sharkin.

[owner]

hello team, hope ive come to the right place, im a keen shark hunter after some tips in local brisbane river waters, i like not much more than catching a good shark and cutting the teeth out for display but try to utilize the animal as best i can. some other countries are less backward than australia so keen great white hunters still have good hunting grounds.

paul [img size=430]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sharkeeth.jpg

[ellicat]

You might get some tips on river bullies. There's an article about it in the hints and tips section.

Like most places these days, I don't think you will have much luck with people supporting your penchant for trophy hunting though.

[brisbane_boy]

thats one nice lookin trophy there owner, i saw a DVD that was in yesterdays paper bout great white. wat sorta equipement do ya need to land fish like that wat sorta bait ect..???

[fishyman]

how do you use up the rest of the catch?

[Angus]

Where was this caught? Is that you in the picture?

[pinkey]

welcome to the site, horse shark mate. Find anything interesting in its belly?

[owner]

thats not one of my sharks, im not taking the credit or anythin but its my goal to get amongst ones like that, i have caught a 13ft tiger with a setline though in the gulf.

you would need a large bait like a stingray and a drum with some 2ml cable and anchor brisbaneboy.

[Angus]

You can target Tigers and Whalers etc.

But you know you cant go for Whites in Aus? I know you referenced in the original post but I was unsure if you meant you could or could not target whites...

Angus

[brisbane_boy]

i heard this one great white they taged in flase bay in south africa and it traveled from there to the west coast of australia and bak to south africa in under 9months real fascinating creaturesm hope they come out of indangered species one day.

[owner]

in australianwaters most likely you could catch whites if you got a permit, i think vic hislop got a permit for several for scientific research. i think its easier to just do international travel and pay to catch them legally for now but it would be great to see brisbane back on the map like it once was.

[fishyman]

i dont think you would be allowed to catch whites here in aus as angus said yo could catch tigers etc etc.

but i still want to know how you put the rest of the shark to use? it would be a real shame if only the jaws were taken

[owner]

shoulda said adults only on my thread, lets keep this on topic fishyman.

haveyou got experience in local waters?

[kevinchen19870316]

make sure u push the remainings back into the water so it will at least feed some fish if it didn't feed any ppl.

[fishyman]

im asking a fairly straight foward question mate.

only on small bullsharks

[Malcolm]

fishyman wrote:

i dont think you would be allowed to catch whites here in aus as angus said yo could catch tigers etc etc.

but i still want to know how you put the rest of the shark to use? it would be a real shame if only the jaws were taken

Sounds like a fair question to me as it was mentioned in your original post.

There is no adults only threads here as a few members are young but not stupid.

Mal

[owner]

Yeh ok then mate, firstly we skin the shark and dry it all and its used as sandpaper or kneepads, i have even used it to sow up holes in a bag. then the fins are cutoff and cooked in a chinese restaurant and made into shark fin soup. the body is given to pro crabbers.

[Dan23]

Not having a go at you, each to their own, but these days a lot of people would consider taking a photo boatside to be enough of a trophy. What's the motivation to want to kill them?

Once again not having a go, just wondering.

[owner]

the teeth dont mount well in a picture mate, besides ive never liked sharks alive saw vic hislops show as a child and it scarred me for life, the only good shark is a dead shark but i will use them to the best of my ability.

[fishyman]

owner wrote:

Yeh ok then mate, firstly we skin the shark and dry it all and its used as sandpaper or kneepads, i have even used it to sow up holes in a bag. then the fins are cutoff and cooked in a chinese restaurant and made into shark fin soup. the body is given to pro crabbers.

fair enough mate.

guess im just a greeny fisho

[Tiagra 80W]

Hi guys,

The shark in the pic was accidentally caught off New Zealand in fishing nets. Its length was in excess of 5 metres. It was found dead in the net so hence why the jaws were taken. Fish this size are usually donated to research facilities who genuinely appreciate the opportunity to examine and further understand fish of this magnitude, very rarely ever encountered by the average person.

Owner, I'm not sure where you are going with your discussion here mate but if you think you're gonna achieve fish like that in the Brisbane river, then you had better double check your information source on river sharks. You might encounter fish of this calibre offshore but you'll need a hell of a lot more than 2mm wire and a drum line to secure it!

As for making knee pads & the like, I'm sure there are stores that will supply you with that equipment at a fraction of the time, energy and cost it would take you to catch a decent whaler or tiger.

The old chestnut that 'the only good shark is a dead shark' is outdated too mate; I don't think you'll find too many people supporting that belief system on this site!

James

[fishyman]

owner wrote:

the teeth dont mount well in a picture mate, besides ive never liked sharks alive saw vic hislops show as a child and it scarred me for life, the only good shark is a dead shark but i will use them to the best of my ability.

thats totally un true man.

i just watched a program the other night and more people get injured ironing shirts than buy sharks each year lol

im not saying a shark isnt dangerous but saying they are better dead than alive is just not true they play a vital role in the under water ecosystem and shouldnt be given a bad name. most attacks come from when people have either been in the wrong spot or the shark has mistaken them for something else.

im not by any means having a go at you mate but thats just my opinion.

[fishyman]

Tiagra 80W wrote:

Hi guys,

The shark in the pic was accidentally caught off New Zealand in fishing nets. Its length was in excess of 5 metres. It was found dead in the net so hence why the jaws were taken. Fish this size are usually donated to research facilities who genuinely appreciate the opportunity to examine and further understand fish of this magnitude, very rarely ever encountered by the average person.

Cheers,

James

thanks for clearing that up mate!

much appreciated

[kriso]

i reckon he done a good job with the knife

[fishyman]

imagine how blunt it would be now lol if small bully's are anythign to go by there wouldnt be an edge left lol

[pinkey]

What would the ecosystem be like without sharks? Arnt they pretty much on the top of the food chain? if all sharks were to be wiped out wouldnt there just be heaps more fish.. and whatever they feed on. Just wondering, not saying we should all go out and kill the sharks for better fish stocks. ?

[brisbane_boy]

got a good point there pinkey. probly cost a few knives to get the jaws tom..

[Dan23]

Actually Pinkey, from what i understand, sharks improve numbers of fish stocks. They take the weak, sick and injured out of the gene pool and leave the strongest to be the breeders and help prevent diseases from spreading etc.

Back on the subject, I reckon if you're keen for some shark action then targeting Bull sharks in the Brisbane river, especially around the mouth would be the best bet. They are very very plentiful and they get pretty big. A member here got one around 3 Meters in last year's Classic.

[pinkey]

im sure kevin could always take their place

[kevinchen19870316]

lol, i would only select the healthy ones to eat though. i am the one who destroy the eocsystem when sharks keep it healthy

[tomca]

I been to vic hislops show too, but it didn't scar me....the news every night does a better job of that, and I don't feel the urge to kill the scumbags from seeing the news either. Just my two cents worth.

[Angus]

pinkey wrote:

What would the ecosystem be like without sharks? Arnt they pretty much on the top of the food chain? if all sharks were to be wiped out wouldnt there just be heaps more fish.. and whatever they feed on. Just wondering, not saying we should all go out and kill the sharks for better fish stocks. ?

Pinkey i think youll also find with Great Whites the seal and penguin populations would rise. If the seal and penguin populations rose than the fish populations would actually decline

Angus

[Dan23]

hadn't thought of that Angus but good point.

[ellicat]

With the new bag limit of one shark we might also see the dugong population decline too.

Angus, If the the seal and penguin populations rose wouldn't the shark population then rise with the extra food availabilty:P

Hahaha - it's a hard circle to figure:laugh: :laugh:

[Woodlaz]

Yeah i think the big sharks shouldnt be killed for anything (same as whales we have been hearing about lately) regardless if its for research or not. I got a 8-8.5foot shovel nose a couple of years ago, pulled it up on the bank (with some assistance)and got some photos with it. Others wanted more photos, but i felt bad thinking we may kill this just for a photo. However i did punch it in the guts tho cause it smashed me off my feet and made me fall into those hard little mangrove stumps. I could not kill this huge friggin thing that would be old as and deserves its place in the waters. It was cruel to bring it up on the sand but we pushed her back in and a couple minutes later it was gone. It made me feel good.

Cheers

Woody

P.S. Id rather be held captive and let go then be held captive and not let go

[owner]

shovelnose stingrays are bait mate, can we keep this about the man eating sharks. dont be shy team i know a few of you have caught the beast.

paul

[Woodlaz]

Maybe you should to move to perth or somewhere in WA, i hear theres many man eaters over there. Havent heard much about brisbane man eaters since old vic hislop sharked in the bay. Im sure theres been a few but ill be extremely surprised if u manage to get a photo with ur own one from brisbane waters

[geebz]

owner wrote:

the teeth dont mount well in a picture mate, besides ive never liked sharks alive saw vic hislops show as a child and it scarred me for life, the only good shark is a dead shark but i will use them to the best of my ability.

Karma is a funny thing, I hope you know what your doing.

[werewolf]

Angus wrote:

pinkey wrote:

What would the ecosystem be like without sharks? Arnt they pretty much on the top of the food chain? if all sharks were to be wiped out wouldnt there just be heaps more fish.. and whatever they feed on. Just wondering, not saying we should all go out and kill the sharks for better fish stocks. ?

Pinkey i think youll also find with Great Whites the seal and penguin populations would rise. If the seal and penguin populations rose than the fish populations would actually decline

Angus

+1

Spot on Gus. Ecosystems are delicate things, if you take out an apex predator, such as a White, or a major food source, such as plankton, it will completely stuff things up!!! The flow on effect to everything up and down the food chain would be significant.

[owner]

yeh there is no shark around that i wont go, i see it as me or them. thats where the sporting comes into it. if they get me with karma then my hatchet was not sharp enough.

paul

[Angus]

I dont think youll find many people who actively go out with the sole intention of killing them. They do of course die occasionally as catching them can be pretty traumatic. But the few people that deal specifically with large sharks, 10 foot plus, go to quite large efforts to release them.

Angus