Whitehills Tiger shark
Submitted by vis22 on Tue, 2015-04-21 11:09
Tiger I got on the weekend at Whitehills.
I got it sliding out a whole mullet.
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Impressive fish
Impressive fish
trymyluck
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nice catch mate , well done
nice catch mate , well done
trymyluck
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nice catch mate , well done
nice catch mate , well done
opsrey
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Well done.
ill bet that got everyone buzzing. Good effort.
crasny1
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Is it just me
or has that tiger got a thresher-like tail. Maybe trying to produce a "designer" shark.
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jighead
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Nice work
That is a top effort.
meglodon
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How long was it
That looks a very impressive sized tiger, it's hard to make out just how big it is. What length do you recon it was and was it a catch and release. If so it must have been hard to move some thing that size back into the water.
vis22
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Size
The body measured 210cm without the tail which gives it a weight of +-120kg . It was only out the water for a very short time and it was never moved out of reach of the waves so it was easily returned and it swam off strong. No gaff was used.
carnarvonite
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Weight
Would suggest you change the weight of it to pounds not kgs.
Having caught hundreds of them around that size and though they are long they are not heavy, doubt it would go over 60kg.
Great catch from the beach and even better that it was releasd
vis22
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Have a look a
Have a look a www.fishweights.co.za and put in a precuardial length ( this is measured from the tip of the nose to the notch just before the tail)for a Female tiger shark of 210cm and you will see the weight is 119kgs . I have also caught heaps of sharks and I would never exaggerate a fishes weight. Thanks for your input and thanks you to everybody else for your kind comments.
carnarvonite
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Experience
Used to be a pro shark fisherman for many years and did tag and release for fisheries during that time where we measured, tagged, injected them with dyes, and weighed them so would think I know just a little bit about them and what one would expect them to weigh in at.
Fisheagle
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Great fish
Lekkerrrrrr! Well done.
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