sharks aplenty

[manchild]

G"day everyone.Went sharking if thats a word ;D on thursday arvo.Fished the dropoff opposite to goat island for a great result.Tally was 9 blacktips a hammerhead,a few shovellies and plenty of bite offs.Some of these buggers were biting thru 100 lb mono trace with such an ease that a rod tip hardly moved at all.Just as well they didnt hooked up ;D
cheers
George

yes i know shovellies are actually rays ::)

[manchild]

2

[manchild]

3

[manchild]

4

[marty+jojo]

So was it catch and release ;) or Kill and grille :o
Marty.

[manchild]

Kept 3 around a metre long ,the rest is still terrorising the fish out there.
George

[bigal]

thats a awesome catch. what line class were u fishing??

[manchild]

15 lb mono as standard ;D
George

[Poodroo]

Well you did very well "sharking" that's for sure. Well done. Just out of curiosity what did you do with them? Released or kept them? I know out of past experience that the black tipped reef sharks are awesome on the table.

Poodroo

[manchild]

Agree Poodroo.when it comes to flake nothing beats the blacktip for me,exept elephant or ghost sharks.
George
Was that the gold question ;)

[Sean]

What bait were you useing? Were you burleying? Sean :) I reckon sharks are underratted myself, I am into C&R So a few sharks are a good way to get the drag going.

[manchild]

2 5/0 gamakatsus snelled ,no burley.Find the dropoff across the channel and you are on ;)
George