south coast sharks, got the big ones!!!
With the salmon here its time to chase the big sharks!! went out today and caught some decent ones.
landed 2 sharks, mate lost a 3m+ one after fighting it for 3 hours, i lost another 2 much bigger than the ones i landed, all in all an awesome day with 30 big salmon caught and released (except for the ones used as baits).
both where caught on a toruim 50 with 1300m of 55lb line and shimano catana overhead rod. baits where whole salmon fillets on a slide bait rig.
first shark took 45 minutes to land and my back was killing after it,
soon as i released it my mate hooks up on a monster that took 900m of line from him in one run so out goes another bait from me with another 3 sharks swimming around below me. an hour later off goes my rod again and as the mono topshot dissapears i counted 600m in colours in my braid backing dissapear in one solid run!!!
1 hour and 45 minutes later beached this monster!!! i was well and truly buggered by this stage!!!
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after relaesing it i got back and my mate is still fighting his monster with about 600m out of 1000 on his reel this was looking like a lost battle! 15 minutes later the skin fianly rubs through his line and it was over!!!
got plenty of good photos of big salmon on light gear but ill save them for later.
and this was just day 1 of my week in albany!!!
cheers chris.
always looking for a new challenge!!
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joelborg92
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Nice work buddy
Nice work buddy
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aalfred
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Well done Chris!!!!!!You
Well done Chris!!!!!!
You finally got the big one! Congrats Mate!
Black Bream Bandit
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i hope to get some off them
i hope to get some off them soon maybe not quite that big. but hey chris the reel i have is a spinfisher 950sm with 10-15kg 12ft surf rood with 1000meters off 50lb braid would this handle anything like the ones you got???? if i feel its gona be two big il best it off in hope to get all braid back>..
Chris fish
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the first shark i landed was
the first shark i landed was the smallest one that was seen all day, there is some monsters down there just tryand keep your baits small like the size of a herring and some small ones should come through.
always looking for a new challenge!!
beau
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thats f#cking ridiculous!!
thats f#cking ridiculous!!
scottland
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that is crazy
that second one looks like something has attacked its back?
well done chris
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Chris fish
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he rolled over on some
he rolled over on some barnacles and did it, i first hooked him about 300m further down those rocks you can see in the background and had to steer him over reefs and into the surf and get him to come to the beach.
always looking for a new challenge!!
scottland
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uhh ok
was going to say if a shark had a go at that shark ahaha
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GlennO87
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Holy crap that second one is
Holy crap that second one is huge! Good job, can i ask roughly where you were? Off caves road somewhere i take it?
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Redemperor000
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wow, they are some full on
wow, they are some full on sharks, brilliant work mate
chris raff
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in the making ...absolute beauty ..well done
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Redfin 4 Life
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Awesome catches mate! any
Awesome catches mate! any ideas what type of shark?
DavidBaricevic
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Your are F$%king Psycho mate
Your are F$%king Psycho mate that is an awesome photo I guess the thing I so stuffed that I cant whip around and bite you....3hr fight thats impressive bro! I caught my first shark the other week 1.5mtr and 40mins took some big runs but it feels insignificant after seeing your thread good work.
meglodon
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very interested to know what type of noah it is
3rd photo down shows what appears to be a white belly on the shark is this so, reason i ask is there was some disscussion on another forum about a shark of the mouth of kalbarri last week. this sharks identity was up for dibate as some said gw others including myselfnot quite so sure. head was pointed like a gw but to lobe of tail was like that shark in your picture, also shark of kalbarri had white belly giving impression it is a gw. your shark has what appears to be a white belly.
just an observation an no direspect to any fw members
andyh
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awesome effort bro. lookin
awesome effort bro. lookin forward to seeing more photos from your trip
woody
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You guys did really well
You guys did really well fighting and landing them on 10-12ft rods!! No wonder your back is caining!!
Looks like a Bronze Whaler.... Meglodon.
sickkkkkk
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wow!
that is amazing. Good job
JakeB
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Great work Chris, must have
Great work Chris, must have hurt with the high mount. Ever considered converting your rods to low mount?
Chris fish
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Oh yes it did Hahahaha, this
Oh yes it did Hahahaha, this rod was supposed to be just temporary till I bought a Poseidon but I've ended up using it all summer and when I get back I'll buy another and just convert it to low mount.
always looking for a new challenge!!
UncutTriggerInWA
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Not sure the girl in the background is safe LOL
Great catches there mate! I see the girl in the background running in the water. NO WAY MAN!!! LOL Not with those critters schooling in the bay.
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RAGBAG
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Bronzie's
Well done mate , some good looking sharks and some great pics . Love the way those bigger bronzies pull some string , wish they would come up to the metro instead of all these little rats swimming about up here. Did u get the precudal measurements , the bigger fish looks to be round the 80kg mark .
Chris fish
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Not sure on lengths wasn't
Not sure on lengths wasn't really paying attention to a whole lot other than getting them back safely, the larger one was over 2.5m totally length I have a photo of me laying next to it and my feet are at the tail and my head doesn't event reach the pectoral fins. Smaller one was about 2.4-2.5 and just that one took 3 people to move it.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Faulkner Family
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great effort there Chris. a
great effort there Chris. a couple of monsters there would like to see the bigger ones. i am presuming they swam of well in the end
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terboz123
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Surely with a bit of editing
Surely with a bit of editing in POTM comp....Great landbased capture
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i have to say your a pric
i have to say your a pric haha and ide like to fish with you one day
rails8291
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Nice mate
Great catch mate, monster fish, well done keep it up
Dizzy
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Fark ! The #2 pic is a
Fark !
The #2 pic is a stonka !
beau
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Ever thought about buying a
Ever thought about buying a gopro chris? You'd get some bloody good footage
ealzee
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your in some serious form
your in some serious form right now! Thats pretty full on stuff for land fisho's
kill it??? eat it!!!!