frankgrimes
04-11-2007, 08:20 PM
Apologies for the convoluted post ;)
Early start on Sat. morn(4am) with the hope of avoiding the dreaded northerlies did not eventuate...our plan to hit scottish prince, then a few of the closer reefs was thwarted(3.8mt tinnie).....executive decision was made to motor to the pin...theory was there, but the fuel on board was not! Had to wait around at Jacobs well and replenish our fuel supplies(And beer!) before going any further!
9am, we wet our lines along timbers....not much action besides a 40cm lizard on plastics and things went very quite for an hour, so I suggested we venture further towards the centre of the channel and closer to the bar entrance...anchored up, and thought I’d throw out a 30cm slimey on my new overhead(Saltist 50h on live fibre 15kg...hoping a grey suit would be present)....within 5 minutes, my overheads ratchet was screaming.....def. shark, and with only 50lb leader, I knew the inevitable ping would occur...10 minute fight, was a massive fish, but he busted me off! Pissed off big time! With no more slimey's, had to resort to a pillies….15 minutes later, my 50h is screaming again!! Took it real easy this time(No wire…still only 50lb leader)…20 minute fight(which at times I def thought he was a ray), bought up a 1.5mt shark(Whaler or bully? The eye threw me…white with black stripe?)…great fish to break in the new rod+reel!
We got 3 more really good runs in the next hour, all resulted in bust offs(wire is def. required next time!!)
All up, bloody fantastic day out….can’t complain with 5 big runs from sharks in 3 hours in daylight!
Hoping someone can provide a positive id on the shark.
Mick
Early start on Sat. morn(4am) with the hope of avoiding the dreaded northerlies did not eventuate...our plan to hit scottish prince, then a few of the closer reefs was thwarted(3.8mt tinnie).....executive decision was made to motor to the pin...theory was there, but the fuel on board was not! Had to wait around at Jacobs well and replenish our fuel supplies(And beer!) before going any further!
9am, we wet our lines along timbers....not much action besides a 40cm lizard on plastics and things went very quite for an hour, so I suggested we venture further towards the centre of the channel and closer to the bar entrance...anchored up, and thought I’d throw out a 30cm slimey on my new overhead(Saltist 50h on live fibre 15kg...hoping a grey suit would be present)....within 5 minutes, my overheads ratchet was screaming.....def. shark, and with only 50lb leader, I knew the inevitable ping would occur...10 minute fight, was a massive fish, but he busted me off! Pissed off big time! With no more slimey's, had to resort to a pillies….15 minutes later, my 50h is screaming again!! Took it real easy this time(No wire…still only 50lb leader)…20 minute fight(which at times I def thought he was a ray), bought up a 1.5mt shark(Whaler or bully? The eye threw me…white with black stripe?)…great fish to break in the new rod+reel!
We got 3 more really good runs in the next hour, all resulted in bust offs(wire is def. required next time!!)
All up, bloody fantastic day out….can’t complain with 5 big runs from sharks in 3 hours in daylight!
Hoping someone can provide a positive id on the shark.
Mick