Botany Bay...

Saltwater Surf / Pier Fishing
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Spent the day fishing the beach at Botany Bay yesterday. Caught 30 or so Whitting we were using for bait ( and took the left over Whitting home to eat ourselves )

Caught enough big Stingrays to wear me, the wife and daughter plum out, and caught four Black Tips. Daughter caught a small Sharpnose, that was bitten in half while she was fighting it, so I cut it up and used it for bait. Ended up catching the 4 Black Tips on it. Also had a few other Sharks on that came off when they leaped out of the water. Guess I need to use something heavier than 80# test for a rub leader.

One of the two my daughter caught on 20# mono…

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Slide the eye of one hook over the barb of another hook (probably gotta use pliers)…like on the rod in the picture. It makes a pretty good shark leader…80lb leader should be ok most of the time.

“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad

Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 20 year old (boy of leisure)
1 - 17 year old (fishing maniac)
1 - wife (The Warden)

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