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photo taken this week at Lee Point beach.

I’m seeking a federal grant to arm all water going mammals with spear guns! LOL

ahh, tiggerrrr didnt like Flipper

cuddlescooper wrote:ahh, tiggerrrr didnt like Flipper

Think Tiggy had a gut full !

one less fish muncher

Thats a fair sized shark to take a mouthfull that big...

The report on the radio on wed said that there was a 5.5m tiger spoted of mindle the day they found that.
Big shark even if the size may be exagerated

They call him Flipper, Flipper , fasterer than lightening............oh poop ........not faster than Sharkie though

sharks can kiss my....jew fish!

lee point recently.

Thats a nice jewie Barrabeast. When i was diving we had to really search for sharks of you wanted to see them. I reckon they saw me but bolted before I sqw them
Do you see many while freediving?

nomad wrote:Do you see many while freediving?

The amount of sightings vary during the year. Late afternoons off lee point is a good time to come into contact with tigers and small whalers, and the odd hammer. I’ve seen Rick being circled by a biiig tiger at the bottle washer, I mistook it for a manta ray. Let’s just say it had very wide shoulders. We both were spearing golden trevelly when this particular shark would fly in and smash them, I’m always happy to get my $120 shafts back.

Just last June a large whaler bit my speargun and shook it from side to side. (See my post). They are definitely and bite first and see what it is kind of species.

So maybe 1 out of six outings we’ll see them and have them take our fish. We ‘manage’ the situation by relocating if any of them get frisky.

Bass reef is another place to many shark species. Marie and Parry shoal is a guaranteed spot to them. I’d hate to be in the water there at night! in low viz conditions the larger sharks don’t change direction when they swim past you, the ones under 6 ft seam to get startled and swim off.

Our mates down in NSW see great whites all the time and the Coral Sea your lucky to get a fish to the surface.

A mate of a mate in NSW fishes for great whites land based from Stocton beach. They are usually young ones but big enough. I used to swim there regularly.

Hay Beasty. What is the spearing like on Marie shoal?

I found the bottom fishing rather hard there on lines. Is the spearing good? What species do you see a lot of there?

I pressume it beeing that remote that the fishing would have to be good at times but I could never fluke it at the right time. Other shoals in that area are awsome but that one seemed to be devoid of life when I have been there.

Well dont bother with thw flat top section. The edges look good on the sounder snd the reef is like swiss cheese, full of holes, gullies and ledges. I dont know why its so hard to bait fish but when you hangout on the bottom fish come out to look at you, then bang! Dinner is secured. Goodrich banks are the same, deep edges are the go.

here's a recent pic of a golden trev that did make it to the boat. sun was just about gone and dinner time for the apex predators. funny the visability was still ok underwater.