Swan river bulls
Submitted by mulloway_hunter on Thu, 2016-07-14 20:10
Hey i was looking for some info on bull sharks out the swan. Iv done abit of research and havent found too mutch about them there pretty elusive. iv caught a small one and a sand bar out the river but was looking to see if anyone knew anything about 2m + specimens that lurk around in the rivers around spring when they spawn in the rivers.
Was even looking to see if anyone wanted to flick a few pm's to talk about where they might hang out or even team up and do a few sessions in the river and see if we could hook up on one.
Anyone with info or could point me in the right direction thanks in advance
dano83
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Used to fish a lot for them
Used to fish a lot for them a few years ago a lot of all nighters maylands Garvey park and sandy beach in bassendean is good places to start. Live bait works best
rob90
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Bang on!
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rob90
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When the weather starts
When the weather starts warming up they start to fire up. Slow trolled livies on the yaks is easiest way if you cant get hold of a yak, Very lightly weighted livies with enough leader for them to move off the bottom freely. Try very heavy mono rather than wire with a circle hook for corner jaw hook up away from the teeth. Through summer there are alot of them from maylands to past guldford. Smelly bastards they are! Good luck.
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GGs
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Yak
Who the F... trolls for bull sharks in a yak???
You sir have balls of steel.
rob90
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Haha me and my cousin
Haha me and my cousin (sammythesalmon) went out a few times last summer ( report in river forum as river monsters) and we'll definately be doing it again this year. They are awsome to catch off a yak! You hold on and get towed around while you watch em jump and thrash around. Then when they are done you tow them to a bank get some snaps watch em swim off and do it all again. Gets the blood flowing. They are too busy eating the ducks and mullet to worry bout a few pissed guys on kayaks.
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Ben Derecki
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Have you tried eating them
Have you tried eating them Rob? I've read a bit about the guys targeting the small bulls in the Brisbane River and they seem quite well rated.
carnarvonite
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Quality eating
Have tried them on more than a few occasions and found them to be not too bad, not as good as bronzie or big wobby but better than a lot of others
Ben Derecki
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thanks carnarvonite
chris raff
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Dunno about Bullsharks but
Dunno about Bullsharks but someone reported seeing a GW around Nedlands last week hmmn
there's also a video link of a little sandbar swimming around the Perth yacht club ..
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/man-reports-25m-white-shark-in-swan-river-at-nedlands/news-story/5f593a583eb3ccb6a3534b79be67cf22
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mulloway_hunter
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Cheer boy this is the info
Cheer boy this is the info i was looking for. Does anyone know how fr the big girl go up riverto give birth?
rob90
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Caught up with a uwa bull
Caught up with a uwa bull shark researcher few months back and he said that up north bull sharks are known to live in fresh water knee deep pools. So id say they would travel as far up as they can. A 2m+ was caught around lilac hill last year. Anywhere with a deep gutter and shallow flats for them to feed off at night will hold the big girls.
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Sammy the Salmon
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Keen for a 2m yak caught
Keen for a 2m yak caught bully this coming season!!!
I wonder how much much more weight they pack on from the 1.57m one we got last year to a 2 metre one??
I'm Big Kev excited!!
Sammy the Salmon
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Get your hands on a fishing
Get your hands on a fishing Kayak and you're more than welcome to join in the fun come spring/summer
mulloway_hunter
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Yea man iv got a normal kyak
Yea man iv got a normal kyak i use to paddle baits out off the beach. Any way i could attach a rod holer.
Nice bull man thats sometime id wanna get out the river
Sammy the Salmon
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I'll be honest, if you didnt
I'll be honest, if you didnt have a peddle yak, with a hand controlled rudder to steer etc, would make things a whole lot more difficult on the river to land a fish of that size.
Not impossible, just a new level of difficult!
mulloway_hunter
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Haha some next level shit
Haha some next level shit eh haha ill just stick to paddkling bait out then eh. What a decent yak worth?
Travis p
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they are around
there is a place just before the causeway called the department of water there is three jettys there the big one is closed off but fish from either one next to it and it lets u cast into some deep water i have caught two bullsharks from there both around 11pm at night dunno what tides moon etc i just used a simple runnign sinker rig with two snelled hooks on 60lb flurocarbon i have only gotten one onto land the other bit threw the leader as i got him near the jetty so i guess you could use a wire trace hope this helps great bream fishing around there aswell to keep you entertained
wont catch em sitting at home!
Travis p
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they are around
there is a place just before the causeway called the department of water there is three jettys there the big one is closed off but fish from either one next to it and it lets u cast into some deep water i have caught two bullsharks from there both around 11pm at night dunno what tides moon etc i just used a simple runnign sinker rig with two snelled hooks on 60lb flurocarbon i have only gotten one onto land the other bit threw the leader as i got him near the jetty so i guess you could use a wire trace hope this helps great bream fishing around there aswell to keep you entertained
wont catch em sitting at home!
bulkie
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Can't seem to find the
Can't seem to find the jetties on google earth. I only see one big platform before the causeway.
mulloway_hunter
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So anyone been getting any
So anyone been getting any bulls as of late ?
rob90
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There is a bloke who goes
There is a bloke who goes mulla fishing flat out and he cant get away from them he says. Apparently caught a little one the other night that got smashed by a bigger one on the way in. I might head out this week one night for a try.
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sea-kem
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Is that Shane?
Is that Shane?
Love the West!
grantarctic1
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All the crew
All the crew have been getting bitten off over this month.
Some have had to move spots cause they cant keep baits out for the croakers.
They land the occasional one or 2 on circle hooks, but say if you use wire to target them you will have little success.
As usual its hard to get any real info about locations and even between themselves you will get misinformation , lol
PM sent Andy ,
rob90
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Think it was ingo. I heard
Think it was ingo. I heard from someone else. Those boys are all gun swan mulla gurus.
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Jackfrost80
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I was trolling the rock wall
I was trolling the rock wall next to the Ascot race course last year which is a big sandy flat and my electric motor bumped into something almost sending me into the water. I've trolled that same area numerous times since then and never hit anything again and am convinced I hit a bull shark.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
mulloway_hunter
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Yea shanes bin gettin bitten
Yea shanes bin gettin bitten off heaps and got smoked a few times by bigger models
bulkie
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Seems elusive the bigger
Seems elusive the bigger ones.
mulloway_hunter
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Yea but this year hopefully 1
Yea but this year hopefully 1 get one its just time and effort and a 50w lol
bulkie
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I've got my 30w all spooled
I've got my 30w all spooled up and ready to go lol.
rob90
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I'll be out huntin them on
I'll be out huntin them on the yak tomorrow night.
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Travis p
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FEW PLACES
GARRAT ROAD BRIDGE MAYLANDS YACHT CLUB JETTY DEPARTMENT OF WATER THE JETTY OUTFROUNT FEW PLACES THAT PRODUCE BULLYS LIVE BONY HERRING TRUMPETER OR MULLET FILLETS ALL DO THE TRICK 200LB LEADER NO WIRE SMALLEST SINKER POSSIBLE ONLY ENOUGHT TO HOLD BOTTOM GOOD LUCK
wont catch em sitting at home!
mulloway_hunter
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Sweet cheers for the info
Sweet cheers for the info man have u ever gotten them on single strand?