Hi All,
Went for a quick 1 hour bash with the young one at Gladesville on Saturday (late report)
I had some fresh squid in the fridge so I grabbed a rod and a squid and of we went land based.
We got there at 6.00 pm. I got my sons rod in the water for some bream so I can occupy him.
I then threw out a squid head and waited.
10 minutes later a jew hit. It felt weird though. Gave me a small run followed by a screaming
run towards the Gladesville bridge. It then went on a 100 meter FAST run and a line burn on
my index finger. I thought hmmm - BIG jew or shark. Anyway I started to pump to slow the
fish down. It stopped and then I was bringing it in but it felt weird ad light. I was confused.
About 20 meters away from me on the surface I saw what I thought was a crab. Hmmm - very
confused. As it got closer I noticed it was a Jewies HEAD .
I brought it up and that was it. JUST a head. The jew would have been about 5-6 kg in size but
it was no good to me now. An old man Terry took a pic on his digital camera and then walked
over to the water line.
THEN he saw it - right in front of us in 1 meter of water. A 2.5 meter Bull shark which was about
70 cm thick and I'd call it for 150 - 200 kg. I ran and had a look whilst controlling the young guy so
he would not get close and fall in.
The shark was about 2 meters away from us - ahhhhhh.
It dissappeared then 5 minutes later came back again. I then decided to grab 2 x 10'os and 80 pound
hand line that was in my bag. I rigged the Jew head on and threw it in - left it in for half an hour
but the shark did not take it.
MORAL of the story - Don't swim in Sydney Harbour at the moment -
Tight lines ALL - looking forward to King comp!