Another Shark sighting in Busso.
Submitted by Howard George on Mon, 2012-04-02 16:20
Just heard it on the news that a shark was sighted east of the Busselton jetty 60 metres off shore. Water as dirty as at the moment but fisheries are there trying to confirm.
carnarvonite
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Not good
That isn't good news with the iron man comp due to start this weekend.
Howard George
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Swim Leg
I heard today canarvonite that the swim leg was going to held in a pool. They were going to do time trials.
dumper
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The half iron man isn't till
The half iron man isn't till 5th of may. The one on at the moment is only a school competition
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An Update
Women was walking her dog along the beach. The dog went into the water and a large fin came straight towards the dog. She hurriedly called the dog out of the and the fin disappeared. Right next to thr jetty.
carnarvonite
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ABC
Heard a bit of it on ABC radio news.
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iv been told before dont go
iv been told before dont go swimming with ya dog coz they stink sharks get interested and come have a look
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why cant we hav a whity hang
why cant we hav a whity hang round perth beaches would mind testing the makira out :(
Howard George
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No No.
I'm not to keen about sinking a hook into a GW. The scientists are saying if you've GW's you've got a healthy eco-system. Not to healthy if you're a diver but heh you can't have everything.
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What a dill
LMAO
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There is the old school
There is the old school again!!!!!!!!! The oceanic expert!!!
Didn't we have that covered in the old tread!!!
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one licence per boat
With this many sightinGs of great whites we should increase a bag limit of one per boat? - there is way too many locally. surely common sense is common sense- a six month season from sept to march isn't too much to ask
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Do?
What are you going to do with a white pointer that is going to be over 3 metres? Cut the jaws out and toss it on the dump, what a waste.
There has been one caught that went just over a metre and to my knowledge that was the first that fisheries research have had recorded. I've seen probably 30-40 over many years at sea as an pro and as an amatuer and have never seen one under 3 metres.
With the exception of wobbies all sharks get tougher to eat once they get over two metres so I'd like to see someone try to pig out on something that resembles a truck tyre in texture.
Howard George
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local Commercial Fisherman.
My son worked for a shark fisherman at Vasse and they caught a great white that went 6.5 metres in length. Apex put it on display on the Busso. Jetty with an entrance fee of a couple of dollars. Made a lot of money out of it.
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How long ago was that Howard?
How long ago was that Howard? I remember something like that happening but it was a an age ago.
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Tag It
, monitor it then we may find this to be a rogue.
If the ECO systen is so healthy, why are we losing people to these predators???
Another little bit of imfo, there was a Net boat working the area around Peppy/Forrest last week and we all know how much offal and dead bi-catch is thrown over the side.
I remember a pro that used to set a stop net at the end of Bunkers Bay which ended with a 16.5ft GW which took two cruiser utes to get it out of the water far enough to cut the jaws out.
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"iv been told before don't go
"iv been told before don't go swimming with ya dog coz they stink sharks get interested and come have a look"
There was a woman a while ago on a yak down Dunsborough with her dog which were harassed by a big white till her husband pulled them onto a jet ski. That maybe the one Brad Y was talking about that was cruising that area for little a while.
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Dont anyone tell the
Dont anyone tell the government that we have uncovered a sustainable GW shark fishery in the bay... That will have recreational bans and limits put on it too.
Fish for thrills....