Kooka Park sharking

[dan25]

Hey guys

Thinking of heading down to kooka park sometime over the next weekend or two, to try again for my first bull shark.

Anyone had any luck down that area lately?

any advice would be awesome.

Thanks

Dan

[Feral]

No not been there since last year, but its certainly the right time of year to get a bully or thready there. Nice fishing platform now, as well as lots of bank to fish along.

[Davo_Dinkum]

haven't been out there for a while .

i think jeff has been out there recently.

[fishingnut]

dan25 wrote:

Hey guys

Thinking of heading down to kooka park sometime over the next weekend or two, to try again for my first bull shark.

Anyone had any luck down that area lately?

any advice would be awesome.

Thanks

Dan

hey mate use some live bait! mullet,bream,catfish anything

[Malcolm]

www.australianfishing.com.au/tacklebox/helpful-articles/255-light-tackle-shark-fishing

check this out Dan

[Dasa05]

Hay Dan if ya want give me a shout when yo are heading out Got a little fiberglass with 15 if ya don't wana bank it went down with Jeff f few weeks ago few bites no hook ups keen to get a few more bullys under the belt

I will pm my number

cheers

[wesfish]

there should be some lil pups popping out by now , it is around the right time to the start of the sharks out there, they are all ways there but as december comes around they increase in numbers ten fold lol its a pity so do the ski and wake board lice lol as all ready said live bait is best! have you moved to ippy yet?

[natang]

Used to find the run out tide the best there mate. Helps stop the bait from washing into the shore.

[dan25]

thanks guys, think i might head sometime over the next few weeks to give it ago.

Moving in 3 weeks Wes.

[Feral]

How goes the Yak hunting Dan? Angus has done a bit if shark fishing at Kooka a few years ago.

[efc]

got 6 sharks on 6 mullet last friday near the boat ramp while fishing for threadies.

spent 3 hours getting bait and was all out within 1 hour

has anyone had luck with muddies in that section of the river?

[ryanyoung]

efc wrote:

got 6 sharks on 6 mullet last friday near the boat ramp while fishing for threadies.

spent 3 hours getting bait and was all out within 1 hour

has anyone had luck with muddies in that section of the river?

That's awesome, I will definately have to get up there soonish!

[jeff f]

the place has plenty of muddies all undersized

[efc]

hey dan when you move out to ippy give me a yell and we will organise a shark session

[dan25]

efc wrote:

hey dan when you move out to ippy give me a yell and we will organise a shark session

sounds good mate, i havent had the chance to head out that way the last few weekends and it seems like not going to be able to go tomorow either because of the distance.

When i move to ippy in 3 weeks i'll let you know, ill hopefully have my boat around christmas time aswell so should be good

[Davo_Dinkum]

that be good dan once u are here let me know .

always out always lookin for a decky.

[dattofan]

efc wrote:

got 6 sharks on 6 mullet last friday near the boat ramp while fishing for threadies.

spent 3 hours getting bait and was all out within 1 hour

has anyone had luck with muddies in that section of the river?

Excellent news to hear, ive read that you can catch some good thredies up that way,dont mean to hi-jack your thread dan25,ive only just recently moved down to One Mile not far from kookabura park(15 mins)Id love to go for a threadie ,they look like a nice fighting fish on light tackle.

To look at the water up that way i would'nt of guessed ,glad i found AFO.Hope you get some good bullies.

Alan.

[HookedOnTackle]

i would have thought a few bull sharks would scare away the sea lice... how well do bull sharks handle sitting in the water while hooked? let em run toward the ski lice, see how long they hang around!

[dattofan]

HookedOnTackle wrote:

i would have thought a few bull sharks would scare away the sea lice... how well do bull sharks handle sitting in the water while hooked? let em run toward the ski lice, see how long they hang around!

The bull sharks have got a bit of a bad rep ,if i was a sea lice i dont think i'd want to be a spaz and do something silly and fall off in the water and dangle my feet in the water for too long,you could let one go on the run till a sea lice came your way then reel it in to their path.

[dattofan]

All jokes aside about sea lice,could i catch a bullie on a 40lb braid with a wire trace and lots of use of my drag ,ive never had a bullie only kind of shark i've caught before is a 2 foot wobbegong in the derwent river down hobart?

[Dasa05]

Dattofan Iv'e landed a 5ft bullie on Mojiko 30lb braid no worries afer a nice fight it surface next to the boat although this was at west end the bullies in the Kooka area are generaly smaller but this time of year there are a few mumma's lurking around Good luck but 40lb will deffinety be enough

[mick fillet]

dattofan 40lb is plenty maybe even consider lighter 20lb even 15lb we have boated many sharks at kooka using 8lb. 15lb line still has the strength to cast out a good size live bait and you dont need to use that much drag let em run its half the fun.

[dattofan]

Dasa05 wrote:

Dattofan Iv'e landed a 5ft bullie on Mojiko 30lb braid no worries afer a nice fight it surface next to the boat although this was at west end the bullies in the Kooka area are generaly smaller but this time of year there are a few mumma's lurking around Good luck but 40lb will deffinety be enough

Hiya Dasa05 ,thats good to hear you got a good size speciemen ,id be on cloud nine to get something that size(i think id crap my pants) thanks for the info

Alan.

[dattofan]

mick fillet wrote:

dattofan 40lb is plenty maybe even consider lighter 20lb even 15lb we have boated many sharks at kooka using 8lb. 15lb line still has the strength to cast out a good size live bait and you dont need to use that much drag let em run its half the fun.

Hi mick fillet ive got a penn 2000 with 20 lb braid with a penn 6ft rod, im land based at the moment,can you buy live bait or do you have to catch it your self,i mostly do fishing with bait.Yeah working the drag is a lot of fun :cheer:

[natang]

Dattofan if you are going to Kooka Park head to the junction on the way use a cast net there you will get live mullet throw them in a bucket and head straight to Kooka.

[dattofan]

natang wrote:

Dattofan if you are going to Kooka Park head to the junction on the way use a cast net there you will get live mullet throw them in a bucket and head straight to Kooka.

Thanks natang for that,i have to go and get a heap of gear on saturday so i will check them out,I watched you tube and seen how they give a video on how to use them ,so if i get one i think i will have to do plenty of practice throws to get the hang of it looks a bit of an art to me.cheers.

Alan

[Gad]

natang wrote:

Dattofan if you are going to Kooka Park head to the junction on the way use a cast net there you will get live mullet throw them in a bucket and head straight to Kooka.

bullies can be caught at the junction too.just like the lower,they are right through the upper river system.

I heard recently that a mate has seen some 2.5m+ ones between the junction and kooka park last week...??

as mick-fillet said 15-20lb is all you need,unless skulldragging/win at all cost is the aim.

cheers Gad

[werewolf]

Yeah you can easily handle the average kooka/junction shark on 15 lb. I use 15 lb because of the baits / sinkers I use.

8 lb would be more fun!

[wesfish]

4lb - 6lb is great fun!