Hammerhead

[Brian D]

This fish came up the burley trail and chopped into the floating burley big time. Then the live bait started going nuts, next thing the reel is screaming. 10 mins later here she is. [img size=487]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/hm.jpg

[faulked]

did ya kiss it before chucking her back:P

[ellicat]

Don't try kissing a hammerhead on the cheek. They have very thin cheeks.

[werewolf]

:woohoo: awesome work mate :woohoo:

what sort of wire mate? length/poundage/multi/single/coated etc..

what size hook

cheers

wwolf

[Brian D]

Hey Wolf it was a 2 metre long home made 120lb thick wire plastic coated wire with a 9/0 long shank and a 7/0 big gun stinger on 6\" 80lb wire. All were double crimped.

I was using a Shamino Tekota (spelling) with 50lb mono.

Not as fancy as terry's but does the trick.

[werewolf]

cheers thanks Brian. I picked up some 120 recently (never had a chance to use it yet) and not sure whether I need heavier for teh big girls next season. I think I'll give it a go as you don't get coated multistrand too much heavier

cheers

[kriso]

nice catch brian well done!

[obone]

What were you aiming to catch Brian?

Joel

[shortie]

he was chasing whiting.

[Fisher_90]

Sharks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Brian D]

obone wrote:

What were you aiming to catch Brian?

Joel

That was our target, we were chasing sharks, have a look at the 2metre wire trace we had rigged.

[Brian D]

check out the way she rambed the boat [img size=485]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/hammer_6-e2fe3d6649ca27697ac9612cb1e5eddc.jpg

[Brian D]

Then she took off [img size=489]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/hammer7-ea18781fd69217b73b4aca48fe58bbe3.jpg

[Brian D]

Ha then Aaron says \"do you want to bring her on board\"?

Arrrrr no thanks mate. [img size=491]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/hammer4.jpg

[mackmauler]

SOFT lol

[Terry H]

I'm with Aaron

[reef_raider]

how big was it?

[faulked]

what you didnt stick it in the live well

[Brian D]

mackmauler wrote:

SOFT lol

Ha compared to you Mack yeap I concede. Two reasons why I didn't want it in the boat

A. They bite deckies and I was thinking of Aaron’s safety.

B. This one tried to and nearly succeeded in biting the captain [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/100_1031_AFO.jpg

[Feral]

So what is the safest way to \"do in\" and store a big shark? I have heard they can bite from nervous response for a fair while after they are dead.

Need to know for the classic!

[Brian D]

Safest way is to get the deckie to hold them until you get to the weigh in station:woohoo:

[shortie]

Brian D wrote:

Safest way is to get the deckie to hold them until you get to the weigh in station:woohoo:

Yep they will not bite you whilst they have a mouthfull of deckie.:laugh:

[Gazza]

I had a 303 powerhead mounted on a length of dowel that settled them pretty fast lol

unfortunatly I got rid of it when my pistol licience expired

Gaz

[Aaron H]

Brian D wrote:

Safest way is to get the deckie to hold them until you get to the weigh in station:woohoo:

I think I'll be playing shark wrangler in the classic, better get the health insurance paid up:laugh:

[bootyinblue]

Gazza wrote:

I had a 303 powerhead mounted on a length of dowel that settled them pretty fast lol

unfortunatly I got rid of it when my pistol licience expired

Gaz

:dry: :S

[Cowfish13]

Feral wrote:

I have heard they can bite from nervous response for a fair while after they are dead

Yep they do. When Mack_attack (brother) caught a 80cm Bullie from Oxely Ck a while back (03-04), After we had cut its head off to bleed it, I (stupidly:silly: ) put the tip of my finger in its mouth and it bit down. Luckly only one tooth went into my finger and nothing much happened.

I learnt two things that day:

1. Don't put any part of your body into a sharks mouth even if is dead

2. Sharks have very sharp teeth:S

[ellicat]

Very true Cowfish13. Here's a picture of me trying to get back out of what I thought was a dead shark:blink: :silly: [img size=467]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sharkhand.JPG

[Brian D]

That's one way to get rid of the wedding ring:woohoo:

[roobs]

i'm getting good at getting off topic.. hehe.. but i've heard cutting off the tail is as good as cutting off the head to bleed.