Bull Shark hits man Brisbane ferry ?

[Pistol_P]

Dont know why you fellas find it so hard to believe.
Like I said we had one jump RIGHT next to the boat....I could have touched it if I knew it was going to happen...
I have also had a mullet jump straight into the boat at night while jack fishing.

Pete

[sharkymark2]

Certainly jump when they are on the end of some 10lb braid . Poor mans marlin.

[Sandman]

Yup, its real. but only if your a tourist.

So Andy are you confirming it from your mate or is confirming that its made up to impress the tourists ?

[JawstheOriginal]

What is the peanut butter story? Or don't I want to know?

[Fish Guts]

poor mans marlin thats gold.

i wouldnt doubt it at all happening. would have scared the shi* out of whoever was on there

[Cammy]

i recon it would be funny to see, a shark just randomly leaping at someone lol,

and this peanut butter story, you wouldnt be reffering to "american dad" cartoon show? as i watched it last nite and they have a peanut butter conspiracy with the government as stuff. lol

Cammo

[Dan5]

The peanut butter story has been around for year's.

[choppa]

in todays courier mail theres a little piece (complete with pic),, of a bull shark caught in the brisbane river during a fishing comp the shark ,,, all 2.9mtrs of it was posted on the web and apparently a debate has occured over the death of this ""mother to be"" bitey

i choked on the comment that refers to the chances of being killed by a shark compared to that of a car accident death,,,

it even states that 1600 odd people died on australian roads last year,,,

i bet if the total amount of people that used our roadways each day were forced to swim to there destination,,,,,,, the toll from shark attacks would certainly rise

it even emphasised the point that the death of this shark could/would upset the ""food chain"" by stating that bull sharks are on top of the list,,,,,, implying i suppose that the kill and eat all the other ""nasties"" that make our waterways so much safer and leave us poor buggers alone??

i'm not into catch n kill for no reason,,, but i strongly don't believe in exaggeration stories that once again paint the picture to suit the current state of affairs,,,, the angler i suppose was "" trophy"" minded,,,,,

but who knows,,,the fact is the story didn't report what happened to the carcass after it was caught,,,,

choppa

[Lone_Wolf]

hey chopps,

good to see ya back on a.f.

Controversy sells stories, that's all i have to say on the matter.

LW

[Scott nthQld]

Same story happened up here, a bloke caught the biggest black marlin ever recorded off Townsville and the fish was tagged for release, but they could revive it and it died, he got a reaming from the green groups and some of the public because he brought it in, don't know what he did, whether he had it mounted or what, but the negative feedback targeted not only at him but every fisho was teetering on discrimination from the media, labelling all of us trophy hunting Neanderthals.

[Poodroo]

Chop I have to agree. I find the way the press manipulate peoples' minds with falsified information is just annoying. I tend not to pay too much attention to the news in the paper or TV these days.

Poodroo

[shano]

yeah has been on the radio and on here all week it started with a posting on here http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showthread.php?t=126222 ....then someone sent it into nova 106.9 radio then all hell broke loose. .... here is link to the news article
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...6-3102,00.html

here is link to nova radio;:: http://photos.nova1069.com.au/photos/albums/96.aspx

[shano]

we were working on a pontoon on the brissie river at QUT and saw a big bully jump just out from us!!!!! i tell ya we were drawing straws on who was hanging over the edge doing nuts up! lol

[Black_Rat]

10, 20, 30 years ago it wouldn't have been an issue. Nowadays the media likes this type of stuff to stir up debate

[shano]

10, 20, 30 years ago it wouldn't have been an issue. Nowadays the media likes this type of stuff to stir up debate

dont you mean a mass ...debate!