Shark Fishing instead of Sambos
Submitted by saltwater charters on Mon, 2010-11-08 12:34
I've had a bit of interest in hooking up to the sharks on heavier gear for a fight. Maybe we can relocate them to save the Sambo Season?? Anyone keen. Call Craig 0427280770
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nicksapheno
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im keen, would love to catch
im keen, would love to catch a shark.
John_M
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how big sharks are we talking
how big sharks are we talking
Im down if its mako or thresher sharks
crasny1
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And what would you use as bait
With that many sharks around the sambos wouldnt they have a taste for sambos. I would love to see the spectackle of tackling a huge Brozie, Mako or even a GW.
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John_M
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2oHwSnTog
there you go lol
scotto
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definately
definately time to blow the cobwebs off the 50 and 80W tiagras.
hekser
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very cool!
very very cool
crasny1
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Yes I think you might need them Scotto
Or a winch!
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Indiana
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Just Bigger Bait
There's every chance that a hooked shark will suffer the same fate as anything else
hanging on the end of a hook .
Its going to be chewed up by some of his mates !!!
I guess if you feed them up on other sharks they may leave the Sambo's alone for a couple of days .
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tommyqueenfish
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im in
im in if u supply the gear!
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young_yakker
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how much are we talking to
how much are we talking to go out?
as im very interested
hlokk
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Yet to actually catch a
Yet to actually catch a decent shark (tiny greeneyes dont count) so would probably be interested. Livebait with skippy or catch a sambo/amber and chunk up?
Dont know if it will do much for the shark numbers or moving them, but shouldnt at least cause any problems (unless people are chumming the sharks up?)
Markie
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Im in if you go out on a
Im in if you go out on a sunday :) But the biggest reel i got is a tld30 with 600 metres of 30 pound mono so i dont know if that will be too small haha.
thesupervisor
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hey craig have you got a
hey craig have you got a game chair you can fit on board ?
whats the rules regarding chum9ing upi the sharks?
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.
nicksapheno
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any news on if this is gunna
any news on if this is gunna happen?
saltwater charters
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I wouldnt chum up the area
I wouldnt chum up the area as this will attract unwanted attention but if they are taking jigs anyway prob live skippy or a big bait would do the job.I reckon the ave size bronzie would be around 5/7 foot and heaRD a white out there. The mako and the white are no problem for the sambos as they only take a couple and are happy with that, its the whalers that do the job on Sambos as they don't stop eating. You can almost get them up with 80lb but 200 mono and steel trace will do the job. I don't really have the big gear so byo. Price is $180 and Ill take 10 guys.Date will be the best weather day next week during the week so noone out there.
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Markie
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Craig you reckon my gosa
Craig you reckon my gosa setup which has 80 pound on it will do the job? got about 450 yards on it?
John_M
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yep. just chuck on a decent
yep. just chuck on a decent wind on leader with about 2-3m of 480lb cable. you'll be right. If not I'd use the torium. it has better line capacity. 30lb mainline will be enough. Ifish use 15kg mono mainline for 10ft thresher sharks
Markie
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Ah yeh i got 600 yards of 50
Ah yeh i got 600 yards of 50 pound braid on the torium. Its about 110 metres deep there soe already lost that much. I think that should be alright but?
John_M
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Yeh, just use your drag to
Yeh, just use your drag to tire the fish out.
nicksapheno
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gutted. dont have the tools
gutted. dont have the tools for the job. pm me if nyone has spare or u can supply. cheers
fishnut
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300lb
handline should do it !!?? and a set of riggers lol
JohnF
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Marko, the gosa may do the
Marko, the gosa may do the job, but you might need to lay maxi's for a week instead of standards to build up your strength!
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Dreamtime
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ill go!
i will prob go, just for a laugh and a bit of a tug-o-war... haha should i give you a call or will ya post it on here???
Markie
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haha dw mate plenty of
haha dw mate plenty of strength in me... ;)
Alan James
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Omg I keep hearing the theme from JAWS
Ten guys (some undergunned) fishing for sharks off one boat. This is not going to be pretty.
allrounder
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Hahahaha
i know what you are saying Alan.I think you will find they are all undergunned.We went out a couple of years back when they were a bit smaller with modified heavy gear and all we got was one shark to surface and a lot of sore backs and burnt thumbs.The drags locked down to the point you had to feed the baits and jigs down by hand 120 pound braid and we still got dusted up.Good Luck Boys boost you gym visits and upgrade your health insurance to include chiro.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Freo_Boi
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Are you guys serious!
Because if your are.. Then you might believe this might solve the problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea6yjT65wSQ&feature=related
Georgejungle
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Craig whats the legalities
Craig whats the legalities regarding catching sharks?. I didnt think you could do it?.
I got some snapper winches which with dacron on them that would slow them down
but i seriously doubt it would stop them all you guys with 50 lb rod and reels forget it .The only thing that would stop them is a winch and cray rope
Feral
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perfectly fine to catch em
perfectly fine to catch em George .. as long as you dont kill the GW's .. as for tackle - you guys are well undergunned :)
id be using my penn 50vsx's with 100lb braid and still be having fun with good stand up gear :) ... 50lb gear ?? good luck
have a great day anyway ,, should be some bloody funny stories of the one that got away :)
allrounder
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still undergunned
Feral
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
kane
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i got a welder mate who has made a proper shark cage in perth
might be another option if sharks are chasing sambos to the surface......
Gooooone Fishin!
ricey
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i tried catching sharks there last year
had a massive Penn reel (forget the name), 200 lb mono and huge hook (like 14/0) and tuna head on 5 m of cable.
Hooked up easy enough and held a bent stick for about 45 minutes before got dragged onto the bottom i guess. Did not even get 10 meters back at any time. did this about three times. one time maybe got a bit of line till it was all over, like the shark finally worked out it was hooked.
maybe i had a GW or bigger sharks, but I agree only a winch would have been any chance.
Still I reckon it is a challenge and can only help the sambos. even hook a few and the others jig??
Wise man says - first take the plank out of your own eye before trying to take the speck out of somebody else's.
schecky
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Tiagra 130, 60kg chair rod
Tiagra 130, 60kg chair rod and off you go!
allrounder
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thats the go
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Alan James
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Plus heavy game chair
and an experienced gamefishing skipper, an experienced wireman and an experienced gaffman (optional). Good luck guys but if you don't tick most of the above boxes it can get dangerous very quickly (that is if you manage to get a fish close to the surface). Anglers are easy all they do is wind.
Saltwater Charters - I'm not taking a shot at you guys, I'm sure you are aware of all of the above.
flangies
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one powerball.
one powerball.
Faulkner Family
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it can be done if you dont
it can be done if you dont rush them . i have taken a couple of big bronzies on 50lb, one at aprox 120kg and another at aprox 140kg the length was about the 8 and 9 foot mark. the bigger of the 2 took 45 min to get it up from 100mtrs . the gear wasnt anything flash but it worked for me. get out there and have some fun
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Markie
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Why is everyone doubting it
Why is everyone doubting it so much my dad caught some big mummas in monkey mia with handliness im sure we can do it with 80 pound gear.
mako magic
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plenty of big 200kg plus
plenty of big 200kg plus sharks get caught on 10, 15 and 24kg mono all the time, just takes a good crew and no issues
Alan James
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100% correct Mako Magic
But what I see missing here is appropriate tackle, a good slick crew and experience. Someone can very easily get hurt here. As you are very well aware a 5m or longer steel cable leader in the wrong hands and look out everyone. Jmo.
Can I just add to those that maybe onboard. If leadering a fish, the leader should remain outside of the boat and not on the deck.
fisho-ron
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i went and got some gear
i went and got some gear today to have a go.
gunna borrow my old boys sealine with 100lb mono on a 40kg broomstick.
200lb leader with some big hooks, and have a go.
mako magic
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all this talk of broom stick
all this talk of broom stick style rods will just give you undue pain, a good quality rod like a calstar sabre etc is the way to go, let the rod save your back
Faulkner Family
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i know what you mean about
i know what you mean about the rods , i got my big one on the pe5 xzoga. nothing over stiff
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fisho-ron
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hearing you mako, but i am
hearing you mako,
but i am borrowing the rod/reel so will have to make do.
besides i have a young/fit 18yo son who can take over from his tiered old man when it happens.....and as you proberly know, the new gen young fellas are tougher/harder so they keep telling me??????,
even with him wearing his pink sunglasses(pocket boxer)
cheers mate
Tony Halliday
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well we will see how the
well we will see how the young bulls do on Sat with the sharks...lol, the old bulls somehow know a trick of two...lol
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Moohan
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Bigger line capacity over
Bigger line capacity over heavier line ratings too, let them wear themselves out. No ones going to come close to putting 100 pounds of pressure on a shark and if it's a straight tug of war with a 200 kilo shark, the sharks going to win :D Fish a long heavy wind on leader though to manage chafe.
saltwater charters
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I'll check the legalities
I'll check the legalities with fisheries as I think there is a max size limit for bronzies . Distance between the dorsal and second top fin can't be bigger than a certain length. I've bought up a couple last year that had lipped the jig and got to surface. Tag team.
A good days fishing is better than ...........anything!
fisho-ron
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mate we used to go on
mate
we used to go on charters years ago before we got our first boat and not one off them would change tactics,
great to see you are willing to try what your customers want to try, makes for a better charter/skipper and would also help the reputaion you have as the no1 charter getting around.
good on ya!
proberly cheaper than taken my own boat as well!
cheers mate and see you out there again soon.
p.s the lady on your charter on sat seem to be doing better than the boys?
SamC
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700mm Craig!
700mm Craig!
Cheers,
Sam
Moohan
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700 mm Craig. They have to
700 mm Craig. They have to be released after they reach that size. Equates to about 1.8 metres total length.
fisho-ron
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what is the best eating size?
what is the best eating size?
saltwater charters
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Thanks guys. Prob wouldn't
Thanks guys. Prob wouldn't taste very good bigger than that size.It's a shame that the sharks are there now, normally they don't come in till the craypots get out that wide.I guess you have to make the most of an oppurtunity to catch something big as long as the sambos don't suffer for it.I wonder if it would attract more sharks or scare the others away???
A good days fishing is better than ...........anything!
scottnofish
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let me know when your going
i shall follow you out in my boat with video camera to film this it should win me some money on funniest home lol
Seaquest
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Caught plenty of big sharks
Caught plenty of big sharks up north just with my normal bottom bashing gear. A good stand up harness will help. You won't catch every shark hooked, I imagine there are a few unstopables out there. Don't need over the top gear just a lot of time. It could take a couple of hours to land one shark and a lot of chasing with the boat. Don't know how that will go on a charter with only one person fishing for a long time. Might have to do a bit of swapping. The actual barges might be a problem with getting busted off. If you can keep them away from that you should have a reasonable chance. Don't think this will help the sambos could possible make things worse. One shark hooked up going nuts will probable only attract more sharks. Met some guys at the Mackerel Is once that believed if you send one shark back down dead it scares off the others. We wondered why we could hear gun shots while out fishing. It was these crazy f@##ers shooting them.
Seaquest
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Caught plenty of big sharks
Caught plenty of big sharks up north just with my normal bottom bashing gear. A good stand up harness will help. You won't catch every shark hooked, I imagine there are a few unstopables out there. Don't need over the top gear just a lot of time. It could take a couple of hours to land one shark and a lot of chasing with the boat. Don't know how that will go on a charter with only one person fishing for a long time. Might have to do a bit of swapping. The actual barges might be a problem with getting busted off. If you can keep them away from that you should have a reasonable chance. Don't think this will help the sambos could possible make things worse. One shark hooked up going nuts will probable only attract more sharks. Met some guys at the Mackerel Is once that believed if you send one shark back down dead it scares off the others. We wondered why we could hear gun shots while out fishing. It was these crazy f@##ers shooting them.
saltwater charters
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Anyone got a smokey?
Anyone got a smokey?
A good days fishing is better than ...........anything!
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my uncles
still got a smokey
but ya can only use em under water
other it blow ya pole apart
winner winner chicken dinner
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http://www.perthnow.com.au/ne
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/two-great-whites-feed-on-dead-whale-off-rottnest-island/story-e6frg13u-1225950021716
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hlokk
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Hmmm, now says they're tiger
Hmmm, now says they're tiger sharks, but the link still says great whites.
"Initially Fisheries Department believed the sharks were great whites, thought to be 4m-5m long, but now believe they are tiger sharks 3m long."
If it doubt, its a 4-5m great white
John_M
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If your chasing sharks for
If your chasing sharks for the tooth (smaller than 700mm) you won't have any problems bringing them up.
Line capacity is the key as Adam said, 30lb mainline is enough to stop most big critters. If you use your drag properly, they are fine. Just be in for a fight!
Accurate reels and Calstar rods are the go
till
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Well, whatever was out at
Well, whatever was out at the Hillarys Aggregation today allowed me to take a few quick pumps of line back, then it would take a run pissing back all I took plus more. It wasn't really going to budge on 80lb fished hard, then it crunched up a jig, then ate my assist hooks, then f**ked off.
If you want to see whats down there, fish 100lb or better in a harness.
Tony Halliday
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yip! this is my old shark
yip!
this is my old shark rig, Black Magic Harness and board, Pro Series SureCatch 50lb rod, Monarch 2020 Monarch reel with 80ln fireline on it and it still got smoked!
This time it's going to be a Pen Formula 15, with 80lb mono on a Shimano T-Curve 3050 50lb roller rod and 6 feet of wire trace!...
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
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John_M
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I've got one of those
I've got one of those Monarch 2020 reels. Did you lock up the drag? There got a tonne of it aha
Tony Halliday
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you got to reset all the
you got to reset all the screws on them with lock tight and upgrade the old cork drag to the newer ones. then they ok as a cheap big reel.
and yes I lock the drag all the way up :-)
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
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southcity104
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The challenge is on!!
Bring out your big guns!! Sambos for livies. Catch and release a monster!!!
I have some 19/0 mustards if someone needs them!
"Its a life style job"
carnarvonite
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Simple
Simplest way to do it is to get a 30 fathom coil of cray pot rope, single 14/0 hook on a metre of fencing wire for trace. Once its on just crank up the winch and pull it to the boat [or the other way round] and then introduce it to Mr Bentley [shotgun]
Used to do the same thing when snapper fishing and started to bring up heads and halvies. Stick half a small snapper on and chuck it over the side, usually only took a couple of minutes before hook up.
Indiana
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Simple & effective
Thats what I like to see , simple yet very effective .
Not sure if Mr Bentley is available , maybe Robbie Rugger could take his spot ?
" IF YOUR NOT GOING TO EAT IT ......PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU CAUGHT IT"
Ben Derecki
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Big burley bomb out there
There's a big burley bomb out there already guys:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/two-great-whites-feed-on-dead-whale-off-rottnest-island/story-e6frg13u-1225950021716
allrounder
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all this talk
about line capacity just shows that you have not been shark fishing at the barges.If anything the only reason you need line capacity for is so you dont need to respool after every bust off.It will go like this down with the line reel up a bit hook a shark loss the lot repeat until you cant stand anymore.If someone can get one up that is over 10 feet long off the sambo schools i will be impressed.If they can get two up in the same day with no help from another angler apart from when the shark is at the boat i will say on this forum that you are the best angler i know off.Goodluck.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
John_M
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The Shark isnt going to just
The Shark isnt going to just go up and down. When it takes the bait its going to move forward, like every other fish tries to do.......
Otherwise every one would be fishing with only 100m of line...
scottscurious
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i think what he is saying is
i think what he is saying is that you will get busted off straight away every time ;)
John_M
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my bad. well some 800lb
my bad. well some 800lb cable should do it :P
scotto
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maybe
maybe shore based noahs like to run straight out johnny m, but most of the big ones i've hooked out deep, all they want to do (especially at the start of the fight) is dive for the safety of the bottom. if you can turn them before they get there, you're in with a chance, but then again, most big sharks are renowned for their stamina, and i've lost count of the ones i thought i had fucked over and near the boat, before they do another dive to 200+, and i'm back to the start.
i have snapped some heavy game rods at the final stages of some fights with sharks, purely because i was more screwed than the shark was, and i'm thinking one last pump and i'm home. one last high pump, one big tail kick, snapedy-do-dah.
allrounder
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Hey john m 93
the sharks out those parts (apart from the makos that you hook high) know only one direction.We are not talking little sharks here most i have seen to the boat are around the 8 foot mark any bigger and you are toast.We even tied off to the back of the boat once that doesnt work either.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
saltwater charters
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Well we have to get out
Well we have to get out there and prove if we can or can't catch these buggers! I'll check the weather on sat and pick the best day next week. Isn't it great to have a topic that generates so much interest! At least we know where they are to try.
A good days fishing is better than ...........anything!
Alan James
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Good Luck Mate
Looking forward to seeing a pic of 3 or 4 blokes hugging a bitey (like the sambo pics). One thing I can almost guarantee is that you won't require a release weight to to get it back down.
fisho-ron
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agree with saltwaters. get
agree with saltwaters.
get out there and prove it
i am gunna give it a crack, not interested in any monsters (6ft plus)so if i get dusted so be it.... i am only wanting a small shark, they cant all be biggens out there?
like sambos, sometimes big, sometimes only small ambers?
what else you gunna do.
allrounder
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I think you are right
Ron the only thing is if you do manage to hook a little one it will quickly get eaten by a bigger one
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
fisho-ron
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well.. thats fishen is't
well.. thats fishen is't it.
never never know if we never never go?
as said, will be most happy to leave the big fellas well alone.
surly they all cant be biggenns???
fisho-ron
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proberly will not have a
proberly will not have a choice in leaving the big fellas alone, but i am preparied to lose gear, it has to be expected!
allrounder
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That it is
have a crack and let us know if there are any littlens out there.I couldnt find any and my back tells me i wont be looking again anytime soon.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Markie
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go for it. if im not workin
go for it. if im not workin il give it a go. caught land based but dunno what its like catchin them deep sea(barges)
Faulkner Family
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its hard and backbreaking.
its hard and backbreaking. when you get to 45min fight and neither want to give up until its over. they go hard and long but you got to keep them from the bottom. biggest i have got would have gone 9ft and around the 140kg mark, could only im agine what the bigger ones go like
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
cudbfishn
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Seen a huge shark hooked up
Seen a huge shark hooked up north out deep. Had 80lb gear. 3 hours into the fight they managed to get it close enough to the boat and saw it feeding on the bait ball around them. Didn't even know it was hooked. They cut the line.
NOHA
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Big sharks
Interested to know how many lines out at one time as you only want one sharks hooked up at a time. Yes the dive for the bottom and then they head out and away. Last shark I saw pulled to the surface out at the barges was a 13ft whaler...and it took 3 hours to get it back to the boat..and that was chasing it to keep enough line on the reel.
I landed 8-9 footers up north in less than 20 minutes but those are different sharks to the big mumma's on the barges.
I have had a 12 ft tiger on 24 kg setup on full sunset drag.. My boat got towed over the ocean for 15 minutes until it got amoungst some cray lines and broke off.. i never won back a single inch of line during that fight.
Goodluck to you guys..
Twin turbo..V8 diesel..Ohh what a feeling!!
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