Discovery - While some big fish were taking turns smashing the bait ball, this Dusky Whaler was lazily swimming into the ball and seemed to be waiting for the fish to swim
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NSW Fishing Monthly March 2017 by Fishing Monthly - Issuu
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Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
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Raya Around the world aboard our Oyster 56
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Queensland Fishing Monthly - December 2015 by Fishing Monthly - Issuu
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The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine Issue #34 by The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine - Issuu
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The Winners in Life's Race
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FishTalk Magazine November 2022 by SpinSheet Publishing Company - Issuu
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Northwest Sportsman Mag July 2019 by Media Index Publishing Group - Issuu
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Sport Fishing - January 2006 - Old Park High Speed Internet Project
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Uncategorized Archives - Endless Forms Most Wonderful: Reflections in Natural History
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FishTalk Magazine November 2022 by SpinSheet Publishing Company - Issuu
Bait ball triggers huge shark feeding frenzy just metres off Red Bluff, Western Australia
A bait ball, or baitball, occurs when small fish swarm in a tightly packed spherical formation about a common centre.[1] It is a last-ditch defensive
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Beale's Natural history of the sperm whale of 1839.
Discovery - While some big fish were taking turns smashing the bait ball, this Dusky Whaler was lazily swimming into the ball and seemed to be waiting for the fish to swim