Be afraid, like alot afraid!! HUGE shark

[Arbythep00nage]

Okay so my brother just sent this to me:
Zambezi shark, hooked 2km up the Breede river. It then towed the boat(which was pretty big) another 2.5km up the river, yes thats 4.5km people keep up!

They then satellite tagged it etc. In the 48 hours after the catch it was only out of the river for 1 hour the rest of the time it spent lurking around there....

Oh and if you were wondering it was 4m and between 550-600KG!!!!

http://www.nautilus.za.net/zambezi.pdf

[Nitty]

Did they tag him & put him back in the ocean, or did they let him die?

[stoke]

I somehow cannot imagine them going to all the hassle of tagging the shark and then letting him die.

Hey ... nice widdle sharkie!

[Arbythep00nage]

Did they tag him & put him back in the ocean, or did they let him die?

Sorry, nitty but im with Stokey on this one!
It was a team of researchers looking for a zambezi to tag, they didnt expect this!

Read my post again and you will see they tracked it for 48 hours after the catch and it was still in the river for 47 of them! :p

I forgot to mention that its the largest recorded catch of a zambezi.

[Ga5can]

We are currently loosing about 100 million sharks per year to the stupid fishing industries and inconsiderate people. It is good to see some people trying to understand these awesome creatures.

But that is not a small shark! That will be one of those that will help you understand why they call a wetsuit a "WETsuit"

[Nitty]

Point taken :o

[Thumponius]

understand why they call a wetsuit a "WETsuit"

Dude, I see that beast face-to-face and it'll be called a solidsuit! That Black Tip I saw in Moz was like a guppy in comparison and that was 2m long.

[Ga5can]

Shamus, when you coming to SA?

i am planning a diving trip to Ponta in Apr/May .. if you are coming close to that time we can move it by a few weeks to include you? Maybe we can see some sharks ...

[Thumponius]

Looks like June. Waiting for final dates from the kids' exams.

[senorblinky]

I shamus can come to SA for 'n braai, then Voicy and Stinker and RB can come play up here, and i will show them my awesome treehouse and barbie collection. Speaking of which, the same goes for askari and slapper.

[Voicy]

I'm sad that I missed out on the previous Mozambique tour with the geeks.

We're all busy training for the surfers/swim/cycle race/triathlon again like we did last year (anyone remember the speedophiles pic? :psycho: )

But after that I'm keen to do my open water course.

[stoke]

Well voiceeb, go and do the course and come diving with us after the course. You'll be wasting some really awesome diving time on learnin really boring, but necessary stuff.

PM me your snail mail address and i'll send you [-]saint's[/-]my PADI diving course book so you can see what you'll be wasting your time on.

[Voicy]

Well voiceeb, go and do the course and come diving with us after the course. You'll be wasting some really awesome diving time on learnin really boring, but necessary stuff.

PM me your snail mail address and i'll send you [-]saint's[/-]my PADI diving course book so you can see what you'll be wasting your time on.

*lol*

Thanks [-]Sainty[/-] Stokey :p

I have a mate here who offers the PADI diving courses @ R1.5k so it's not too horribly bad. He regularly takes okes out to a dive spot called 3-sisters to lurk with raggies.

[Hoss]

I heard the spear fishing there at 3 sisters is the awesome

[Voicy]

I heard the spear fishing there at 3 sisters is the awesome

There's a girl in our office whose dad went spearfishing near there a couple of years back and got *nom nom nom*'d by a great white.

[Arbythep00nage]

I shamus can come to SA for 'n braai, then Voicy and Stinker and RB can come play up here, and i will show them my awesome treehouse and barbie collection. Speaking of which, the same goes for askari and slapper.

Wooo treehouse! I can like wear camo paint and try to catch birds from there.
Stinky and voicy will be well pleased with your barbie collection as they love dolls.

[stinkthumb]

Wooo treehouse! I can like wear camo paint and try to catch birds from there.
Stinky and voicy will be well pleased with your barbie collection as they love dolls.

Hey hey, I don't play WOW so don't come with that doll nonsense to me :D Just kidding folks, I know I can't judge all WOW players by Voiceh and the fact that he wears a purple scarf to "get in character" when online with WOW.

Here's an article kinda related to the shark story even if it's just the fact that the fish dragged something around. In this case a spear fisherman speared a 200+kg marlin... heh.

Marlin Story (http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24978599-5013605,00.html)

[stinkthumb]

I shamus can come to SA for 'n braai, then Voicy and Stinker and RB can come play up here, and i will show them my awesome treehouse and barbie collection. Speaking of which, the same goes for askari and slapper.

Oooh, n braai! Ek's daar! But you can keep your barbie collection. I only play with Hannah Montana :D

[Arbythep00nage]

I heard the spear fishing there at 3 sisters is the awesome

Dude, you must smell bad underwater or something because everytime you come down here you leave without fish :D
There are lots of gebe's there that lurk and in their fatness.

[stoke]

What a freakin retard, why on earth didn't they just let the marlin go?

[Arbythep00nage]

lol smacktard. He wouldnt have been so hard if he didnt have a boat following him!

[stinkthumb]

What a freakin retard, why on earth didn't they just let the marlin go?

My thoughts as well. Not like its good eating and they're really beautiful creatures. I mean, he had the photo and the story to tell.

[GeroW4lll]

"He said he'll have the head mounted and the rest chopped up to be smoked." EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW fish flavoured cigarettes must be the world's least pleasant and dam - 230kg is a lot of joint.

[stoke]

"He said he'll have the head mounted and the rest chopped up to be smoked." EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW fish flavoured cigarettes must be the world's least pleasant and dam - 230kg is a lot of joint.Yea well, there's no accounting for taste.

[Hoss]

Dude, you must smell bad underwater or something because everytime you come down here you leave without fish :D

Not true, shot a nice spotted grunter the last time (cooked it, ate it), and lost a garrick because of a poor stomach shot. I will admit its my first legal size fish but its a sign of things to come. Me mates (britneyboy) mate has a boat that they go out on now, so I'll be getting much fishes in the future.

That and someone will take me to bats cave to jump off a rock next time or else :mad:

[Arbythep00nage]

Hossie you must come down here sometime oke we will throw stink off the ledge at bats cave!
Nice to know you are getting fish, normally(when we actually know you are in EL) you talk about bad vis and seeing nothing.


stinky, have you lads ever tasted marlin or sailfish? They are freaking awesome! very strange texture and flavour for fish but absoutely fantastic eating.
I disagree with people catching marlin and keeping them but when you spear a fish you arent exactly looking to put it back afterwards!

[stoke]

Spoze it depends on the damage caused by the spear.

[SintaxErr]

http://www.spearfishingsa.co.za/shark/whites-no1.htm

[stoke]

Nice story ... I love the suddenly tire part.

[senorblinky]

I think it would be interesting to give the sharks spear guns too, and have them shoot back..
Remember, i said spear guns, not thumbs :D

[Voicy]

I think it would be interesting to give the sharks spear guns too, and have them shoot back..
Remember, i said spear guns, not thumbs :D

At least it's not sharks with LAZER beams attached to their friggen heads!

http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sharks_with_laser_beams-w72pgv-d.jpg

[Nitty]

Don't you like Dr Evol?

[Drusky]

What a freakin retard, why on earth didn't they just let the marlin go?

Once you've shot it you're in for the run. You could let it go off to die I s'pose... cruel bugger.