 22:08

 nice size shovel. you woulda been happy when you finally got that one in

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 Nice shark they are good

Wed, 2011-04-20 07:03

 Nice shark they are good eating those good shovels

 

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i caught one a very similar

Wed, 2011-04-20 08:34

i caught one a very similar size and mine jumped out of the water it was awsome

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yea was hell good fight eh

Wed, 2011-04-20 09:48

yea was hell good fight eh but we let it go cause too mutch meat for me and my mate eh

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i let mine go to i just cant

Wed, 2011-04-20 10:51

i let mine go to i just cant justifie killing anything like that hey good to hear mate well done

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well done mate, great catch

Wed, 2011-04-20 12:37

well done mate, great catch and a cool pic for the photo album!

And good on ya for the release knowing it wouldnt all get eaten.

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yea nah was a big shovel nose

Wed, 2011-04-20 12:51

yea nah was a big shovel nose eh thaught it was a bronzie when we had a spottie on the fins and didnt see the head eh

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my favourite eating and

Wed, 2011-04-20 17:42

my favourite eating and fighting shark. id take a shovelly over a lot of fish aswell.

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