Thresher shark
Submitted by Jeffree on Mon, 2012-03-19 20:09
Just had a phone call from a mate fishing down near freo area just 5 minutes ago. He caught what he thinks is a thresher although he is unsure. he was ballooning off a freo rock groyne. He described it as having a really long whippy tail, that faught extremely hard for its size. was around 1.8m long.
My question could it possily be a thresher or are they an offshore species??
He was solo and did not have a cameara o take a pic.
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carnarvonite
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Thresher
Sounds like a thresher and they will come right in close to shore.
wade stenhouse
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definately a thresher by the
definately a thresher by the sounds of it, i know they get them extremely close to shore over east!! good capture if it was
Wes F
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Could be Jeffree not normal
Could be Jeffree not normal to be close to shore unless deepish water They do have a very large top part to tail can be very acrobatic when hooked.
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old salt
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good eating too if you like
good eating too if you like flake, almost as good as mako. nice catch from the stones!
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rails8291
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Wow
Wow good effort, sounds like a thresher, must have come in real close , had a look at winds earlier didn't seem to great, obversely enuf tho aye , well done good catch
Faulkner Family
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sounds farmiliar to me. but
sounds farmiliar to me. but one thing Jeffree. your not sleeping. how is this possible. ooppss its not in the middle of the day after fishing
heard of them being taken from the beaches as well. not totally uncommon
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