How to atttract sharks
Submitted by buschy on Wed, 2010-08-25 19:01
Hi all,
A fairly straightforward one. Keen to hear your recommendations on getting the big toothies in to shore. I'll be ballooning live baits and dead baits along the coast between Leeman and Arrowsmith.
I usually fish with tuna oil...but was wandering what is ideal in the water? Is it worth purchasing a load of ox heart and other bloody meats to cloud up the water? Will any other species be attracted to this or will it typically scare the rest off?
I'm not worried what make of shark - just hoping to attract something of reasonable size up to a couple of metres.
Thanks,
Buschy
Dicey
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catch alot of fish and get
catch alot of fish and get yourself the manual berley grinder online and grind it into paste into a big bucket, you can pretty much chuck anything bloody in, make sure you check with regulations in the area your fishing before you chum up the place.
cuthbad
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hey mate, I basically save
hey mate, I basically save up all my old bait then when we have serious shark sesh we put it all through a meat grinder, into a heshan bad and let what roll around in the wash on a rope. Between a few of us we normally manage to get at least ten kilos of old fish and guts etc so that lasts a while. brings in the rays big time as well... some fish shops will give you their old guts and heads if you catch em at the right time so can use that as well, I tried once getting a heap of old off cuts from a butcher at work but was a heap of effort and didnt pay off so never bothered again.
I reckon the main thin in attracting the sharks is live bait though.
HuggyB
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blood
and lots of it.
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ruste13
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take up surfing....
take up surfing....
scotto
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maybe
still too early for that one ruste ...
ruste13
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out wide
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Yep blood
we are going to give the sharks shit this summer. Talking to shark hunters down Albany way and blood is always used. We are stockpiling a the moment and so far have something like 40lts in the freezer.
J Déjà Vu
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Here in South Aus were not
Here in South Aus were not even alowed to use Chicken or red meat in out crabnets it attracts to much sharks to our beaches..
i wish i could use blood n offal of the jetty would certainly get alot of action guranteed a shark a night easy one a nyt minium
stingrays put out alot of blood gut them n leve guts hangin out n cut flaps off gets sharks crayz here attracted a 3 m great white one year and swolled a hole kingfish under balloon ner ther jetty. it took 8 gaffs to land it they didnt no wht it was till it hit the jetty beein anyt there is big bronzies 8-9ft plus around
NOHA
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Protected species
Hmmmmmm..
Great whites have been fully protected in SA since 1997
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buschy
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Cheers guys
Thanks guys. I've gone done the whole fish frame angle in the past without much luck but am liking what I here about minced all sorts and plenty of blood. Certainly rays are abundant where I will be fishing so sacrificing a smaller one is an option.
I'll have a chat with a few people about getting my hands on some nasty stuff to throw in the water!
I'll also check into the local regs re: chum, although the beach I intend to target is very isolated and there will not be any swimmers. However, heaps of seals through that area so that is another consideration.
Cheers,
Buschy :-)
samy90
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just come with me evrytime i
just come with me evrytime i go out landbased fishing after i get out of water oh theres one bronze whaler, big great white, big tiger shark down south yeah might sound crazy but i definately knew it was 1. sick of it cause iam terrified but i still dive. :(
J Déjà Vu
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i no they are protected they
i no they are protected
they wernt targeting great whites jst big bronzies but the stingray obviosuli brought in the GW
the night before they caught a 9ft bronzie
so they assumed it again was a big bronzy
hlokk
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Bet there woulda been a few
Bet there woulda been a few people going "oh Sh*#" when they realised what it was :p. Perhaps said in different ways though, hehe.
Colin Hay
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Go to a used car yard
or a political or lawyers convention.
On a more serious note. Cubed up old mulies seems to bring a few sharks around.
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Indiana
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Dont want to be a kill joy !
But should we be really trying to attract sharks into the shallows ?
I for one would greatly appreciate if they stayed out nice and wide !
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buschy
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Of course
This is not something I would be doing in metro waters or any populated area. I'll be at least 20-30k from the nearest civilisation, on a weeded up beach in the middle of winter. I've been up this way and not seen someone on the beach for 24h+ and this was in summer!
Your point is valid though and certainly need to think about trying to attract sharks carefully. As mentioned above their are also shire laws against the practice in some places too.
fishing fanatic
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catch a 36kg sambo and bleed
catch a 36kg sambo and bleed it in the water, bought 2 hammerheads, a bronzie and dusky shark i think it was, nice and close at the abrohols, so yeah just fish bits and fish blood, lots of it
buschy
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Blood meal?
Hi folks. I've put a few kilos of beef liver through the food processor today. Doesn't smell so great but it should help bring them in!
Has anyone tried using blood meal before? As it is dried I'm worried about the effectiveness of it.
thesupervisor
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im a ex butcher i used to
im a ex butcher i used to collect all the bandsaw dust it used to put out quite a slick when mixed with chicken fat oil from the rotisory we had
im sure you can buy blood from harvey meats we used to get it in for some people to make pork pies
was also told to drag a dead roo that has been fly blown and chuck her in the water plenty on the side of the road 30km out of perth
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
buschy
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Thanks
I've been in touch with one abattoir and they can supply me with blood meal - but not blood. I'll check in with a butcher and ask what they can do for me.
Cheers :-)
Indiana
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Roo's
Couple on the side of beechboro road ,across from whitemans park if your keen !!!
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buschy
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hahaha
Not that keen!