snappyemmy Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Hi All, so I left the best post untill last. Headed out to west head to pick up some livies, not alot of yakas but enougth. Then headed out to Newport reef where I landed my moie. We were fishing for kingies with the yakas, no sign of them but we kept drifting. Dan (allfisher) saw a shark and his rod beny over. Since we were fishing for kings there was no chance our gear was gonna pull in a shark and like that he has cut off the line. Not happy!! We started to burley up and put a wire chase out, no action for over 2 hours so time to head back in. For some reason Dan decided to stop at The Valiant. Pick up a yellow tail with a kingie following it so out went of live yakas again. After a few drifts and nothing, I saw a shark and you guessed it, no wire chase out AGAIN and down goes my rod surly not gonna pull this guy in. After 20 mins of fighting and chasing him with the boat I managed to get him to the boat. Having never landed a shark before we had NO IDEA how to handle this, all I knew is that I wanted to get this thing on the boat and I did not care how we did it.after 10 or so mins trying to gaff him Dan finally did and I helped pull him on the boat. Then came the realisation of what just happened. Not only did I just catch and land my biggest fish to date (and biggest catch for both Dan and I) we also had to deal with a very angry shark that did not want to be out of water!! We handled the suituation and now a very bloody boat for me to clean. I got him on my Texxy rod with my Twin Power reel on 3o pound braid and 80 pound leader!! Lucky for me I hooked him in the eye so he didnt have a chance to cut me off. Also lucky for me that my knot held up to the challenge. He went 170cm and 27kg!! Now the fun begins tomorrow with cleaning the fish as well as the boat as Im too tired to do anything. A well deserved couple of beers now and some dinner. Enjoy the pics Em Does anyone know if this is a fishraider record?? nd how do I submit it? Edited January 29, 2011 by snappyemmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbmozo Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Best to enjoy the fight and leave them in the water for sure. Sharks even small ones can make a mess of the inside of your boat in no time. If you like eating sharks then give it a good whack on the head with a baton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Great catch , and good eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 would have put up a good fight in and out of the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Great report Em, a top catch and yes that will be the new FR record for a hammerhead on bait.. Congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 what a whopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snappyemmy Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Wish I knew yesterdy to wack him on the head, would have saved me the day cleaning out the boat today!! Gonna have to get in and scrub every inch of the boat.. I will be cooking him up tonight . yummy Edited January 29, 2011 by snappyemmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Awesome shark - well done enjoy your fresh flake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummybusta Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 yeh nice catch spun out about his fin but something you don't see in sharks all that often is a split fin like that nothing like a freash feed of flake enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Nothing like bear battered fresh Flake, well done and enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenC Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Thats exactly what I just had for dinner Beer battered flake!! yummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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