Fishing the Swan
Hey guys went up too Garvey park today with my cousin to catch a few bream. Got there around 6am and began to fish. Got a lot of small bream and a lot of big yellowtail grunter earlier on but then we had a bit of a dry spell so we decide to move long the river a bit to a few more snags.So I was sitting there holding my 3-5kg rovex air strike rod and then all of a sudden it doubled over and my reel started to scream. I instantly thought BIG BREAM! I fought the fish up and down the bank for about 2 minutes then started to worry when it started heading towards some big snags along the bank. I got a bit of line back on him when he ran me into the snag unsure emoticon (fantastic I thought) I tried to get it out but with no success it snapped me off. I tried and tried to get him to bite again but had no luck. About 1 hour or so later my bigger Rod with a live trumpeter on it which I put out hoping to get a mullaway got tight and started to loose a bit of line very slowly. I pick it up and striked and then what ever it was took off like a rocket for about a 15-20 metre run then bit straight through my 80lb leader. Then I got thinking would this have been a bullshark that far up river I don't know. But all in all it was a great days fishing and also great to get out of the house just before school starts again.
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NightWolf
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they have been sighted up
they have been sighted up there bullsharks that is
what sort of rig where you using running sinker and what hook or hooks
dano83
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Yeah mate would be a bull
Yeah mate would be a bull shark, plenty up that way. spent years and many nights fishing for them with my old man up that way.
garvey park would be one of the places got the most action.
go some prety heavy duty trace and you should get one. but they are prety few and far between.
Live bait is the best way with running sinker and a light drag.
have caught em all the way up to fish market reserve biggest We have caught is 2m dunno if they get much bigger
not many people believed us that Sharks were even in the river. until I showed em photos
p.s if you use wire trace you will greatly reduce chance of a mulloway, so if you want a chane of both chuck out a rod with leader. And one with trace. Murphys law will then come into place and bull shark will take the bait with no trace
NightWolf
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bullies grow up to 4 meters
bullies grow up to 4 meters wouldnt want to meet one that big though
Boyd Rogers
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The rig
the rig I was using was a live trumpeter on a snell with no sinker
Boyd Rogers
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The rig
the rig I was using was a live trumpeter on a snell with no sinker
chrisd
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I've had the same experiences
I've had the same experiences and a perfect half circle cut through one of my baits. Bull shark alright.
grantarctic1
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Quite a few
Quite a few in that area, but Mulloway can pass along that stretch of river and they tend to bust you off too.
tassy
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We used to long line for
We used to long line for sharks on trawler in off season an I have personally seen a bull bite through inch thick tiger rope. 80 lb trace won't stop em.
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