shovelnose!!!!!

shovelnose!!!!!

caught at lucky bay, W.A.

old mate mitchelle stopped the bus, 30+ minute fight!!! 2+m shovelnose


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Chewing

Wed, 2011-07-27 00:11

Good fish, they are no too bad eating when they get to that size.

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was tempting,

Wed, 2011-07-27 00:16

was tempting, tell ya that much!! felt bad, watched him swim :)

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 nice shovelnose :) would

Wed, 2011-07-27 00:48

 nice shovelnose :) would have gone hard. my arms would be so jelly after those 30minutes

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cracker mate, Hey

Wed, 2011-07-27 09:46

cracker mate,

 

Hey carnovonite, if you keep a shovel nose, do u bleed it gut it etc the same way as other sharks?

 

cheers

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Shovelly

Wed, 2011-07-27 10:35

Yes, with the exception of the head, you lose most of it because its more like fin material. When its done it should look much like any other shark thats been cleaned.

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Cheers mate, You never know i

Wed, 2011-07-27 15:19

Cheers mate, You never know i might catch 1 one day, alwasy good to be prepared, so from that picture roughly would the back of the head start? just in front of the front side 2 fins?

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Good fish!!!

Wed, 2011-11-09 14:53

Yer you can feel where the head ends and where the meat starts. Its just in frount of the 2 side fins as you said. I take the head off on the beach usually coz it weighs a tonne. lol.

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nice matethats definatly a

Wed, 2011-07-27 18:58

nice mate

thats definatly a big one!

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yea mate looks like u got a

Tue, 2011-11-08 17:38

yea mate looks like u got a decnet reel there to do the job :)

 

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nice catch!

Tue, 2011-11-08 19:03

good photo too, nice work!!!

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beached as bro! 

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nelly stopping the bus once

Sun, 2011-11-13 18:37

nelly stopping the bus once agen woo!!

 

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fish on...