Coochin creek

[jeff]

Hey Guys,

Might be a silly question but Im looking to go fishing at Coochin creek, I see on another thread that some guys have caught bull sharks there.

I had a visit to BCF at Virginia and had a chat to the fishing guru there. He advised me o the bait, mullet fillet or live, the rig, metal leader and kick butt hook.

Too the question... Am I kidding myself on the chances on catching a shark there?

Going to try some SP's at the same time for some flatties, so will be making a day of it.

Any comments would be appreciated.

cheers

[Mack_attack]

i've never fished there but you sound like you've got a good chance

I'd do the same.

[fishingnut]

there was a post on here the other day about seeing some small sharks up there

you cant do any worse than I did last friday night up the brissy river 0 sharks lots of catfish and eels for a 13 hour effort!!!

good luck

[jeff]

13 hours fishing... still a good time.

Next silly question, is there size limits when it comes to sharks?

[Mack_attack]

nope no size limit but if you plan to keep one kill it humanely, gut, fin and head it as soon as possible to get rid of most of the ammonia smell. The flesh itself has no smell at all but the guts and skin etc :X

[fishingnut]

any time on the water is better than work or sitting at home thinking about it!!!!!!!

[flatty_catcher]

fishingnut wrote:

there was a post on here the other day about seeing some small sharks up there

you cant do any worse than I did last friday night up the brissy river 0 sharks lots of catfish and eels for a 13 hour effort!!!

good luck

congrats, I can't even stay awake for 13 hours let alone hit he river.

chesrs

[Feral]

If you want to keep them, get in now, new rules come in March, new bag limit of one shark will apply.

[jeff f]

make sure its plastic coated wire or they wont come near it

[ellicat]

There is currently no bag limit that I know of on sharks. With the review they are proposing a bag of 1.

You wont catch a bullshark under the size limit (if there is one).

haven't fished Coochin for sharks, but I'm sure you'd be in with a good chance if you berley enough. Best time's probably going to be late arvo.

[jeff]

Thanks for the tips guys.

I checked out how to gut a shark on youtube... I take it you should do it straight away because of the ammonia, any other tips?

Im talking as tho Im definitely catching one...lol

[Mack_attack]

seems obvious but keep away from the head it will try to bite you

[pcsolutionman]

MAte loads and loads of bullies up in coochin at the moment. the further u get up into the fresh the more there are too

Lee

[Cowfish13]

Mack_attack wrote:

seems obvious but keep away from the head it will try to bite you

And once you cut its head off, the head will still try to bite you:laugh: seriously, for a while it will still be able to bite down. So if you want to preserve the jaws, only start cutting them out after its been dead for a while:ohmy: . But DON'T take the Shark for the jaws only

[Angus]

Mate I reckon you have a great chance.

Let us know how you go!

Angus

[Mak]

at the mouth of coochin u can get trevally

mainly goldens, lots of dusky flathead whiting and bream, long toms can drive u nuts there at times

they like live silver biddies

most common bait fish there is silver biddies by the thousands

banana prawns are very good to use also

for the trevally

not far from the boat ramp (near camp site) there are two small creeks on the left as u heading to the mouth

lots of good bait fish there, hooked up live

u get mainly flathead or the odd jack

at night just there is better

good mullet there also

be heading up there when i get my new tinnie