Ken Gargett Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 great photo though sad end for the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headstand Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Old man and the sea; all over again. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REASON Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Wow great photo, the emotions that must of been had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Oh my, sorry luck for the fish and the fisherman.....the photographer got a great catch though! or a helluva photoshop job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangolf18 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Ha. Went deep sea fishing with my old man about 10 years ago. Hooked an 82 inch (210cm) Mahi Mahi on the line. Fish was a couple feet away from the boat when a Hammerhead took it (or some other shark). Sucks when a shark intervenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Oh my, sorry luck for the fish and the fisherman.....the photographer got a great catch though! or a helluva photoshop job fisherman/photographer was a well known fishing writing/presenting bloke here in australia. his team would have been filming and/or photographing. and the fish would have been up for release. so the fisherman would have been fine, he got it in. does suck for the fish though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hayes Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Wonder where that was taken. The shark looks like a Great White due to the thickness at the base of the tail. Maybe it's a distortion due to movement and catching the action but it has a very pointy snout. Striped marlin and white shark, I'm kind of thinking New Zealand but it may well be WA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 it is a striped marlin and has to be a great white. off the aussie coast. not specified. i checked the guy's site and he has a lot more on this attack. http://www.almcglash...llery.php?id=33 but i would have thought just as easily, or even more likely, to be east coast. but could be either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Don't know Ken! Looks like a funken big Mako to me! Would be spewin either way! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk *Edit- Stand corrected. Just checked this on the laptop screen. Just looked too pointy on the iPhone. They do call them white pointers for a reason I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hayes Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I reckon you are right Jerocco. A big Mako. I've never seen either a white or a mako in the water but I saw this recent footage that probably suggests it's a mako. I know they are a mackerel shark like the Great White and have the same tail shape (even length top and bottom for cruising and explosions of power) but didn't know they had that thickness at the base of the tail. Couldn't upload the vid but if you youtube search East Coast Spearo Mako Attack you can see it. I also saw the gallery Ken and the side on shot shows it's a mako. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 it does say mako. big mako. not sure of location. the photographer is based in sydney but would fish all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 i remember being up the reef out on the swains years ago when a large school of sharks set up camp below us. nothing was getting through. one bloke brought up a reasonable sized shark and cut it back but it had been cut by hook or knife. the rest of the sharks set on it like nothing i have ever seen. the famous frenzy. terrifying. nothing would have lasted two seconds. time to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfall Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Ken, do you catch and release only when you fish? (just curious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 i think i have kept two fish in total over many years of fly fishing. one was a tailor that was bleeding when i got it in. both eaten. at fraser we will keep tailor of legal size. all eaten. they do tend to be in big schools at times. must say i have never gone close to the bag limit, as far as i can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfall Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Out of all the years you have fished, you have only kept 2 fish? Do you not like to eat fish? Why not pack you freezer with fish and never have to go to the store again, as mush as you go fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 no, two fish while fly fishing. a lot of that is trout fishing where is is compulsory anyway. or for bones which you would not eat. over the years i have kept a heap of fish but that is not on fly. that is on bait/lure etc. and they tend to be the tailor (american bluefish) which over here, don't have worms. great eating when fresh - curry if not. they pull squillions out of the ocean for cat food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambam Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I caught a 130lb Yellow fin tuna years ago. Never saw the shark but there was a nice 20lb bite missing from his side. We had a great dinner that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtemusGordon Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 big mako? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosgate Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I think it's a Mako. Photo reminds me of this guys incident. I think he had to go scrape his drawers after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisco Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 It's a strange looking mako. Perhaps it's the perspective but the mako looks larger than to be expected. I've certainly have heard of great whites going after marlin at the boat but the nose on the shark looks too pointed for a GW. I've fished many years off the Cayman Islands and have seen a lot fish taken by sharks, usually by grey reef sharks or black tips. Locals have certainly claimed to have seen what they believed to be large GWs devour blue marlins while being brought to the boat. One story told to me by a well known local fisherman was about fishing at night for swordfish. The fisherman hooked-up a swordfish and proceeded to battle the fish when suddenly the line went slack and the fisherman began to reel-in as fast as he could. Straightaway, the swordfish was at the surface and practically jumped into the fisherman's boat. Seconds after, a very large shark preceded to attack the fisherman's boat engine. He said the shark looked bigger than the boat and he high-tailed out as fast as he could. He speculated it was a very large great white. BTW, the guy in the orange shirt in the video above looks like Guy Harvey, the marine artist. I've met him numerous times as he is based in Grand Cayman. He's usually the guy in the water taking photo's while someone is battling the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyBoulevard Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Big...Big Shark...Big Shark Chase Me. (or was that a bear?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter1974 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 that would be my luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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