Shark no match for Con

[island_sands]

Shark no match for Con | Herald Sun


WHEN North Balwyn businessman Con Andrianopoulos, 48, cast off on his first shark fishing voyage last week, he didn't know what to expect.
But he soon found out when he hooked a 228.2kg mako shark, one of the biggest ever caught in Victoria.

"It leapt in the air about four or five metres," Mr Andrianopoulos said. "That's when we started to get a bit scared."

Despite his friend Troy Richards's reservations, the debutant persevered, battling the beast for more than three hours to land the prize.

"I made sure it was really tired, because they can destroy your boat," Mr Andrianopoulos said.

But catching the powerful fish was only half the battle: it was too big for their boat.

"We waved down a boat and the four blokes on board were from the Bass Strait Game Fishing Club," Mr Andrianopoulos said.

"When we got it back they weighed it, and were pretty impressed when it came up 228.2kg."

 

[richiedubya]

Wow! nice job there!

 

[joe123321]

BOOOOOOO!!


Poor sharky

 

[deep thinker]

Wow thats a big one, but Im wondering to myself what would one do with such a fine specimen

 

[island_sands]

I think it's just a c-k extension :vangry

 

[deep thinker]

rofl Maybe hes planning on someday donating both extension and c--k to science rofl

 

[covert]

next time he should give it a fair chance by chumming the hell out of the water and then jumping in wrestling it wit his bare hands ..... well my opinion.

 

[deep thinker]

I doubt the dude has the balls to do that. Hows about we infite him to gansbaai and pop him in a rusty old cage...:martial

 

[hunlee]

how about we just pop him in- minus rusty cage... here in false bay
just off seal island... you know... death alley?
it really hurts to see such beautiful creatures thus treated...

spent a hectic afternoon here in muizenberg the other day, buying a LIVE
1m tiger shark off some teenage boys who were torturing it... just for fun!
ran down to the beach with the poor thing in my arms, and waded into the sea to release it.
the shark survived, thank goodness!
but my phone i had in my back pocket is dead forever... you think nokia will like this true story and give me a new phone?
"shark kills cellphone"

 

[covert]

propably not but ask peta if they will hahahaha lets see if they carei

 

[neil burnie]

It is sad to see such a fish hanging up BUT if he did indeed get it steaked up and eaten it could be that 200 people ate a delicious piece of fish from the top of the marine food chain and did NOT eat some poor factory farmed pig,chicken, or veal calf. I sometimes feel sad looking at a dead Grouper that one of my friends has speared, BUT as long as the population is healthy we can afford to harvest and enjoy them.
That mako may have eaten a few young marlin in it's life so maybe it was his/her turn.....

Bones

 

[Morg]

I really dislike the title of the headline... is it just me or do other people have the same opinion?

"Shark no match for Con" To me this sounds like the guy fought the shark with his hands or speared it. Hooking the shark and fighting him on the line doesn't seem like a 'match' to me.

I am with most of you on this one. I hate seeing sharks killed. The only time I see it necessary to kill a shark is in self defense (if that is an option). Then I would understand having to kill it. Just my 2 cents... take it for what its worth.

 

[island_sands]

My hair stood up when I saw that article :vangry. Shoot for food, not for prize. :rcard

 

[joe123321]

next time he should give it a fair chance by chumming the hell out of the water and then jumping in wrestling it wit his bare hands ..... well my opinion.

Exactly, people think they are tough and macho for catching a shark on a line; ooo yea your so brave sitting on your nice squishy chair in the sun.

I have no problem with killing sharks if you jump in the water and wressle it with your own hands

 

[joe123321]

This sort of thread annoys me for various reasons.


Fourth, a c*ck extension? Why is catching a shark such a bad thing? Yes they are slow growing & harvest should be taken with some ideals of conservation, but that's true about all species. Like Neil said, grouper are also slow growing and people have qualms about shooting those. All reef fish are slow growing compared to fish like dorado. I have encountered many sharks throughout my dives and will probably never shoot one(other than self-defense); however, if someone wishes to take one to eat... I have no qualms about that. That's their personal choice and they're entitled to it.

Shark fin soup ring a bell? over 100 million sharks are killed each year for pretty much nothing. If sharks were not so overfished they would be treated the same as any other fish. The populations are declining rapidly and makos are one of the worst off because apparently they are "fun to battle."

 

[covert]

In accordance with fuzz and his statements, yeah i agree there shouldn’t be fighting between fellow ocean lovers. I was a deep sea fisherman long before i took my first dive. And the thrill of the catch is almost as good as the thrill of spearing. But ..... and here is my reservations. All the fisherman I know that catch for sport or food, would have cut the line the minute they felt it was a shark on the line.

Sharks are strong but not the most exhilarating catch one can make, if your a true sports fisherman you would go after big game fish, that’s not only great fun to catch but also makes for excellent cuisine. (do you really think that guy and his family is going to eat that shark?) Killing a shark for a trophy is utterly ridiculous, and if this guy had any love for the ocean and respect for the creatures it contains. He would have tagged and released the shark. And not just slaughter it for the sake of a good catch and a pic he can take to his buddies and brag about.

And that fuzz is what annoys me about this. I have no quarrels spearing of fishing, but there is no reason to kill a shark since there are much nicer fish to catch, anybody that has ever caught a 90kg Tuna on 50kg break strength line would know what I’m talking about.

 

[ihab]

Exactly, people think they are tough and macho for catching a shark on a line; ooo yea your so brave sitting on your nice squishy chair in the sun.

I have no problem with killing sharks if you jump in the water and wressle it with your own hands

Did you try it before giving advise

 

[joe123321]

Did you try it before giving advise

Nope, if they want to try I dont mindrofl

 

[ihab]

Nope, if they want to try I dont mindrofl

Sol et's wait till you do.....experience is something else....talk is cheap

 

[covert]

what the hell this thread is about killing sharks, and the feelings around that everyone is entitled to their own opinion if you dont like somebody else's opinion then make a note of it but lets not turn this thread into an argument.