am i the only one

[merida]

Hi

went out to the sunken wall on Monday to have a look and try my luck... but while i was trolling a h/b i got one hell of a bump ..and no it was not the bottom or the wall.. now i am shit scared to go anywhere by myself ... this thing hit me twice.. didn't see anything has anyone else had something like this happen?????

[Plastic Man]

do you mean hit the boat or lure ?

[merida]

hit the kayak hard

[ellicat]

Don't think you're the only one - just the only one left :laugh:

Probably a bully. The rowers in the river have been getting bumped by them for as long as I can remember. (which is somewhere around 30 odd years).

[maxi]

yeah that long elli.. youre lucky mate hahahah

i cant remember what i had for lunch this time last year.. hahahahahaaaa

bullys are thick down here atm also

[ellicat]

I guess that's why they never made sensationalised movies about your lunch maxi :laugh: :laugh:

[Dan23]

I saw a Bully a big bully somewhere between 1-2m jump like a mullet the other night in the river.:cheer: Was pretty amazing really.

[maxi]

or my breakfast for that matter mate...hahahahaaaeee

[wiseguy]

HOLY CARP!

man i would have dropped nuts!

maybe you should paddle out, drop a nice sized bait and get ur arse back to shore to see what u can catch!

[codboy]

Man that sounds very ordinary but would having someone with you ease the pain of a shark bite?

I fish some of the creeks in the redlands on a yak but have never thought of bullies.

That just changed!!

Was fishing Hybers last week on dark in the old mans haines and out of the dusk comes a yaka trolling over the reef / rock, big yak but no lights etc etc!!!!

Grrr hate sharks!:ohmy:

[Terry H]

Codboy: you should expect to find sharks in all of our waterways up to and including our freshwater creeks assuming there is not a barrier like a weir in place.

[Dinodadog]

What do you do when you are so far out and a shark starts hanging around

[fishyman]

start paddling

lol sorry couldnt help myself

[Dinodadog]

What do you do when it knocks you off your yak

[Feral]

The Bullies are just working out if your worth having a bite of. If your going to paddle around in a big lure, you have to expect the odd "hit"

[werewolf]

merida wrote:

hit the kayak hard

What a wasted opportunity! I mean, get the biggest set of trebles you can, pin then to your yak, and ta da, world's biggest shark lure!

I mean if you going to paddle around in a giant shark lure, you might as well have hooks in it:woohoo:

BTW, is your yak yellow by any chance?:laugh: Yellow yaks are supposed to make better shark lures:cheer:

EDIT: if it is not yellow, prehaps with can fix that with a respray, and go the full hog by coating it in gulp juice:side:

ps - sorry mate, couldn't help myself:kiss:

[username_taken]

I've always said we should bolt garbage bin lids to the front of our kayaks and we'd have shark poppers.

[benno573]

fishyman wrote:

start paddling

lol sorry couldnt help myself

only if you have your paddle of course...

[Beefa]

I had a couple of solid thumps on my yak a week or so ago as I peddled thru some bait fish in the river but around the city reaches i chose not to look behind me but peddled alittle bit faster for a bit.

Had lures out trolling but nothing had a look at them.

Heath

[Terry H]

Great Heath.. Pedaling faster would maen you're scared of the shark - bait fish are scared of sharks and they try to get away too you know

I just ignore them and keep doing what I'm doing.

Never actually had a shark bump me though.

But it could have been anything, the amoutn of times we've just around run over fish before they shoot off... could be any fish. it only takes you to startle one and them move the wrong direction to hit ya yak.

[kriso]

heap of dolphins in that stretch of the river very inquizitive too.

[benno573]

there's nothing in the brisbane river that is going to jump up and attack you while on your yak. there's also turtles in the river that would make a good noise if you bumped into them. there's nothing to be scared of as long as you keep you legs and arms inside the yak... most sharks would be more scared of you than you are of them!

[Beefa]

TerryH wrote:

Great Heath.. Pedaling faster would maen you're scared of the shark - bait fish are scared of sharks and they try to get away too you know

I just ignore them and keep doing what I'm doing.

Never actually had a shark bump me though.

But it could have been anything, the amoutn of times we've just around run over fish before they shoot off... could be any fish. it only takes you to startle one and them move the wrong direction to hit ya yak.

Hey hey hang on Terry I never mentioned anything about being scared:laugh: also i never mentioned anything about sharks hahahahahaha just said i had thumps I choose to peddle faster to get my lures down deeper lol

[tomca]

8 inch mullet boucing off the side of the yak makes a fair thump, and waterlogged timber can float under the surface. Then again, could be a shark having a feel if your yak is soft enough for a nibble:dry:

Really whats the worst that can happen? Probably getting run over by a CityCat:ohmy:

[StevenM]

had a bump / a rub...at Wello, 4 odd foot, just kept doing what I was doing.

Heart beat did elevate but