Okay... we managed 2 entries for your comp (just waiting of the other pic to come through)...We are going to enter as a group though... if we win... all of us girls are heading to Pt Lincoln for the weekend :) We braved the high seas to catch this one... all threw our lines in and waited and waited and waited.. no sharkies first night... Our arms were so tired after hunting around and only pulling up... blue morwong...blue groupers.. nannys etc our hearts were sinking... no sharks!. We anchored up over night and got the heavy artillery out. Baited the line... waited around 20 minutes and off it went!! Sam grabbed her gimble belt and between her and Katherine managed to fix, ready to pull in.. lines running out... Katherine had to wind the reel as sam had so much trouble holding on...then bam! bloody thing broke off. Must have been a stomper shark :( Waited.. waited and waited but that was it that night. Saturday night... no luck. We were devo. Drastic measured were taken.. I got out the Catalina and Saragosa reel. Threw on a chunk of tuna head and settled in for the long haul...BAM! the line took of so hard I didnt know what hit us. Meter after meter.. it just kept going. Though I might have to cut the line by this stage..only have about 20 mtrs left.. but this fish was not getting the best of us girls. We took it in turn to slowly bring this beast back... hand over hand... sweat trickling into our eyes.. we managed to get the beast under control. Bought in along side the boat and had to call the boys in to help haul it in! We had caught the mother of all doggies. This thing was 4 1/4 foot long with a diameter of 44cm around its head! Weight a freakin tonne. We collapsed back onto the deck and had to rest for 20 minutes before we could actually photo the beast :P
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:09:50 +0000