fauce Posted February 23, 2009 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double pluggers Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That would have been a cool experience with the whale shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo1203 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Mate that has to be the nicest looking dolphin fish ive ever seen, so much colour to it, unbelievable..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Great thing to see on the water... fantastic shots of the Whale Shark. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Awsome to see that thing so close up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexboss Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 great pics guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.t. Posted February 23, 2009 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 geezzz, that is awesome. I didn't realise the east coast had whale sharks, amazing... well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauce Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamnlines Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Great Phots ... Did you see any cobes around it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauce Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 wow, unforgettable experience that would be. got to be out there to see it. Great pics guys, Cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On Strike Posted February 24, 2009 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandas Posted February 26, 2009 Share 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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