fauce Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Headed out in Sydney Harbour and then off port stephens this weekend. Got a couple of legal bream and a Kingfish on prawns in the harbour. Kings only looked at the usual lures and only seemed to actually take the prawns.. wierd. King had loads of prawns in his gut. Then went to Port Stephens had to go out a fair way to escape the crappy brown water and the really strong currents. Found some Dolphin fish and then had a 6 metre whale shark (approx) come up and try and figure out what we were for about 30 seconds. Thanks!
double pluggers Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 That would have been a cool experience with the whale shark.
nemo1203 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Mate that has to be the nicest looking dolphin fish ive ever seen, so much colour to it, unbelievable.....
slinkymalinky Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Great thing to see on the water... fantastic shots of the Whale Shark. Cheers, Slinky
g.t. Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Great colours on the dolphin fish. It looks like you've peeled it off a fishraider sticker! And the whale shark ... What a great experience that must have been!
erroll Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 geezzz, that is awesome. I didn't realise the east coast had whale sharks, amazing... well done
fauce Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 thanks guys... here are a few more pictures of the whale shark that my friend took. Yeah it was a pretty incredible experience. Not the sort of thing we expected. I thought that whale sharks were mainly a western Australia species.
screamnlines Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Great Phots ... Did you see any cobes around it....
fauce Posted February 24, 2009 Author Posted February 24, 2009 Great Phots ... Did you see any cobes around it.... could see some remoras... although there could have been small cobia there too. Cause there were at least 8 fish swimming underneath him.... not attached.
Richard Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 wow, unforgettable experience that would be. got to be out there to see it. Great pics guys, Cheers Richard
On Strike Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Had the same amazing exprience with a Whale Shark on Friday 20th at Broken Bay Wide. It spent half hour at the back of our boat. Had a few pilot fish with it but no cobes. It was about 5m long and was more than happy to let us touch her.
dandas Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 How awesome are whale sharks !! When I did my scuba diving certificate in Thailand I swam with a 16 meter whale shark on my very first time under water with the instructor. There was an experienced diver there that had moved there just to see a whale shark. He was there 3 years at that point and when I was swimming with the whale shark he was sitting on the boat with a headache... Needless to say he flipped out and wasn't too happy. He ended up going in straight away and the whale shark was still there. Phew !
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