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Sharky2

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I finally managed to land some fish on my fishing holiday at happy wanderers.Please identify the shark and estimate weight,this is my first decent shark.It was caught on a custom rod by craig,Purglas 350/7 with a TN40,the shark didn't stand a chance and was landed in 15mins,bait was shad tail.
Kob was caught on livebait.
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kyle

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Looks like a male blacktip. Its a very sought after catch! maybe in the region of 60kg. Very nice cob as well. congratulations! did the blacktip come to the surface?
 
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Enigma

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Well done Tienie, was wondering if we would ever see that Marbling on a post.

Good fish to blood the rod with, tackled up properly and you have the chance for a Pic with your fish.

Nice juvenile male, do you have a pic from a slightly different angle or with the fish laying flat. My first instinct was a Blackfin but given it was on the South Coast and the nose is more slender it may just be a nice size Spinner.

Looks to be between 65-75kg shark at that size they burn themselves out quickly in the initial fight and because they are light you can pull the stuffing out of them before they can recover which you can't do with a 100kg fish.

Very lekker Kobbie.

Did you catch anything on the re-vamped Exage?
 

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craigb

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nice fish::Sgood to see fish coming out at my hunting grounds.Where about at happy was the cob caught?
 
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Sharky2

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My initial thought was also a blacktip but i thought it would fight a lot harder.Another fisherman caught one much bigger the night before.We actually lost another two,they hunted in shoals because two rods went at a time and the baitfish went crazy when this happened.We got burned of on both the fish that we lost,these fish take of at a crazy speed,i've never heard a rachet scream of like that.

Craig i caught some shad on the 1224,damn it looks awesome.
i will contact you tomorrow,need to service the reels again and fix the tip on the exage.Thanks again for the great job.

i must just add,the 350/7 is a flippen beast,i actually fels sorry for the blacktip.I had the 1.5mm windon on,so once in the shorebreak i just ran up the dune.Once close to the shore one could clearly see the black marks on the fins.

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Sharky2

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craigb wrote:
nice fish::Sgood to see fish coming out at my hunting grounds.Where about at happy was the cob caught?
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We stayed in the 3 bedroom flat right on the end,caught the kob right infront the flat.
my brother lost one,livebait was the bait to use.
I think we would have caught way more fish if the coldfront didn't stuff it up.
 
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Sharky2

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gotaway wrote:
AMAZING photographs !!!! where is this place??? what a nice sunset.....   CONGRATULATIONS :wfish:wfish:ifishin:wfish:wfish
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It's Happy Wanderers,a resort on the natal South Coast.
The best fishing and holiday spot along the natal coast.
The grass that you see in the Kob pic is just infront of the flat,the beach starts just after that and the water is about 30m away.We fish at night while we have a braai ::S
 
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