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    Ausfish Silver Member jackson4300's Avatar
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    Re: shark fishing

    Have caught hammerhead and mako's out from the seaway, and not that far out! More mako's, they jump like crazy. Didn't know we were hooked until it jumped close enough and could see the leader hanging out of it's gob.... Float baiting for snapper so plenty of lost fish.

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    Re: shark fishing

    G'day Jackson,

    That's great you found some Makos. What time of year did they come onb the chew? Any size to them? Thanks.

    Cuzza

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    Re: shark fishing

    Crewed for years from early-mid 1980's point score fishing for sharks off Sydney. Lots of tourny fishing. Took most models up to 430kg Tiger 296kg Mako, different whalers, big hammers, rubbish blues and 1 small thresher. Didnt take any whites but had some meet and greets with a cpl between Syd and Pt Stephens. These days its more designated tourny fishing whereas back in the 80's you couldnt even get close to winning your club point score unless you were sharking. Game fish were dble+pts but still not even close...one 350kg Tiger on say 15kg would murder everyone. You get your share of marlin whilst drifting for sharks anyway...we took plenty using liveys off bow mounted rods whilst burleying for sharks.
    You;d need to be specific re anything you;d like to know but obviously cant help with locations coz this was all bluewater off Sydney, Central NSW like Port Stephens, Port Macq, Swansea, Norah Canyons, Browns etc. Happy to share anything coz its all tag n release these days, rigs, tactics, time of year etc. Whalers of all types like bulls are easy enough to find anywhere in close but are you talking about bluewater as well ? You wont find mako's in close but i do know they target them off as far nth as yamba about this time of yr...Aug-Nov is mako season in Syd but get the odd one all yr round...changes all around the coast. CSIRO and Fisheries can provide great info re migratroy patterns that help targetting at certain times of yr. Some of the toughest encounters we had turned out to be large hammerheads which will often lurk way way down the slick, too far to see dorsals with naked eye...little ones to 5ft will come close but big hammers are a lot smarter. The odd XXOS hammer is still a likely catch in larger estuaries/bays seeking out stingrays to eat off the bottom, common to get small ones in plagues all the way around the country so no reason u cant target them on light gear as well. Bull sharks the most common you'll probably target in close.

    Light tackle (8-15kg) sharking tag n release is a much underrated sportfishing scene. Bit overlooked, guys dont like to get their boat dirty these days and its easier and less work to drag plastic whilst catching some sun. Certainly an underrated sport in Sydney and right along the NSW coast as long as conservation is adhered to, which is pretty easy and natural with sharks anyway. Terrific option for small boat sportfishing as there's no shortage of whaler species especially in close right along the coast....even reefies in nthn qld would be great fun light tackle sport. Just a matter of adapting existing gear for teeth which many already are used to for macks etc anyway. The first run of a small whaler/reef type shark is often better than anything else...its just kinda uncool these days for some reason, and most just treat them as bycatch rubbish and a pain rather than target them for fun. No idea how or when it became uncool to call them fun and great sport worth targetting. Terrific trailerboat sportfishing option that is achievable for most guys.
    Looks like you've already caught some nice fish. Luv em.
    Steve.

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