Kirribilli bull sharks (9news)

[Restyle]

https://www.9news.com.au/national/bull-sharks-swimming-in-sydney-harbour-fishermen-filmed-interaction/c812c51e-667a-4ae7-9433-e3fcfb128c9c 
and yet i cant hook up on one haha

[kingie chaser]

I find it funny that they seem surprised 😳

I'd be pretty confident you would find them in the further reaches of Parra River & the George's

[Maxl]

2 hours ago, Restyle said:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/bull-sharks-swimming-in-sydney-harbour-fishermen-filmed-interaction/c812c51e-667a-4ae7-9433-e3fcfb128c9c 
and yet i cant hook up on one haha

Was there on my boat when they hooked it, there had been some massive salmon bustups in that spot earlier so Im Guessing the bull sharks got attracted to it, however the news loves to blow things out of proportion, I’m sure there is a bunch of sharks hanging around beneath schools of salmon, kings and tailor all the time, we just don’t see them. So if you want to hook a shark go for the bustups and chuck a big livie under it.

[Restyle]

33 minutes ago, motiondave said:

I can take you out in the boat to catch bronzes easy, only about one metre long though...

bronzies are boring compared to a 3 meter bull ahaha
plenty of them about along just about every beach

[masterfisho7]

11 hours ago, motiondave said:

Your point?

Nothing new about that, just the news blowout a story...

 

Have to agree with Dave they look for food

[Mike Sydney]

Probably hunting for @GoldenHourFishing , who’s been attracting all the bulls lately !

[Yowie]

15 hours ago, kingie chaser said:

I'd be pretty confident you would find them in the further reaches of Parra River & the George's

and the Hacking, up as far as Audley weir where people swim.

[Pickles]

With the warm water they are fairly common in the harbour. Last week the temp got to 27 degrees - and outside it was marginally over 24.

Last year I hooked several - even managed to get one to the side of the boat  (lip hooked on a Mustad Hoodlum 8/0 hook - most would have straighten, but not the hoodlums)- one hellava fight and u forgettable long runs. When I looked back on the sounder the pattern looked like something from a kindergarten kids self portrait. 

[bessell1955]

I have seen them in the Upper Hawkesbury and they have been caught t Sackville and Windsor.

[GoldenHourFishing]

6 hours ago, Mike Sydney said:

Probably hunting for @GoldenHourFishing , who’s been attracting all the bulls lately !

As long as Im not on the yak again I don't mind lol. Curious to know what gear I would need to target them on the kayak though? (Bait, type of wire trace etc)

 

I don't anchor my kayak so keeping the bait in one spot for then may be tricky. Ill give it a go if anyone has some tips for me?

[kingie chaser]

4 hours ago, Yowie said:

and the Hacking, up as far as Audley weir where people swim.

Absolutely.

I watched a show one day where they were over 100km up the Brisbane river & catching nearly 1mtr juvenile bull sharks for research.

Well into fresh water which is what they are known for!

The only shark that can survive in the fresh which makes it the most dangerous shark imo for that reason.............no one expects a shark to be there!

Edited January 21, 2022 by kingie chaser

[Restyle]

7 hours ago, Pickles said:

With the warm water they are fairly common in the harbour. Last week the temp got to 27 degrees - and outside it was marginally over 24.

Last year I hooked several - even managed to get one to the side of the boat  (lip hooked on a Mustad Hoodlum 8/0 hook - most would have straighten, but not the hoodlums)- one hellava fight and u forgettable long runs. When I looked back on the sounder the pattern looked like something from a kindergarten kids self portrait. 

I saw one on my sounder a few weeks back while jewie fishing on the geroges at night and the shape did resemble a shark haha

[Restyle]

7 hours ago, Pickles said:

With the warm water they are fairly common in the harbour. Last week the temp got to 27 degrees - and outside it was marginally over 24.

Last year I hooked several - even managed to get one to the side of the boat  (lip hooked on a Mustad Hoodlum 8/0 hook - most would have straighten, but not the hoodlums)- one hellava fight and u forgettable long runs. When I looked back on the sounder the pattern looked like something from a kindergarten kids self portrait. 

was 27 in the Georges too a couple days ago. id be keen to hook up on one though 

[slothparade]

4 hours ago, GoldenHourFishing said:

As long as Im not on the yak again I don't mind lol. Curious to know what gear I would need to target them on the kayak though? (Bait, type of wire trace etc)

 

I don't anchor my kayak so keeping the bait in one spot for then may be tricky. Ill give it a go if anyone has some tips for me?

I wouldn't 

[slothparade]

Not long ago some guys pulled out 5 bull sharks from the 5 to 8ft mark in berowera waters just off the boat ramp warf

[Dan1979]

Very very common. Especially after that Navy Diver got attached several years ago in Rose Bay. I have a mate that told me some interesting stories after this attacked and the DPI started tagging them. On their first few tagging outings, they were severly undergunned with hooks being bend, reels breaking under pressure, and line breakages.

 

I was a North Head years ago when a member of this forum had a big Bull shark grab his kingy boat side, it was a big bull as it dragged his boat off anchor for a couple hundred metres before he was bitten off.

 

Dan