Want to catch a shark?

[Snatcher]

As a consequence of my Australian holiday still subscribe to a Sydney fishing forum.Noticed this posting yesterday about sharks in the harbour.It follows hot on the heels of two shark attaks last week.The first one in which a navy diver got badly mauled in Sydney harbour.He just survived but had a had a hand bitten off during the attack.The next day a surfer was attacked on Bondi beach and was badly bitten on the hand and arm

 

This is the posting and it makes scarey reading!!!

 

Swimmers at risk as sharks rule the waves

 

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OUR surf beaches are protected by nets and patrolled by professional lifeguards but it's a different story in the harbour, where packs of sharks have been sighted in the past week.

Harbour fishing guide Craig McGill says "there are so many sharks out there at the moment, it's ridiculous".

"There should be some kind of authority warning people about the sharks. No one should be swimming at the moment," McGill says.

Anglers are struggling to get fish to the boat, with numerous kingfish cut in half and a report of one fish being chased by a shark and eventually jumping into a boat.

Boat ramp chat is abuzz with shark sightings.

Big hammerheads are eating kingfish around Garden Island, where a kayaker saw a solid whaler shark, and anglers at the Gladesville Bridge have hooked unstoppables.

At Clifton Gardens, anglers are losing fish after fish to sharks, while three big whalers were seen off Dobroyd Point.

But the worrying thing isn't just the numbers of sharks - it's the size of them. Fishing guides have had two separate encounters with massive tiger sharks off Cobblers Beach near Balmoral. The sharks were said to be as long as their 4.5-metre boats

With acres of surface fish splashing all over the harbour, the sharks are widespread. Think twice about swimming at dawn and dusk.

With the water temperature hitting 23 degrees, the harbour fishing has hotted up. For most anglers, kingfish reign supreme. Oodles of the scrappers can be anywhere from Garden Island to Seaforth.

Although most of the kingfish are rats, McGill landed a haul of big ones to 10 kilograms from North Head during the week. Some decent tailor are mixed in with them.

Meanwhile, the run of bad luck is over for our man on the Central Coast. After failing to land a marlin off Terrigal, skipper Scott Thorrington steamed to Port Stephens for a 110-kilogram blue marlin.

But it's Glenn Hunter who has been on fire, averaging two blue marlin a day on lures off Port Stephens, quite a feat given the poor hook-up rate on billfish.

Dolphin fish to seven kilograms have been taken around floating logs, while morwong and solid snapper are in 40 fathoms off Terrigal. Closer in, The Haven has frigate mackerel or "leadies" and bonito.

There are school jewfish around the bridges in the Hawkesbury and flathead on the drifts across the mouth. Tailor and hammerhead sharks are common in Broken Bay, where guide Peter le Blang has been scoring kingfish.

Le Blang has seen black marlin on six of the past eight trips to Long Reef, which is still swarming with small kingfish. The deeper reefs such as Trawleys off Palm Beach have big kings, we're told.

Narrabeen Bait says the beaches are producing good feeds of whiting and solid bream on live worms. On Thursday, a 1.1-metre flathead was landed in front of the local lake. The fish's head was wider than the angler's size 12 shoe. Sensibly, he set the big girl free.

Fishing out of Sydney, the charter boat Allie Hunter has been landing plenty of dolphin fish. Skipper Hovig Aslanian lost a 20-kilogram fish that was hooked in the head.

A few marlin have been spotted in 85 fathoms between Long Reef and the 12 Mile.

The flathead fishing around Towra, where the blue swimmer crabs should be running, and in Port Hacking has been excellent.

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[Kingyfisher]

John , Peter Le Blanc fished a charter in Sydney Harbour recently and hooked a Kingfish which was eaten by a Shark ,the angler played the shark (.probably a Bull ) for 5 mins on 24kg tackle before he was bitten off , in the end the shark had destroyed 150m of quality braided line !

Don't know if you saw that dock on TV of Great Whites leaping out of the water, but one of the lures they used to entice them to jump was shaped like a small surfboard !

[Snatcher]

John , Peter Le Blanc fished a charter in Sydney Harbour recently and hooked a Kingfish which was eaten by a Shark ,the angler played the shark (.probably a Bull ) for 5 mins on 24kg tackle before he was bitten off , in the end the shark had destroyed 150m of quality braided line !

Don't know if you saw that dock on TV of Great Whites leaping out of the water, but one of the lures they used to entice them to jump was shaped like a small surfboard !

 

Scary stuff Chris,my daughter Amanda said she will never swim in Sydney Harbouir again!!! Hope things are well with you

 

We shall reconrvene 2010 Sept -Nov - you owe me a Kingy

 

We open our caravan here in Drummore,on the Mull of Galloway next month Chris.You or any any of the lads from your Sydney Forum are more than welcome for a stay.I will be the fishing guide and provide the gear

 

plan or what ?