Shark hunting

A year ago while we was out wreck fishing
a Porbeagle shark chased a Bullhuss up from
the depths. In the early hours of Monday morning
6 of us set sail from Rhyl harbour on board suveran 2
skippered by Simon parry to try to catch one of these
magnificent sharks.  

We headed to the same wreck as last year 44 miles offshore
and around 3 hours to get there which was broken up
with 2 stops mackerel bashing for bait  



Once we had enough macky we was on our way again  

Kev started playing with his tackle



Once we we're over the wreck we had a couple of drifts over
it for pollock and coalfish for larger Shark baits.





At anchor the Shark baits and rubby dubby went in
as well has big mackerel baits on the bottom for congers , ling
or tope

My shark float went screaming off SHARK ON after an 2hr battle
we had one   we unhooked it in the water and it swam off
to fight another day  

















Only joking I can dream can't I

Kev however did come closest to catching one though this was a FULL Pollock



In the last few hours of the trip the Tope came on the feed

Adam was first to catch one and I think it was his first ever Tope
a cracking 45lber



Dan was next to hook one



Followed by a couple for the silver fox







Even Jim caught a nice one  



And i sort of caught one



Before we knew it was time to go back in    3 hrs back in  
but I did have Kev telling me how brilliant I am all the way back in  



We all had a cracking day catching Mackerel , whiting , pollock , coalfish , ling , tope , dogfish
bullhuss and a gurnard

Thanks lads we had a laugh   and Thanks Si for another great trip

It was a cracking day out was a shame that there were no porgbeagles hooked but there's always next time

Great days fishing lads
Great report and pics

Cracking report & photos Stevo well done chaps & unlucky Kev on the near miss

You had me hooked for a minute there

Great sounding trip even without a porgie though!

Brilliant report I was on the edge of my seat reading it and laughing too

After only deciding to come a couple of hours before the trip, im glad i did now!

It was a great day out and being there to witness the new comedy duo looking to fill the gap left by Barry Chuckles death was one of the highlights!



To you! To me? No to me! You no you!

Twit and tw*t.

Great report stevo . Jealousy’s a horrible thing brother kev ! If you want me to teach you how to catch fish then just let me no

headwyn wrote:

After only deciding to come a couple of hours before the trip, im glad i did now!

It was a great day out and being there to witness the new comedy duo looking to fill the gap left by Barry Chuckles death was one of the highlights!



To you! To me? No to me! You no you!

Twit and tw*t.

It was just like the Chuckle brothers

Great report and a great set of pictures well done all.

You lucky lads,what a great trip.
Sounds like you could have done with more rubby dubby (chum)
Apparently,a constant scent trail brings the sharks in.
I'm no expert,Haha,I just watch Greame Pullen on utube.

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

You lucky lads,what a great trip.
Sounds like you could have done with more rubby dubby (chum)
Apparently,a constant scent trail brings the sharks in.
I'm no expert,Haha,I just watch Greame Pullen on utube.

We had plenty. There was a constant scent from kevs behind all day

simon parry wrote:

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

You lucky lads,what a great trip.
Sounds like you could have done with more rubby dubby (chum)
Apparently,a constant scent trail brings the sharks in.
I'm no expert,Haha,I just watch Greame Pullen on utube.

We had plenty. There was a constant scent from kevs behind all day

Haha,so turning to the East and praying for wind didn't do you any favours

I can think of someone more full of cack than i am

My first shark hunt was in Adelaide in 1961/2.
I got invited by some Aussie mates
We got on board the boat,but there were no fishing rods.
I said,where are the fishing rods?
One of the Aussies pointed to 3 Lee Enfield rifles in the cabin.
They brought an old sheep on board,and put a cable through it,then slashed it to make the blood run out.Then tossed it astern.
They cruised at about 3mph,in no time,the cable twanged like a guitar string,FISH ON.
They put 3 mags of 303 bullets into the sharks,the water boiled,and it started a feeding frenzy.
I thought,not a lot of point in a life jacket,Haha.
The following weekend they asked me if I wanted to have a go at water skiing,
I said,er,no thanks.