Light Tackle Sharkin'!

[chrislocke]

Got out for a fish last night for a bit of an optimistic shark fish using light gear. (saltiga 4000, samurai 602 and 40lb daiwa acudepth braid)

It all started with a spontaneous decision to travel up Noosa's North Shore in the hope that we might cross paths with a shark or two. The bait of choice was whole mullet and the rig consisted of 90lb heat shrink wire and circle hooks. To me, a saltiga 4000 seemed like a massive reel for any fish (I dont get offshore much) and I was very confident I wouldnt have any troubles...Until! It wasn't long after I casted my whole mullet into a likely looking gutter that the saltiga drag started peeling off at a rate of knots!I incresed the drag slowly and the drag screamed louder and louder! What ever this was, It was BIG! This pretty much summed up the next 40 minutes of torture (no gimble!) as I battled this beast of a fish in the shallows.

We didn't measure This beast but I estimated 2m? It was bigger than me anyway!

Thanks For reading! Cheers, Chris.

[bersim]

That's huge!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Lucky you didn't decide to go for a swim as well :silly: :silly: Great work on the shark.

James

[The Mad Hughesy]

Monster!!!! Nice one mate congrats

[fishingnut]

AWESOME !!! is that a bull ?

[reeves]

great fish on the light gear but it might have stuffed the drag on the saltiga 4000

[Angus]

Nice one mate!

That is a lot lighters than the serious shark boys use here bur for a serious quality fish.

Well done!

Angus

[Kiwi_pete]

look at the chompers on that one eeeeek changed my mind on getting a yak now

[Kiwi_pete]

looks like a bull shark

[dan25]

Gotta be stoked with that mate!!, haha congratz thats awesome

[aussie123]

2nd dorsal would point to a Lemon or Speartooth Shark

[sari96]

It's definitely a Lemon shark! Looks nothing like a Bull?

[ChrisC]

cracker chris

[Binder]

Thats a beast.

Bet your sore today! Might win the dodgiest excuse for a sickie christmas eve comp!

" Cant come to work christimas eve boss, spent best part of an hour wrestling a shark last night - Honest! "

[madmullet]

100% not a bull,wronge fins. Colour and teeth

From what I can see on my ph, I am going lemon

[chrislocke]

Thanks for all the kind words people! What I forgot to mention was the cast before that, I battled a really big shark for a good 30 minutes (We think it was a tiger) and it cut through the wire. So yes I was absolutelty buggered by the time I landed that second shark! And of course, the boss showed no mercy and I worked hard all day :S

Thanks for the ID, I'm fairly definite it's a lemon shark. Shame I dropped the first one, It was a stonker :blush:

[Damien2Rad]

That's rad Chris.

Me and the Old Boy used to camp up there years and years ago and never did to well... Turns out we shoulda been fishing for Sharks at night!

Every time you post a report I get more keen to come up for a fish.