Coss Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 A pic, smallest one is 1.2 Kg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I caught plenty of these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 wild not stockies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Yep - a lake and river system in a forest - far from the maddening tourists - my secret spot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Ya call that a fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Its all in the taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 That fish looks like something from the waters off Fukushima 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 SO it's fishing time again: Thursday 4 October On the water at sparrow's fart, and a beautiful dawn it was too.I caught and released about 17 Snapper, the biggest was 27 cm. So no Snapper for dinner. I did take a Conger Eel.I may have posted about my preferred method of dealing with Congers, which is to put 'em on a stringer and slash the throat, leaving them in the water to bleed out and not cover me and the Kayak with slime.So the Eel is in the water, bleeding out and - Shark Shark Baby!I noticed a triangular fin about 10 cm tall, zig zagging it's way up the current towards me. I quickly realised it was tracking the blood in the water as it cruised back and forth across the current, gradually zeroing in on the Conger in the water. Then the fin got about 30cm tall! Shit and derision, that got the adrenalin flowing! As the shark got closer it started to speed up and it was clearly in 'hunting' mode.At this point I decided to boat the Eel as I didn't want to find out what a large shark would do at the side of my kayak, when attacking the Eel. It was a Bronze Whaler and it was clearly visible to me, as it ranged about the Kayak looking for the source of the blood. Luckily I had the scupper plugs in, so no more blood got in the water and after a few minutes, the Shark lost interest and left. Whilst the Shark was there, I did get an estimation of the size and as it drew abeam, it was easily more than half the length of my Kayak, the 'yak is approx 13 feet, this makes the shark 7~8 ft long, and it was a fatty too.Well that was a thrilling encounter, made my day that did. I'm just pleased it was such a benign encounter, despite the speed and hunting mode of the shark. __________ Saturday 6 October No fish today but - I spent 30 minutes hanging out with this baby Fur Seal. This time I got photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Coss said: Saturday 6 October No fish today but - I spent 30 minutes hanging out with this baby Fur Seal. This time I got photos. Things such as this make life worth living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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