Shark Fishing - Fraser Island

[Chuganorts]

Finally! Sorry for the delay in getting the images. This was a nice and relaxing afternoon at Fraser.

[Blueby]

Yeah thats why I leave the surfboard at home when I go to Fraser

Thanks for the reminder

[cuzzamundi]

nice fish mate. what did she measure? you use eel for bait? well done mate.

cuzza

[Chuganorts]

Fresh tailor on a 10ft wire trace. This fish was over 7ft.

[rando]

Big fish, What species????
And yes ,I know its a shark, before all you smart&sses jump all over me

[cuzzamundi]

she's a bull from the photo without my glasses on rando. a female too at that size. thats great you got some tailro to whack on the rig chugga! what size hooks did you have on? diid you manage to keep the bait outta the sweep for long? great effort once again.

cuzza

[Slider]

Catch and release?

[Sportfish_5]

Pete - where r u

[jackash]

Bloody awesome fish mate! bet she went pretty hard! And a further question.... any weed around???
Cheers
Jackash

[Chuganorts]

I forgot to at that none of the sharks we catch are killed, all are released without harm. This is a Whaler Shark. The trace is a 10ft multistrand wire (what they use on yatchs). The hooks are stainless steel 14/0. There was no weed when we do this as it is a pain in the ass winding in a couple of hundred metres of 24kg line. Enjoy!!!

[Chuganorts]

More photos

[rando]

Chugga.
Do you use some form of watercraft to position your bait, or do you just drift it out in a rip???

[Slider]

Thanks Chugga

We should make the 'release' part of our sport very prominent wherever possible - you know what it's like out there these days.

Those bronzies can give you a workout mate hey.

Linds

[Chuganorts]

The technique to get the bait out is very similar to the hammer throw. You need a burly trail to get them in and the launch the bait. These things are a lot of fun when you are stapped in.

[theVan]

Absolutely awesome Chugga

where were you on Fraser?
Looks like the top end

great pics

cheers