Fishing for swan river shark
Submitted by tailor marc on Mon, 2007-10-29 09:34
For the last few years i have said i would pull my finger out and try to target the swan river bull shark.
Never got around to it but this summer i home to hae landed one.
The good thing is that if you are targeting bull shark , you could get lucky and hook a mulla :)
So far im thinking fishing between burswood and redcliff usin whole mullet rigged with snelled wire with 2 decent hooks to a running spoon sinker.
Rod is a custom 1 piece 8 wrapp kilwell blank and reel wil be a penn 950ss with 50pound
I do know that the depths of freshwater bay boatshed have seen a boy get killed by shark in 1922
Anyone have any tips on how and where to get em?
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dogsoldier
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around ascot,where they swim
around ascot,where they swim the horses,there have been a few caught in the past
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Careful
If you are going to fish for them, just make sure its not where people will go swimming. Last thing you would want is to be soaking big baits all day long and have someone go swimming after you've left and have a bull shark come through and clean them up.
It could end up a bit like that story on the East Coast where anglers were swimming out baits on their surfboards and catching whites within the swimming areas. Next thing you know shark fishing was banned...
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tailor marc
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Yeah true Adam, i will try
Yeah true Adam, i will try to go to a spot where no-one swims but the bait either whole mullet or whole boney wouldnt be much bigger bait than what gets used for mulla anyway.
I think the s*@t would hit the fan if ya tryed to burlie up hard in these areas but using a fish for bait should be fine
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jangles
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Riverton/Shelley!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
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Dean
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A 950ss, thats quite a small
A 950ss, thats quite a small reel to be tackling a shark with IMO, considering the size they can reach.
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How big do they get?
How big do they get?
sherbert
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But great fun if he hooks 1
A 950ss will slow it down lol
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jangles
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Sharks in the Swan!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
Dean
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grow up to 3.5m and around
grow up to 3.5m and around 250kgs.
good luck on the 950ss if you get a big fella on.
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The 950ss in my opinion will
The 950ss in my opinion will handle it peice of piss. Its stopping them from going into the structure that will be ya down fall on braid tailormarc. Id be using 30lb mono mate but then on that reel you wont get enough line capacity. off the beach you can stop 4 footers with less than 100m of line. If you give em heaps they usally give in pretty quickly but thats only ones around the 4 foot mark im talking about :) Any bigger out of the river expecially around structure like bridge pilons etc will be a senasational effort IMO.:)
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
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also im sure they would hang
also im sure they would hang in the deeper water of blackies and in the warf(e-shed)
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id be trying at the
id be trying at the causeway....seen a few there myself and heard of alot being caught there
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yeah the 950ss and rod will
Just have to put the brakes on hard from the start!!! lol!
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tailor marc
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Might have to bust out the
Might have to bust out the BIG handline with 200pound. I dont really want to be hangin onto that when it does its first run. Iv just been told by someone who has hooked on they are like a mako but in the swan. They go nuts lol
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yep they get pretty big .ive
yep they get pretty big .ive caught quite a few but not with any structure to worry about and not in the swan.
biggest to date was close to 9 ft . caught on a busted arse dawia regal loaded with 50 lb mono .took me about 4 bourbons to get him to shore .he was big .its the first and only time that my mate frizza wouldnt grab the shark by the tail to pull it ashore . we piss farted around trying to tail rope the big slug only to have the line snap at the swivel .good fun though.i reckon your in with a big chance with the 950ss and 50 . give him nothing. IMO
always in it just the depth that varies
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Yeah marc give us a pm when
Yeah marc give us a pm when you want to go down and ill tag along..... :)
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tailor marc
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No worrys Spess. Im thinking
No worrys Spess. Im thinking this friday night :)
Bit busy sat night and sunday night :(
Might even try during the day Sunday morning :)
But friday night is a definate!!
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full report sat morn hey
full report sat morn hey marc?
cheers
sam
Cheers,
Sam
tailor marc
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Will do Sam. I will take
Will do Sam. I will take trusty camera aswell ...oh and the gaff!
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never gaffed a shark .it
good luck.this pic was in boutimes boat .it was not easy reaching over the side to grab this 5 footer by the tail .but gaff him and i reckon all hell would of broken loose . he swam off strong as
always in it just the depth that varies
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Would have to be carefull
Would have to be carefull gaffin it lol
I grabbed a BIG wobbygong that was cruising around reef in rockingham once, the thing swung 180 degries around and just about got me on the hand!!! Wont be doing that again haha
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hmm yeah send me a pm if ya
hmm yeah send me a pm if ya want mate im quite keen to get a shark from the river.. :P
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Not Sure if this right thread
Hi guys
Not sure if this is right thread but it kind of relates to your stroies above....
Ive just joined forum as i was trying to do a little research on what could have taken my bait yesterday, Mainly because i want to try gear up enough to cover myself the next time i went out so i guess i will start from the beginning......
Went out fishing around lunchtime yesterday down to east Fremantle a little spot I have discovered for catch loads of bait fish and some decent sized bream. I took the usual gear with me for such fishing... one 9ft spinning road set up with a lure , another 9ft set up for bait with a variety of baits and on this occasion i brought my 12ft beach rod ( mainly as i was going to try for mulla and it the only biggish road i have here in OZ ATM ) spent first hour or so flick prawn bait and spinning road out managed to catch a few bream, trumpets and one tailor . After i had had my fun with the little ones and time fast approaching later evening i decided to gear up the big rod ... Simple running sinker with gang hook mullie .... no sooner had i tightened down to the bait my reel started screaming ... took at least 100 meters of line in just a few seconds... i tightened the drag down to set the hooks and when the et i nearly left the rocks and entered the water. I fought for about 15 minutes struggling to stop the reel, the fish still taking line slowly then all of a sudden violent tugs then nothing but pressure again... just as i started to reel in some line and claim back some ground one final tug and my line snapped.... Not to be out done i reel in gear up and set bait back out same set up ... 30 minutes later ..bang ... reel was screaming again ....... this time i managed to stop what ever it was but it was still 150 meters from the bank and for about 30 minutes we hit a stalemate.... after i had regain composure and got ready to start reeling back in some line without any warning or violet pull nothing my 25 kg line snapped clean off .
so i guess my questions are, could this have been a bull shark ? , and if it wasnt what the hell could it have been ? im relatively new to fishing in Australia so i dont know characteristics of different fish when they strike but going on evidence of other people accounts im leaning towards some kind of shark ... what do you guys think ?
Any help would be most apprecaited
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Barry