Thread: Big sharks of the beach...looks like a good season!

After last seasons go at shark fishing of the beach for big sharks the success got me excited for this season.
Last Dec i got a PB that i doubt i beat (on that line strain anyway) when i landed a Bronzie just over 10 feet on 30lb line after a 2.5 hour fight!

Lost another big one when im sure i foul hooked or got tail wrapped around the line and broke off .
My Mate landed a 9 foot 6 on 24kg and one just over 7 feet as well plus we had a number of runs without hook ups over the few weeks we managed to get out at the local beach,
plus one double hookup.
Two nights ago the same mate went down and had a fish and caught the first bronzie of the season on 24kg that was around 6.5 feet after a 15min fight.

We went together last night at midnight and threw our baits out and waited for a strike.
I was using a Penn senator 114 reel, 24kgb braid on a stand up game rod using a whole large trevelly . Mate threw out a 30cm snapper on his finnor on 24kg .

At 220am my mates rod bend over and line started pouring of the reel... 1 minute later we are hooked up to something big.!
Big first run, took alot of line before my mate stopped it then it started slowly to come in. Stayed deep and straight out, not like last season when i had one jump and all run right to the open ocean.

We were thinking was it a shark or a big ray but as it got close it woke up and another big run lost all the line he just won back.

This we on for 45 mins, big runs like there was no drag and hanging on for grime death. When it stopped he pumped the line back in and just when we think we getting somewhere
it was off again.
Never came to the surface, never saw anything, just a big fish that certainly wasnt a ray.
As it made another run suddenly the line just snapped and that was that....gutted.
Thought we had it but maybe the tail hit the line as something went but the drag was pretty tight. Oh well was exciting stuff but 3 weeks earlier than last season an 2 fish hooked
in 2 nights, cant wait to try again.
Mate had some tags to tag the next one we get.
Meant to be going deer shooting tomorrow morning but .....tides good at 1230am tonight so i see lol