Tiger Shark in Bunbury
Hey guys, first post here thought id let you know about the weird catch I had last weekend off Bunbury.
I went out for a dive with a mate and while we where stuffing around with the dive gear I chucked a mulie over with a cheapo rod I always leave in the boat. Within 5 mins I'd somehow hooked onto a Tiger Shark, I couldnt believe it!! Boat was full of dive gear and crap it couldnt have been setup worse really haha it had me climbing all over the place.
About an hour into the fight we realized my contour video cam was in my dive bag so pulled it out and tried to tape what we could. Got some good footage of it alongside the boat, water was super clear! Had hooked right in the side of the mouth I got it tired out and up along the side of the boat and was able to pop the hook out.
Awesome looking shark!
Heres the vid, looks good in HD! hope the link works: www.youtube.com/watch
Buz
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Awesome Capture mate! Well
Awesome Capture mate! Well done.
Wes F
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Good size Tiger some good
Good size Tiger some good footage Was this before or after ya went down?
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
scottland
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nice tiger mate
pretty sure i would go find a new spot to dive hahaha
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Faulkner Family
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great capture. would like to
great capture. would like to know, did you get in the drink after that. certainly gave you a good workout
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aalfred
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Cool vid, the fish looked
Cool vid, the fish looked great next to the boat! And did u still go for a dive?
Wicked background music too!
fatboyholla
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iam a mother f&%ckin monster
iam a mother f&%ckin monster haahahha nice music
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Gaffatron
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wow thats awesome! how far
wow thats awesome! how far out were ya?
catch.fish
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Was in 25m of water straight
Was in 25m of water straight out from Bunbury on some average looking ground - pretty much a fluke I think!!
Gaffatron
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sweet that answeres my PM
sweet that answeres my PM haha :)
dkonig82
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Great tiger mate.
Great tiger mate.
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
catch.fish
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Thanks guys, I gotta admit
Thanks guys, I gotta admit we bailed out on the dive after that haha. Went home with a grin from ear to ear tho, first time I have ever been stoked with an empty esky!!
Doooma
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What size boat
What size boat were you in?
Is that like a 4.55 polycraft or something??
Brock O
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and Great catch, love the walk around tub and marlin chair. are they speakers set up at the back there?
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catch.fish
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Haha cheers mate, yeah they
Haha cheers mate, yeah they are speakers up the back sometimes use it for wakeboarding!
Usually I empty the whole boat out for fishing but this time I had it loaded up with all our diving gear so had no room to move at all! It was half fishing half parkour for a while there haha was lucky not to end up in the drink a couple of times!!
Boat is a 17ft Haines Hunter V17R.
I put a couple other vids up on the same youtube channel if any of you guys are interested. Couple of Tuna I got in Exmouth and a vid of my first attempt at hookah diving for crays with a snare. You can find the channel @ http://www.youtube.com/user/dfectv1 :)
dodgy
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Gotta love the 17r's
Gotta love the 17r's
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Willlo
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No fluke mate ,have released
No fluke mate ,have released 2 around 7 ft in the last 3 weeks. I asked a couple of pro fishos that said they are quite common. Until this year i hadnt seen any at all. also caught a small dart of the back beach a few days ago. Soon it will be reds and coral trout can only hope.
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