[Fishing Man]

hey guys,

bit of a different one, not sure if there has already been a thread on this so here goes,

what experiences have you had with sharks whilst yak fishing, can be anything from catching them to sigtings, attacks, and locations,

 

[andybear]

Have not caught one from a kayak yet. Probably will though :lol:

Cheers Andybear :lol:

 

[beefs]

Caught a coupla little reefies once - good fight. Was getting ready to bring it on board and it broke the line...probably for the best :lol: Haven't seen any big ones yet - positive they've seen me though...

 

[Yakabe]

Back in February, was heading out to the Wallaroo (South Australia) jetty. I went underneath and on the other side was a shark. Not certain what type, did not stick around. In hindsight, I don't think he was very big, but I was not really interested in finding out.

Just remember, if you spend enough time on the water, chances are you may see one. I hope the SS investment was worth it.

Yakabe.

 

[Magicrik]

Ive not had any experiences with sharks as ive only stayed in the river for now. But thats not to said i wouldnt see a shark in the river.

But this poor guy knows first hand what a shark can do.......a friend sent me this pic

 

[DGax65]

I think that's Troppo after he got done sawing his foot out of his kayak :roll:

 

[Scott]

Fishing man, caught a few and seen a few. Not been bitten so all is well.

Catch ya Scott

 

[Russ]

:lol: :lol: :lol: HA Ha Dougy got ya good Troppo :lol: :lol: Good one Doug :wink:

fishing Russ

 

[Les Lammers]

I think that's Troppo after he got done sawing his foot out of his kayak :roll:

Yeah, and I hear W, our Pres was handling the saw. He's mucked up a lot.

I think I have seen that pic and it was a Great White that nibbled. Personally, I do not worry about sharks. Not only do I have poor taste, I taste bad too!

I was fishing in the Everglades a couple of days ago. I saw some nice Tarpon rolling and did not think much about it. Then, 'fish on' drag is screaming. A few seconds later a Tarpon with a head the size of a basketball shoots up. My buddy yells, is that you? I say no, it's not me. it's on my line. Tarpon takes off like a train and I am almost spolled. Leader broke and game is over. 14lb test and a 2500 size reel was not a match for the Silver King. No pics, happened too fast. I do have some soiled shorts.....

A few minutes later my buddy gets a big catfish (trash fish here). As he gets it near the yak a good size Bull Shark takes the body and leaves him the head. The same think happened at Flamingo, another spot in the Glades a few weeks ago. A yako had a Snook yakside, his fingers in the Snook's mouth, and was removing the hook. A Bull came and got a free lunch. Fuzzy got soiled shorts. The new trophy for yakos. Moral, I will always use a fish grip and keep an eye out for Jaws when de-hooking.

 

[Magicrik]

great litttle story Les Lammers......I to ALWAYS use lipgrips and needle pliers to remover hooks on the yak........from the bank i use my jacko clove

 

[Y-Knot]

personally, i just wont be thinking about the buggers ... :shock:

 

[Geejay]

Haven't caught any yet. So happens your eyes probably only get the chance of seeing the bigger buggers and to date l have seen 2 conformations.

One was when l was actually beach fishing with a surf rod in off blue water but in thigh deep from the shore. The scenario still amazes me; pararell to the shore guilding past in crystal clear and calm water came what WAS a 4m+ whaler. l actually poked it with the tip of my 3.5m surf rod. It calmly changed direction to deeper waters.

The second encounter happened whilst l had a spottie mackerel close to the yak. l spotted 3 fins on the top of the water about 40m further out. Consequently, l cut the line, however, l was thankful that the shark kept its direction at all times. I felt good seeing that it did do this, l would estimate it as being b/w 3-4m in lenghth (another big bugger).

More recently, l have seen on 2 seperate occasions a large dorsal fin pop out of the water. I have put them down to a couple of small whales (perhaps pilot whales). Thats if they venture in Qld waters.

GJ

 

[yakfly]

havnt had any shark encounters in the canoe over the years but we had a tiger shark come up and nibble on the prop while fishing in the tinny just out off Mackay about 15 years ago

 

[Magicrik]

yeah sharks like the props......theres post all the time on loads of diff forums talking about shark playing with the props

 

[Scott]

Rik, the reason sharks chew on props is due to the Galvanic (I think that’s how it is spelt) reaction. Two or more dissimilar metals when immersed in water create a mild electronic field. As sharks are incredibly sensitive to electronic fields due to their ampoules (again I think that is how you spell it) of Lorenzini they can detect these fields and it encourages them to have a bite. In actual fact that is how a shark shield works as it provides an intense electronic shock to the shark's ampoules of Lorenzini which distresses them.

Catch ya Scott

 

[Billybob]

Couple of times I've had them come close to getting my catch but in both cases they've veered off when they saw the hull of the yak.
Paddled past a few, had one absolute monster swim under me (out on Jew Shoal... he was a good 4 metres+) and caught a few (max 5ft) trolling.
Biggest one I hooked and lost was roughly 2.5 metres. It was very early in the morning on the edge (magicrik) of Little Hall's Reef... there's quite a few in that area so bear that in mind. They're not a problem but I don't dangle my feet over the side when I'm fishing Little Hall's.

 

[Magicrik]

Re: Scott mate this post like what do they call it day sha vuw are what ever the spelling is who cares its french. but i told some guys exactly the same thing you just told me look.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1150769437

i didnt know the name for the pits in there noeses so i googled it......made me sound a hell of a lots smarter :wink:

 

[troppo]

I have not seen any sharks from my yak. [oh, I had a great laugh from those posts earlier about the pic of the guy with almost not legs left and me and the chainsaw. Awsome humour fellas!]

Many years back me and some mates were camped on Great Keppel Island, the other side to the resort. (Can't do that now.) We had a small dingy that we brought over. Rick rowed right out to sea as we could see schools of bait and birds diving. Later he walked into camp as white as a sheet and behaving really strange. He said he had almost got to the school and a shark which he thought was 3x the length of the boat (2 m) came up beside the boat, rolled over so it could lookat him through one eye, then slowly sank down out of view. He wasn't game to move when it was eyeing him, but when it went so did he. But some others came near so he stopped, then he just went for it. He didn't bother reeling in his lure until he had dragged the boat about 100 m up the beach. Later we saw the island tourist boat come in. It had the boom nets out with people hanging off them in the water. This was when I panicked and wondered how we could warn the people to get out of the water. I was scared about it. We couldn't do anything and nothing happened (or has ever happened) to the bait being dragged in the water, I mean the tourists hanging on the net.

 

[Les Lammers]

I see them frequently. Usually small ones chasing food on the flats. I have seen aerial photos taken off the beaches here and there were plenty of sharks visible. *I* don't worry about them but am careful, as stated in an earlier post, about de-hooking yakside. My theory is that the fish on your line attracts sharks and you could get nipped at that time.

More people die in auto accidents etc.

 

[Zed]

A few years ago, my buddy and I paddled out in Laguna and decided to troll our route contouring about 100'. Not 5 minutes into it, FarmerSean gets a knockdown and pulls up a beautiful scale model thresher. It was about 20# and really cute. That day produced 4 more t's to about 100#. I got 3 that day, Sean got 2. Well since that day we've run into them occasionally, but it seems like that year's cycle really had them stacked up tight. Lie we paddled into a nest.

Another day, we were out around 100' again, drifting, and I saw a big boil around my mackerel. Then I see my mack get batted clear of the water with the hook in his nose. I thought here we go, and was ready. Sean paddled away at an oblique angle trolling a plug. He got hit immediately and 2 hours and 3 miles later....

Right after this pic it sounded straight down into the mud. Sean winched it up and it's entire head, to the pecs, was covered in mud. It was dead or near dead, so it went home for processing.

That's the shark experience for me. Many threshers over the years caught on bait, spoons, plastics, and plugs and sometimes just dead-stick lures. Maneater sharks aren't common here, but the whites are around.

Z