shark ID

HEY FELLAS

a while ago  i caught a 5 ft shark off warnbro beach whilst tailor fishing (suprising i know!!). it had black tips on its dorsal and tail fins and therefore i thought it was obviously a black tip reef shark, untill the other day when i was looking through an ID book i saw a "long nosed grey shark" its description fit my shark quite closely but im not too sure. it did have quite a long nose and now i think of it BTRsharks are more of a northern species, so if anyone has any suggestions, dont hesitate.


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it might have been a black

Thu, 2009-05-07 22:07

it might have been a black tip. we got one of woodies the other night but only like a 2ft one. but black tips do get this far south

 

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Possibly a black whaler? or

Thu, 2009-05-07 22:12

Possibly a black whaler? or black tip whaler i cant remember the name 

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/recreational/saltwater/sw-species/bronze-whaler Looks like this

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Blacktips...

Sat, 2009-05-09 07:04

...we hooked two last year- one near the Club Marine fad and the other on the southside of Rotto, so yeah, they aren't exactly unheard of in metro waters!

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caught a blacktip off yanchep..at club cap

Sun, 2009-05-10 01:51

also a local caught a 2mtr mako shark off a local spot.. off the beach

also mate saw the mako on the beach,,hes a local 2

nice fishin up there :)

 

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Have caught and released

Sun, 2009-05-10 07:30

Have caught and released heaps of B/T'S IN THE METRO AREA

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