Shark Stories

Distracted Saturday, 2 Mar 2024 at 01:37 pm new

udo wrote:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/video-sharks-dolphins-maul-prawn…

No doubt there’s lots of sharks out there but the footage just shows them eating by catch. Have to wonder on the impact that bycatch has on fish populations.
Camped at Bundjalung once and the prawn trawlers were working offshore all night and the next morning on the high tide mark there were mixed juvenile fish for kilometres along the beach.

Denyer Saturday, 2 Mar 2024 at 03:41 pm new

Distracted wrote:

Denyer wrote:

Oh, and I should mention that of course we warned the old bloke that there was a GWS / whale carcass out there!!

This would have been the one Denyer?

https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2018/07/17/surfers-tow-…

Yep that's the one!

tubeshooter Monday, 4 Mar 2024 at 06:26 pm new

A 3.5m White beached itself at Kingscliff today. Sorry, just saw link posted in other thread

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-04/great-white-shark-washes-up-king…

velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 04:51 pm new

What a huge strike!

Pop Down Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 07:10 pm new

Ok , the GW Shark , seemed 2B just sitting there , totally unaware a train was about to broadside it and kill it .

The GW now knows ( for 1 second ), how we feel .

Absolutely NO contest and , maybe , an OLD trick that's just been seen ?

velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 07:58 pm new

You reckon the GWS was catching a nap? Had it's guard down.

udo Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 08:42 pm new
udo Thursday, 11 Apr 2024 at 01:54 pm new
udo Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024 at 07:35 pm new
velocityjohnno Thursday, 6 Jun 2024 at 04:12 pm new

Can ya blame him? Those little guys are so spiky.

udo Friday, 7 Jun 2024 at 04:26 pm new
wax24 Sunday, 9 Jun 2024 at 05:58 pm new

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce441vy593jo

Shoot. That first link became paywalled, it seems. Hope this one works.

udo Sunday, 9 Jun 2024 at 07:32 pm new
simba Sunday, 23 Jun 2024 at 10:41 am new

seems like the whites are back in numbers along with tiger sharks....

DPI advise that there’s a whale in poor health about 600m off Yamba Beach. It might account for the 6 tigers caught by our SMART drumlines off Yamba today, 21 June 2024! Please be #SharkSmart.

goofyfoot Tuesday, 25 Jun 2024 at 09:29 am new

udo wrote:

Once in a lifetime experience, that was insane.

udo Tuesday, 25 Jun 2024 at 01:53 pm new

Wild eh...imagine being out there and She Shows up...

Supafreak Sunday, 7 Jul 2024 at 07:55 am new

That is one big tiger.

tubeshooter Sunday, 7 Jul 2024 at 02:02 pm new

It's not uncommon to come across a Bull shark with an attitude problem but this one seems to have some real serious issues going on.
Apparently, it bit 4 people on the same day in the U.S.
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udo Monday, 8 Jul 2024 at 06:00 pm new
southernraw Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 at 05:29 pm new

udo wrote:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-23/shark-attack-port-macquarie-man-…

Shiiit. Poor bugger. That would have been terrifying seeing it coming towards him and then being hit. Glad he's relatively ok.
Another midmorning attack on a sunny blue day by a Pointer.

udo Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 at 05:44 pm new

11mths on from Toby Beggs Attack in Same Area.

juegasiempre Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 at 08:40 pm new

Shit's very sharky down this way at the moment.

What's the consensus on those smart drum lines? There's a bunch down here, I guess they make me feel a little safer but at the end of the day I don't know anything and the last two attacks in Port occurred with them out.

velocityjohnno Wednesday, 24 Jul 2024 at 01:47 pm new

Wherabouts have your travels taken you now juegasiempre? There's a bit being noticed down here on the SC but it is the time of year of the whales.

juegasiempre Wednesday, 24 Jul 2024 at 01:55 pm new

Stopped travelling March this year, settled just south of Port. It's second hand info/chinese whispers but there's been shark encounters/sightings here. It actually spooked me enough that I surfed at what I think to be a 'safer spot' yesterday. I usually have a cavalier attitude but there's no more surfing on my own anymore.

quadzilla Thursday, 25 Jul 2024 at 12:37 pm new
udo Thursday, 25 Jul 2024 at 07:36 pm new
Distracted Sunday, 28 Jul 2024 at 12:25 am new

Not sure if this has been posted before. It’s a research article discussing the possible impacts on Great White behaviour after being caught and released on the Smart drum lines.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374673642_Capture_Response_and…

freeride76 Sunday, 28 Jul 2024 at 07:54 am new

Thanks Distracted, reading now.

udo Sunday, 28 Jul 2024 at 09:03 am new
udo Tuesday, 20 Aug 2024 at 08:17 am new
etarip Tuesday, 20 Aug 2024 at 10:15 am new

udo wrote:

Juvenile GWS Lake Conjola

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/7drjJwuNi4WqR23p/

Fuck they get close to the rocks with zero shits don’t they…

udo Tuesday, 20 Aug 2024 at 11:03 am new
udo Monday, 26 Aug 2024 at 06:40 pm new
seeds Monday, 26 Aug 2024 at 06:56 pm new

That’d be amazing to see up close. Maybe a pregnant female?

whitewaterpilot Monday, 2 Sep 2024 at 10:46 am new

About 2-3 weeks ago while the entire world of surf media was in Fiji reporting on fairly average Cloudbreak action a kite surfer got attacked by a shark just down the coast at Frigates reef. I find it odd that nobody reported on this. Considering they do shark feedings at Frigates reef, I feel like potential tourist surfers would want to know...

Distracted Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024 at 05:25 pm new

Interesting shark footage from the weekend at Port Macquarie, although may not be a White as per the headline.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/ox78xUBg4gXkXiF8/?mibextid=YpDZO8

udo Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024 at 05:39 pm new

Dan K What do think ?

udo Thursday, 12 Sep 2024 at 09:51 am new
udo Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 10:03 am new
simba Monday, 16 Sep 2024 at 07:50 pm new

bondi .......

udo Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024 at 12:42 pm new
southernraw Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024 at 04:57 pm new

haha that was awesome Udo. Loved the stick legs.

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