On the morning of 23rd January 2005, I headed down to the pier just after 3am to find two Maori guys asleep (guitars and empty beer bottles nearby) and Ahmad, a Kuwaiti guy fishing. A little before 5am his rod bent over with a large fish. Finally we were able to beach it after "walking" the fish the length of the pier back to the sand and this school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) was landed. As I had helped land this fish I ended up with about 30% of the flesh and it was very nice eating!

In the background is my Penn 750SS reel attached to a Kilwell Beach Baron 12' 2-piece surf caster.

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20050123_0859_10D-28 Ahmad from Kuwait and his School shark at New Brighton Pier

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A very small Spiny Dogfish that took a bait that was meant for his cousin (Spotted Smoothhound/Rig). Returned to
the sea to grow. Coopers Lagoon, Canterbury Bight.

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Returned alive to the sea. Coopers Lagoon, Canterbury Bight.

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Freshly caught at Birdlings Flat, Christchurch. Callorhynchus milii. Very good eating, Caught on fresh pipi/tuatua (shellfish) bait. In some parts of the world this is called an Elephant Shark, and is a relative of the sharks.

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