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Pistol_P
16-02-2010, 08:22 PM
Headed out last Saturday and knocked of some nice Mackeral with Adrian.

On the way out though we came across some big balls with some serious serious sharks tearing through them.

Got a couple of good pics......Check out the mayhem and the bait getting thrown everywhere..

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o326/PeterMorris_Photo/Teewah13-02-10002.jpg

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o326/PeterMorris_Photo/Teewah13-02-10004.jpg

Cheers,
Pete
-spiro-
16-02-2010, 08:24 PM
Bloody hell Pete how far off them where you? Thats a awesome shot of the bait in the air.
Pistol_P
16-02-2010, 08:37 PM
Not far......They werent at all scared.....just in full on frenzy mode.

Gorging themselves on pillies or sardines it looked like...?

Pete
reefer
16-02-2010, 08:53 PM
Great shots especially the flying bait...is that Point Cartwright in the background?

Cheers,

Phil
Pistol_P
16-02-2010, 08:55 PM
Great shots especially the flying bait...is that Point Cartwright in the background?

Cheers,

Phil

Hi Phil,

No mate Im at Noosa.

Pete
reefer
16-02-2010, 09:18 PM
Pete,

would that be fairly close to shore then?

Phil
TimD
16-02-2010, 09:29 PM
Mad shots there pete :thumbsup:


cheers tim :)
BR65
16-02-2010, 09:56 PM
Pete, bloody awesome shot that first one!
Angla
16-02-2010, 10:10 PM
Mother Nature turning on the sights.

Great shot with the bait in the air.

Cheers
Chris
fishfreak01
16-02-2010, 10:21 PM
Hey pete,

good to see some good shots of that bait flying all over the place, it's important to have everything on your camera ready for when that shot comes up.

Good work

fishfreak
hookinin
16-02-2010, 10:34 PM
Hey Pete
Was that first shot a once of or they throwing the bait in the air for a while for you to get a shot like that. Top Photo.
Cheers Gaven
WestOzDesertFisher
16-02-2010, 10:50 PM
Wow! Nature at its best. Ace pics Pete.
lido76
17-02-2010, 02:44 AM
Top pics pistol. Mate whats happened to Seapup havent seen anything from benny for ages is he still fishing or what?... Cheers Brendan........
Horse
17-02-2010, 06:45 AM
Great shots Pete. I came across a bait ball like that about 100m off Granite Bay. We floated right through it whith big Sharks into the bait along with some small Spotties.
Pistol_P
17-02-2010, 09:33 AM
Hey Pete
Was that first shot a once of or they throwing the bait in the air for a while for you to get a shot like that. Top Photo.
Cheers Gaven

Hi Gaven,

Mate just a lucky shot I think.

The bait was probably being thrown around a bit when the sharks tore through them......but I just fluked the shot when it was in the air.

They were in very close....was good to watch.

Pete
BaitThrower
17-02-2010, 11:56 AM
Saw something similar on Friday out mid-Moreton Bay... Sounder was constantly showing lotws of bait balls all over the place and of course, we caught a lot of smaller sharks that were chasing them. One shark almost jumped into the boat too at one stage!
Fish_gutz
17-02-2010, 08:03 PM
awesome pics Pete, did you see any of the noahs close up? , bronzies or Bullies?
Cheers Andrew
Mattg68
17-02-2010, 08:15 PM
great shots Pete.

what type of camera/setting are you using?

matt
skipalong
17-02-2010, 08:56 PM
hey pete were you one of the 3 boats up where were talking bout a few weeks back? saw 3 out there on saturday morning, just curious on how ya went .

cheers mate
Pistol_P
18-02-2010, 10:08 AM
hey pete were you one of the 3 boats up where were talking bout a few weeks back? saw 3 out there on saturday morning, just curious on how ya went .

cheers mate

Yes Skip....it is the spot we were talking about.

We went well.....but a storm moved in and buggered up the bite.


Andrew.....Im pretty sure they were BIG bullies.

Matt......Just a point and shoot Canon 10 MP

Pete
BLOOEY
18-02-2010, 10:25 PM
I saw the same thing a couple of weeks ago. About 8 sharks,small Spanirds,Spotties,Trevally and tuna all working the same baitball no more than a meter in diameter. Bloody Great photos. Ben
Karl Inge
21-02-2010, 08:05 PM
Great photos, well done- dont be shy to post more :D
nickstock
05-03-2010, 07:15 AM
Great photos Pete,

Until this year I had not seen Sharks doing ariel work when balling up bait. On my last trip out up towards Cape Flattery, I saw about 30 meteres of birds and bait working with Long Tail's and Spanish working the school. Spin rods came out and we secured a few Tuna for bait.

Within a few minutes Bronzies about 8/9 feet began working the pack and the pelagic fish promptly left. I have seen plenty of smaller sharks jump but to see 70 odd kilos of shark propel themselves 5 feet out of the air is spectacular!

Your great photos have made me try and score a few pics of them next time I am out...........hmmmm weekend plans just got thrown out the door;D

Cheers,
Nick