fisho towed out to sea by shark

[shano]

just saw the news add come up on channel 10 about some guy fishing and getting towed out to sea by some huge bloody shark but manages to over power it and tow it to shore top effort i say;)

[jeffo]

i will have to keep an eye on the news tonight then! :D

[shano]

you bet ya i'll be watching the news at 5 pm, i tried to find it on the net but nothing yet lol!

****another update about it just said it was a 300kg shark oh my god!****

[propdinger]

bet it gave them a great bloody fright to be towed along after thinking you have the anchor out :o 300kg shark would be better on ya line than ya anchor
oh boy i hope it wasnt a grey nurse

[basserman]

wobiegone ;D

[ken4159]

just herd on news guy who tipped creww into tweed bar fined $450

can anyone confirm

[mono]

I'm sure they will identify it as a grey nurse!! That way they can have an excuse to close the whole coast!!!!

[Justme]

Don't be so negative mono :-/ :-/

[Steve45]

Yes the skipper of the dive boat that was flipped on the tweed bar with divers on board was fined $450.00 and still holds his maritime license (NSW)

[boatboy50]

Yes the dive boat skipper is $450.00 lighter, and he still has his NSW licence, but he no longer has his job. They have been advertising it for about a month now.
Words out, and he knows he no longer wants to be a skipper from what ive heard.
The judge could not believe the maximum fine could only be $450 apparently, would have fined him lots more.
Regards
Darren

[searaider]

Goanna ,
I heard the same thing on the radio on a 4BC news update this afternoon .
$ 450 fine , thats not even a slap on the wrist .

Peter
Searaider 2

[Kerry]

Yeah Judge was a little amazed at the "maximum" penality of only $450. So he lost his job? but then of course truckies aren't told to do what they do either, are they ;D

As for sharks one of the drum lines off the beach here was picked up 25 miles out to sea. The Tiger was still towing the whole rig, including the drum, the chain and anchor and still heading out to sea.

Cheers, Kerry.

[Hutcho]

I saw the guy on the news down in Vic last night who had the shark on the back of his ute - but they hadn't officially identified it as of yet, said it was a mako, whaler or white I think. It looked pretty messed up on the TV. Could have been a white shark from the angles. Does anyone know for sure what it was??? The guy who caught it was going to keep the jaws apparently. I missed the start of the story, but how did he actually catch that beast anyhow? He said he towed it into shore with his anchor rope? #???

hutcho

[basserman]

well i hope it wasn't a white as last time i checked they were a protected shark ???

[sir_noelus]

Latest info here was a Mako, purportedly on 13kg, got caught on anchor line and was towed in still attached to anchor. Some things there do not gel eh?????? Sir Noelus.

[Hutcho]

No, some things there do not seem to add up, time will tell the truth I guess. On the news, the sharks gills were still puffing in and out, if it was dragged backwards to shore, it would have drowned for sure. Must hae been it's nerves still kickin'?

I didn't think the story was all that well presented in my opinion, they sort of made out the guy to be a bit of a Vic Hislop in a way, that shark would have had a few years behind it and certainly didn't die a humane quick death I wouldn't imagine. Each to their own. Just my two bobs worth.

Hooroo.

Hutcho