no, no, i didn't get drunk. i went out shark hunting again.
i went out on sunday for another go at a shark. this time i had a mate with me. we turned up at the spot, anchored up and got the berley in the water. the berley consisted of minced up pilchards, squid, some old fish fillets that had been in the freezer too long and a couple of whole tarpon i caught the day before. the tarpon i used as the teaser to get them in range.
the rising tide was doing its job of dispersing our stinky payload and within 1/2 an hour we had some black tip reef sharks at the back of the boat. the biggest we saw was about 3 1/2' long. they seemed to be a bit timid though and couldn't be coaxed into range. after about 2 hours of this things started to get a bit quiet, we thought that reef sharks were all we were going to see. then suddenly, like a thief in the night, a good hammerhead shark showed up, wanting to steal my tarpon. my mate dragged him in a little closer while i quickly got into position at the back of my 12' tinnie.
i don't remember aiming but somehow the arrow found it's mark, right on its nose. ( got to love instinctive shooting!)
then it was a matter of letting the line off the bow and start fighting it on the rod. it fought like an anvil!
after about 10 minutes we had it beside the boat and after a few quick blows to the head we tail roped it and towed it to the beach for pics and meat recovery.
another great day out on the water!
it was 7' 3 3/4" long.
this is why i use a cable slide system for big game fishing, if the arrow breaks your still connected to the good end of the broken arrow.
my mate got some video of the fight. i'll post it if i work out how to.
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