One for the faint hearted
Submitted by carnarvonite on Sat, 2015-06-13 07:29
Same size hooks we used when shark fishing up north and it would have made him piss.
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Rob H
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One of ours near Glomar
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Lastchance
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Interesting
That wasnt in 2004/05 ish was it?
Rob H
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late 03 from memory, maybe
late 03 from memory, maybe early 04.
Other hand was similar
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Rob H
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other hand
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crasny1
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How in hell did he
get both hands hooked. One is bad enough, but 2??? Must be a story behind that one.
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carnarvonite
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Glomar
How much gear did you lose at the Glomar.
We set 7nm of line with 600 hooks along the eastern side and after hours of searching managed to get 270 back. We were using 10mm pot rope and what we got was in bits, busted up by big tigers and the tide. Only did the one shot then headed back further south.
Rob H
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not much, if it dragged
not much, if it dragged anywhere it always seemed to be toward the shelf.
Worst was inside in shallows
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Lastchance
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I found a heap of tangled
I found a heap of tangled long line rigged the same at the hook, to green rope then SS snaps north of Dampier with a Pink buoy holding on it. Tried to free it to tow into port but was caught tight on the bottom. I took as much as I could get into the boat, tied a weight to the rest and sank it. (Still sound up fish at the co-ords today) Got a fair bit of interest from fisheries when I got back to the ramp I must say!
Rob H
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haha, I bet you did!all the
haha, I bet you did!
all the boats were using similar gear, maybe 5 in total.
Fisheries officers had no idea along that stretch of coast what was legal or not.
At one time they went around telling restaurants in Hedland not to buy our bycatch off us, forcing us to send 200kg of fillet to Sealanes Perth for a few bucks a kg, who then freighted it back for 250% markup.
Took a little while before we found out what they'd done and they apologised grudgingly.
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Jaggo
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What boat were u on rob?
What boat were u on rob? Pretty interesting stuff, what type of fillets were u selling to sealanes? I've done 10 years sharking myself so keen to hear about it
Rob H
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fillets were bycatch, reds,
fillets were bycatch, reds, jacks, rankin etc
Southern Venture
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carnarvonite
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Jetline
Was on Jetline first then skippered Mandy J2. Our limit was from E114 to E120 would leave Hedland and come in to Exmouth 12-14 days later, do a partial unload then do another trip, unload have 3-4 days off, refuel and bait up then off again
Rob H
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ours covered as far as the
ours covered as far as the Lacepedes
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Rob H
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here John, this should make
here John, this should make ya feel warm and fuzzy
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Jaggo
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Yeh awesome hey, got any
Yeh awesome hey, got any other pics or stories?
carnarvonite
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Later
That was taken after we had got Mandy J2, it used to have the reel across the stern not down the starboard side and with a storage platform above it.
Didn't have the booms and pacifiers and had a bloody freezer that always screamed out for attention, pump it back, turn it off for 1/2 hour then start all over again
Rob H
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Was taken bout 18 months ago
Was taken bout 18 months ago in Gero harbour!
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z00m
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All kinds of bad in that
All kinds of bad in that injury!
Madmerv
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Owww
Seen something very similar years ago when heading out shark fishing. Guy stepped on the hook with the point going through the sole and shank coming up the side of the foot. Turn the boat around and head for the hospital but as the guy got off the boat he caught the shank on the jetty. He passed out and my stomach did funny things.. Owww
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
carnarvonite
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Abrolos
One of the deckies got one of the same size hooks in his left hand, point went in down by the top of the base of his thumb and followed the bone of his forefinger till all that was visible was the eye of the hook. Finger curved to follow the shape of the hook.
We had just finished setting our gear and were planning to steam in to Gero the next morning, put it to him, we steam 6 hours in drop him off then turn round and steam back out , pull the gear then return to Gero or he wait 4 hours and we start pulling early then steam in. He asked if he could have a few beers and a couple of panadeine forte and he will sit back and watch us work.
Dropped him off at the hospital 16 hours after he got hooked, they had to cut it out and he was rather proud of his collection of stitches.
meglodon
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Arrrrrh bugger
Looking at the pics sent a cold shiver down my back.
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back in the late 80s wetling
back in the late 80s wetling one morning early i got one stuck in my leg , caught the middle of my thigh as it was going over the side , ripped it right in ,
skipper offered to cut it out , he tried for about 10 mins,as i knew he would not go back in to get it out immediatly ,so i just left it there ,wrapped a t shirt over the leg to stop it catching on everything & we kept on fishing for the day ,
went over to the hospital around 7pm that night and they cut it out and stitched her up
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crasny1
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That first shot looks nasty
But it is the easiest to fix. Just bolt cut the eye off and rapidly pull it through. Wouldnt even need local.
Was forced to push a smaller hook through off dampier when a Shark mack decided to go burko whilst I was trying to get the treble out. The other treble had one barb right in the thumb. I could feel the point under the skin so used a side cutter to cut the other hooks off and and with fishing pliers pushed it through and pulled it out. I was surprised that it didnt hurt half as much as I anticipated, and better than having a big drip stuck in your arm. Maybe adrenaline had something to do with it.
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carnarvonite
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First one
The first hook I got in was on the beach at the mouth of the Donnelly river, I was about 12-13 and using a big handline with about half a pound of lead to get it out, slipped while doing the wind up and let go too early.
The hook went straight through one little finger, the cutters on the pliers were useless so Uncle George had to hold the eye of the hook with pliers while cousin Michael used a file to cut through the shank.
Madmerv
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In the leg
While Barra fishing from shore, my son of 14 snagged a leaf, pulled hard to get it back and caught himself in the calf. One leg of the trebble went in to the bottom of the curve, so the only way out was as it went in.
Made an endless loop with 50Lb braid and doubled it. Wrapped it around the shaft as high as i could get it so it was a straight pull and put on some gloves. On the count of 3... 1..Pull.. 2.3.
No damage done from the barb and he said he hardly felt it come out. Again adrenaline and shock helped so get it done ASAP.
Put some betadine on it and a tiny circle bandaid. When we got back to camp the missus (a nurse) insisted she check it out.. I was rolling around laughing when he came out of the camper with his leg bandaged from ankle to knee...
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
carnarvonite
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Taking the piss
Fishing out of Exmouth and one of the boat owners partners came for a trip out and on the second last day out had one of the metal racks we stored the hooks on fall on to his bald head resulting in a cut about 1/2 inch long that bled like a pig.
No problems we said, would need about 6-8 stitches we told him but if we put the 4inch wide tape over it and again at right angles, doing that would stop the need to stitches.
So Wadey heads back down to Two Rocks and all his mates at the tavern ask what happened and he tells them what we said and that he has to wait for at least 10-12 days before taking the tape off. Comes the big day on a Saturday arvo and after much ragging he says well off it comes. His mates cracked up when they saw all that was there was this tiny cut and not the big one he had described. Our phones nearly melted when he rang us, he was not a happy chappy