[May Catch of the Month 2012]

Well done u deserve it I thought that was a snapper lol

[Cox's last bash]

Wow, now that's a post! Goes to show you can catch your fish and eat it too! Or was that cake I think it's bed time for me! Nice trout by the way.

[yaaay squids]

3.25g and its a colourful jig. mostly orange with yellow/white pattern and blue spots. also has a glow patch underside body.

ThAts my favorite squid jig colour, yo zuri always work for me, well done with the captures it could have been worse the one that got away could have squirted you with black ink before it escaped! Well done

[Giant Squid]

Haha using a submarine to get it down and and he might catch a sperm whale! As they eat giant squid. Now all he needs is 1000 lb fire line, 50/0 live bait hook and 2000lb fc rock leader his drag set to 1000 kg and he's set! Lol make the Japanese whalers jealouse

[Dee Why last night]

Yes I was running a sliding snell rig consisting of 2x 8/0 gamakatsu circle hooks using 1/2 a small squid, top hook was pinned up about 1 cm from the top of the bait secured with a trusty half hitch and bottom hook went through the squid body twice, pulling the hook and line through to the other side to keep the bait well presented and was running a size 7 ball sinker running rig to a large swivel atop.

I just let it sit in the rod holder and let the line load up, once I felt pressure gently lift the rod and felt the weight of the shark as it gave aggressive head shakes. Mind you I had sore legs and back for three days after. But the most fun part is seeing a full bend on your heavy surf rod as you fight the beast and guide it through the surf and waves.

Once landed it goes berserk on the sand and you think twice about removing hooks from its sharp gob!

The most difficult part was skinning and filleting the shark, their skin is like rough sand paper and stronger than cow hide I found this really good video for skinning gummie sharks

Here's the link

, I did mange very good fillets with minimal wastage

Also I think the smaller sharks are safer as they don't have the higher levels of mercury the bigger models have, and hence not safe for consumption

Cheers Shakeel

[Giant Squid]

One tentacle of this squid would give a couple of years supply for Jew/kingy baits lol

[Dee Why last night]

About a month ago I was chasing jewies at a central coast beach and used 8/0 circle hooks on 40lb trace the result was a couple of sharks . The hook stays in the corner of the sharks mouth keeping the leader safe. it was too dark to take pictures but here's the end results. Ok maybe not I can't paste in a picture of flake fillets fried just imagine it guys! Ok don't need to imagine here's the pic

Shakeel

[2012 Social event ?]

The entrance sounds good I would love to meet up with u guys

[Harbour Bash]

Good work n nice catch, this might be a stupid question but are those whiting in the bottom if the pic towards the right a different type to the one on the left without the spotty markings? Like king George whiting or something like that?

[Salmon Session]

That's awesome the look on Jnr's face says it all! Wow man ur like a detective finding sambos in the George's well done

[Frozen balls in the Bay...]

Awesome catch. Well done by the way I could hear some rattling noises, so that was you! Haha

[SHIMANO PRICE INCREASE]

Some greedy retailers start jacking prices up making fools of the public I remember talking to one of the fruit suppliers when the banana crops were destroyed, he told me there was still old priced bananas in supply and some shops started jacking up prices before the expensive ones even came through. So I guess when we shop overseas and local business close down they have themselves to blame for loss of sales.

[the last hoorah whiting still around northern beaches]

Steve that's an awesome haul of whiting, that picture is making me hungry. It's great when a plan comes together and the guy at the tackle shop gives you good advice not just spinning a yarn to off load his live bait supply

Cheers shak

[Kogarah Bay 17.5.2012]

Hi raiders, I have to agree black magic kl1/0 circle hooks snell tied onto your leader works great on bream, I've even had success on the beach with these using green banana prawn peeled and cut to small peices leaving the point exposed so it finds the fishes mouth.