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.

Last time I went bowfishing / bowhunting for fish in salt water was close to 30 years ago, wore a stingray barb in my right shin for my trouble and I have never got around to getting out again. I'm very impressed with your effort. I'll bet that flake will be good chewin

regards Jacko

Clinton,

Great work...! the Hammers are such an awesome looking fish...!

Whats next on the agenda now...?

Cheers Guy

nice fish...........Rod

plenty flake in the miller diet for a while i'm guessing. good effort.

like guy said, awesome looking fish. congrats

Well done Clinton, If you are going to pursue more I would love some skins for backing bows. Happy to pay a little . Steve

steve- i thought someone might ask that. i reckon shark leather would be good for bow grips too. i'll keep some next time.

guy- what's next? whatever comes along! i'd like to get a nice ray and a big milkfish. i shot a small milkfish the same day. i hit a big one (1m+) but not good enough, i got my arrow back.

on the land lubber side of things i'd like to get a donkey while i'm here in the NT.

na not big enough get a bigger one

ok jeffro, i'll do my best.

Nice bait fish Clinton, what are you going to use it to catch?

NICE WORK
PAT

great stuff Clinton ill look forward to seeing it.

How much do you think the broadhead at the front slows them down by?
It would have to knock em around a bit especially in the gills.

jeffro- doesn't slow it down enough to notice. i'm pushing it out of a 69# bow so there's no problem with penetration.

knock them around it does.

clinton my 62# bob lee punches out the arrows pretty hard I reckon it would go well on the sharks

yep, that's plenty of power.