AUSTRALIA – GOOD VARIETY IN COOL TEMPERATURES – "ALL SHARK FISHING REPORTS" with pics – South Florida Shark Club

GetSharked · 2015-06-03T00:35:14Z

I put this report up on a different forum nearly 3 weeks ago but forgot to put it up on here. So here it is for all those that may not have seen it. Well in general shark fishing has come to an end for us Queenslanders. The days are getting down to 25 degC (77 degF) and the nights are rather brisk at 12 degC (54 degF). With these cooling temperatures aside, we are still keen on putting some more monsters on the sand especially as this Summer has been relatively quiet for us, with very minimal trips. After a quick breakfast, the 4WD’s are packed and we are on our way. Our group comprised of a total of 5 people, 3 of which are anglers bringing along an arsenal of three 80W’s and two 130 sized reels. We Are Met With Beautiful Conditions We Found This Poor Guy On The Beach Too. Looking Like A Tiger Had Given Him A Hard Time We arrive at our location at around midday and waste no time setting up camp, rigging up traces and defrosting baits. This trip saw a large variety of bait such as rays, tuna, queenfish, mackerel, catfish and eels. Due to a storm in the previous couple of days the water wasn’t as clear as it usually is but wasn’t too bad. Luckily the wind had now flipped around to the West and the swell was as flat as we had ever seen it. It wasn’t too much longer and there were 5 baits in the water at staggered depths. My First Ever Ray Bait The Santiago Waits Patiently It was a few hours until around mid-afternoon before the tuna attached to Jimmy’s Tiagra 80W was getting some attention. After a few nibbles the shark takes off with the bait. Jimmy lets it have the bait for a bit then throws the lever up to strike and cranks down hard. Jimmy Hooked Up The shark is hooked but no run is made. Jimmy winches the shark in and within a few minutes I bound out and grab hold of a 7ft bull. After a few pics, hooks are out, tag is in and she is on her way. Jimmy’s 7’ Bull The afternoon went by without any excitement, so we gather some firewood as we know it’s going to get cold tonight. Camp Setup We all have some dinner and are huddled by the fire with a few beverages. Not much has happened other than an entertaining missed hookup by Brett, which I won’t go into. It wasn’t too long before someone notices my glow stick move a few metres out to sea. I am pretty stoked at this point because this is my big ray bait. I race over, pick my rod up and wait for the shark to commit to the bait. After a minute or so, the shark picks the bait back up again and starts heading off with it at a nice slow constant pace. I let it have it for a while then I slide the lever up to strike and crank down hard before setting the hook. I am met with weight but it soon drops away and I know the hooks haven’t connected. Due to the lack of swell the bait seemed to hold itself in place, so the choice was made to leave it out there. It was within half an hour when the same slow run starts taking line off my reel again. I let the shark have the bait for even longer this time in hope that a hook will be in the right spot. I slide the lever up the strike, wind down hard and I’m met with weight again. It holds for a few seconds then fades away again…… I am pretty bummed at this point. I wind the bait in to inspect what the damage is. Looks like there was a smaller shark took a couple of bites out of the front of the ray (I suspect this happened in the afternoon when I thought something was playing with the bait) as well as two large bites out of the rear. Looks like both hook set attempts the sharks jaw was just shy of the hooks and I just reefed the bait out of its mouth. I leave the bait on the sand as I still have another bait out there. My Ray Bait Remains A couple more hours go by and something is showing interest in my catfish bait. I wait until the shark has fully committed before cranking down and setting the hook but again I have missed. I wind my bait in to inspect but it looks relatively untouched. Our guesses are that something has taken the whole thing in its mouth and somehow I have pulled the bait out without a hook sticking. It’s not until around midnight when I hear some commotion outside my tent. I peak out and notice the other guys down by the water as a shark swims back and forward in the wash. Due to lack of experience of the other guys down with him, Brett hands over his rod and heads out to grab his shark. It was around this time that the decent sized bull makes another turn and the hook pops out. It’s looking like we are having a bad run at missing sharks this trip. This is a first for us since turning over to circle hooks. We wake up to a gorgeous morning and new baits are run out. The other boys grab some fresh baits but as I didn’t bring many along for this trip and the fact that both my baits from the previous night were in relatively good condition, I put them back out. Brett With A Nice Big Queenfish Bait I notice a little run on my rod with the ray about mid-morning and as I’m running over to my rod Brett’s rod goes of...

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