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

Originally Posted by MarkN

I haven't actually caught a big shark, but when I was Kayak fishing in Auckland harbour, I had one follow up, the trail of blood and guts I was making, whilst gutting and scaling my Snapper and Kahawai.

The Kayak is 14 ft long and the Bronze Whaler, when it pulled along side, it's tail was at my stern and the head nearly to the bow. I estimated was 10~12 feet. Fat and round as a bulldozer, must have been up there to pup.

It swum around me for a minute and then lost interest, as I'd stopped putting guts into the water, from an abundance of caution you see...

Been there... took 30 Minutes to get this fella to the surface while he quietly towed me around the Harbour.
5 metre kayak, 3 metre shark.
Hook was in his dorsal fin, I don't think he even knew he was hooked



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Nope, it was a pregnant one. 1.55m long it swallowed the hook and had basically bled out by the time we had got it on the beach. We opened her up and released her 25 baby's into the surf so her legion lived on. The weight was from the guy who helped me land her who insisted on lifting her up and down telling me it was well over 50.

Originally Posted by stingray

I’m keen to help out …box bbq and a few snags , not a fan of bitey things ….but what a creature to battle! Can do photos etc got a new comfy seat ..if you have a free spot after Xmas …

I get hold of you @stingray next time i go out, heaps of fun if we hook up.

Originally Posted by MB

Photos would be good on this thread! It's on my bucket list. I've done it in Aussie, but not here. How do you get your baits out?

@MB the sharks come in so close . At low tide theres a drop off and 20m out all you need.
For the smaller baits my mate casts his out but not far. Ive just handed lined the snapper frames etc out and seems to work well.
My Partner is willing to swim the baits out next time so we will prob do that(im not getting wet lol) otherwise might be able to talk @stingray to swim them out lol.

Not that you have to drop them far but i like them out a good stones throw but last season we had bronzies eating the frames in the crab pots in the shallows and
one night down with Pengy threw some venison in the shallows and a bronzie came in twice within a few feet of the shore

Small seven giller i got on top photo and my mates smaller fish from last season.
Didnt get a photo , just a video of my 10foot plus bronzie. Thats why i want catch another for better photos

I did a bit of slidebaiting back home in Oz, haven't done any for sharks over here yet but I'm keen to give it a crack this summer

Good reading in this thread. I'm keen to give shark fishing a spin now. Anyone in BOP that gets into it? I'm thinking ohope, whakatane and maybe papamoa would be worth a crack?

Originally Posted by makka

I did a bit of slidebaiting back home in Oz, haven't done any for sharks over here yet but I'm keen to give it a crack this summerAttachment 212042

Is that a Tiger?

Bull shark I’d say. Not a tiger.


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Nah, just a big ugly 7 giller

No dorsal fin, missed that!


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Originally Posted by Dicko

No dorsal fin, missed that!


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Well spotted

Man, ive got nothing to say other than this entire thread is unreal lol. The chunks of bait you guys use are bigger than almost anything we catch from shore.....I dont know how you leave to go to work or home, id be living at the beach! Great pictures all!

Poor bloody sharks!

One of the best stories I was told was by a Kayak fisherman back in the early 90s. He was fishing in the Manukau harbour ( Auckland ) . He was snapper fishing with his burly bag tied to his anchor rope.
The fishing had been good but suddenly went quiet, he was in a big kayak and parked a 100 mtrs or so from shore.
Suddenly his Yak took off and down with him hanging on for dear life. He reckoned he let go of the kayak at about 10ft underwater . He hit the top like a missile , grabbed a lung fill of air and set a new 100 mtr freestyle record to the shore.
He never got the kayak back and from then on never tied his burley bag to the anchor rope.
Plenty of Bronzies in the Manukau..... even bigger Great Whites.