Great White Sharks - Queensland

[skippa]

Not a White story, but a true Tiger story.

Was fishing with a mate in his 1750LE last year. We were in one of my favourite spots in the Rous when Harry connected with this huge Tiger. His first BIG fish on his New Rod and Reel and he wasn't gunna loose it. After chasing this thing around for nearly an hour we ended up over the banks in no more than 10 ft of water.

The Tiger was about 20mts away when he suddenly turned and headed straight for the boat. He swam underneath us and you could clearly see his tail out one side of the boat and his head plus a good 4 ft out the other side. This thing was a good 16-18 ft long and didn't mind nudging us as the fight drew on. (Thank God the line broke) I nearly poopied my boardies.

A close encounter in shallow water.


Cheers,
Tony 8)

[bobby777888]

my grandfather was on hi boat at hervy bay back a wile ago and an 18 ft tiger shark was crusing around. it must have smelt his berly trail. as soon as it came we got the hell out of there

[CQ_Fisher]

I remember reading a story a little while back in QFM about some guys in a 5M centre console on their way home from the 12 mile off Gladstone, as they were approaching the fairways beacon on the way back into the main shipping chanel they caught site of a shark. As they got closer they realised it was a great white that was slightly larger than their boat and about as roaund as a tractor tyre. From memory the article said the shark didnt even pay any attention to the fishermen in the boat, it just kept slowly cruising along and eventually dived down out of site. What an encounter that would be, great if it didnt pay you any attention, terrifying if it attached the boat.

[macdwp01]

I've heard stories of whites attacking anchor chains.

[devocean]

As a spearo I believe that an 18 foot shark is too large and should be classed a pest and be killed. What do you guys think?

[macdwp01]

Remember the old Jaws line.

You go in the water

Sharks in the water

Our Shark

Farewell to the maids you fair spanish ladies

[bobby777888]

As a spearo I believe that an 18 foot shark is too large and should be classed a pest and be killed. What do you guys think?

normally a fish like this is just a normal part of the environment and should be treated as suck, however, with netting the way it is today a fish like can become something of a pest. perhaps if they had more natural food they would be safer.....

bobby

[bobby777888]

in that last post in my first line i ment to say.. 'treated as such,' not 'treated as suck.'

[Mick]

Devo, next time we go spearing, I'll give you a tin of mortein, so you can deal with those nasty pests.
One of two encounters I have had with large sharks is probably worth sharing. One spearfishing method I have adopted is trolling the spearo next to the boat. Usually 2 guys in the water, hanging onto a a piece of rope each from the front of the boat. I was on port side going over a deep section. I couldn't see the bottom, so i was just waiting til we come to the next bombie. I look to the side and there is a 15 -18 foot tiger happily swimming about 4 foot from me, swimming the same speed as the boat. It stayed with the boat for about 30 seconds. What do you do? Can't get back in the boat while it is moving? Can't let go of the rope? Just hold on and pray! We were looking at each other for what seemed an eternity. I even had time to check out scars, teeth, size, etc.

[jimbo59]

Dont worry about whitepointers its the tigers in moreton bay they breed around peel is in the deeper water i saw a few pics of some in a cafe at garden city the owner caught them, some were nearly 18 feet long!Any way didnt a surfer die about 8-10 years ago off cape moreton aparantly it played with him for 1/2 hour then dragged him down.

[agnes_jack]

Mick
Sounds like fun!!!
Trolling for tigers.....hmmmmm thats keen!

Regards, Tony

[Fin_Addict]

I've had 2 encounters with Great Whites and both were off Mooloolaba 18mile out...First was in my Seafarer and the shark was a 16footer approx....No one would hold the other end of the tape measure .. It came up to boat.had a look and dissapeared into the depths...Got some great pics of it even though my legs were like jelly The next encounter was onboard a mates 28ft Bertram "White-Horse". My mate thought our lines had tangled but when we looked over the side,we saw a 14ft White swimming under the boat and rubbing against our lines...This fella was very curious and even put its head outta the water on the marlin board at the back of the boat....He stayed around all that arvo and was still there at 8pm...Geez they look even bigger in the spotlight beam...!!!! Ross

[devocean]

Mick when are we going to hit that spot up. ater was clear on the weekend especially the water in my boat

[porl]

Geesh, 1770 ? You guys haven't been reading the papers. The courier-Mail had a story about 2 weeks back and showed the travel map of two great whites that had been electronically tagged hunting seals in South Australia. Both, or at least one, swam all the way up to Rockhampton before it went back to southern waters. Yup, Rocky.

[Sportfish_5]

Must have been on fishing Xmas holidays