i went out and got hammered on the weekend.....

[ozy clint]

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.

[tradtusker]

Wow!
hows the meat?

congrats!

[m midd]

Thats awesome, I love how the big ones fight. My biggest is a 9' sturgeon on the columbia river. I was cheatin though i had bait. Ha ha

[Benny Nganabbarru]

[fido dog]

OK...now that's cool.  

[cacciatore]

Good shark hunter.

[Hunter 709]

Whoa, first I've heard of shark hunting. Very Cool. Congrats.

[blueslfb]

I agree, that is way cool!!!!

[Pops]

Very nice way to go and with a bow too.

[Ben Maher]

Clint...hows the meat on that one taste . never had  hammerhead [ not to common down here in Vic ] but i'm thinking they'd taste pretty good on the grill . Let us know eh !!!
and well done mate .
Ben

[BOWHUNTIN FOOL]

Thats AWSOME CONGRATS !!!  

[Mudd]

YES!!!!!! How cool is that?  Way!!!!!!!!!!

I can only imagine the adrenaline junkie you could become doing that with any regularity. Congratulations!! and thanks for sharing it with us.

God bless,Mudd

[T Folts]

Sweet, nice shark. Congrats on your harvest.
Terry

[NDTerminator]

Now that's what I call bowfishing!  But in a freakin' 12' boat?  Man, I won't take my 12 footer out on Devils Lake duck hunting, let alone bowfishing something darn near as long as the boat that bites back....  :eek:

Question:  Do you have a plan if one of those 15 foot/1 ton great whites shows up while you are looking for his smaller cousins?...

[hunt it]

 You'll need a bigger boat for the great white my friend.

[recurve3]

Now that is way cool!! Not so sure about the 12 foot boat!!

[Warden609]

Nice

[2treks]

First off I think that is very cool, but I am with some others when I say... 12' boat + 7' SHARK = me on dry land. That must be a trip to see that big of a fish with a bow in your hand. how far off shore do you go?
AH what the heck, I,ll do it(w/a bigger boat!)Chuck

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Clint That was awesome now that is was I call fishing.

[Tater 2]

Nice job!

  How are those Shark steaks on the grill?