Id on shark caught penguin island
Submitted by tailor marc on Fri, 2010-10-29 16:10
Went to penguin island today . Fished the western side off the reef and caught this shark. Anyone know what it is? Im thinking leopard shark? I released it unharmed :)
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Dicey
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My guess is some sort of cat
My guess is some sort of cat shark, cool looking little guy
carnarvonite
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Money
You are on the money, its a varied catshark, found from western Victoria to Shark bay in WA
JohnSorrell
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I caught one of these in
I caught one of these in margret river... the local bloke told me it was a cobler shark.
Still couldnt find any info on it though.
Gone Fishing...
grayzeee
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here's gemma's one
here's gemma's one
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
carnarvonite
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Book
The best books to buy for local fish and sharks is Sea Fishes of Southern Australia by Barry Hutchins and Roger Swainson, retails for about $30 plus Marine Fishes of tropical Australia and South East Asia by Gerry Allen or use Fishwreckapedia
C MAC
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Agree
Best book for southern Oz fish! Great drawings and great descriptions. My old man made sure I had a copy of it. He swore by it and gave me a Copy many years ago. To be honest it's sitting in front of me right now. I was looking for something the other night. I wish they would bring out a new version with the updated info of the record catches of both line and spear. The last reprint in my book was 1996. It would be interesting to see how much has changed since then.
Indiana
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Leopard Shark
Look like a Leopard shark !
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beau
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did you catch anything else??
did you catch anything else??
tailor marc
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Hey Beau, just a few salmon
Hey Beau, just a few salmon trout. Was gettin rough while walkin out on the reef so gave up around 11am.
Cheers for the info guys. Yeah looks like a catshark.
Marble catshark perhaps.....
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beau
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Thats alright! Good sizes? I
Thats alright! Good sizes? I was down at dawesville yesterday morning and they were everywhere but they werent feeding, i couldnt entice them with anything!
SHizz
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Whiskery Shark?
Looks similar to a Whiskery Shark
motty
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my guess was a cookie cutter
my guess was a cookie cutter shark!
carnarvonite
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Cookie cutter
Never seen a cookie cutter inside of 20nm from shore and this was caught land based either Marc is a bloody good cast or ???
tailor marc
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Yeah at first i was thinkin
Yeah at first i was thinkin cookie cutter but they usually are deap sea and the teath arnt so big. One thing forsure was that it was trying to bite. Very strong aswell......
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Leemo
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we got two of the bastards
we got two of the bastards prolly bout a meter long each up at mindarie in the space of about 30 minutes last year on mullet. a species of carpet shark or cat shark. thankgod Wopjrb isnt here ;)
bludgin' since 94'
Reece C
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varied catshark
2nd for varied catshark. i work at aqwa and caught 1 of these about a month ago... nasty little teeth on them !
thesupervisor
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catch them out the 3 mile
catch them out the 3 mile off hilliarys very often they certainly snap at you and are very strong supa sharp teeth wish they would get a bit bigger would fight well
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Moohan
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Pretty common around there
Pretty common around there too Marc, I've encountered them around the same reefs.
tailor marc
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Cheers for the info guys :)
Cheers for the info guys :)
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