Shark fishing in Brisbane River

[Jonny1]

Hi all, i went shark fishing 4 the 1st time yesturday evening at the mouth of Breakfast creek, i was using dead bait soaked in fish oil, also tried a live brim both were double hooked, the reel i was using was a baitrunner reel, started around 5p.m and called it a day at 10p.m, i didnt get one sniff, is there something ive done wrong? The dead bait was just gettin pecked at until i was left with the head n bones!!!
Is there better spots on the river?
Was i fishing at the wrong time?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Thanks, Jonny

[laugag]

Hi Jonny


I cant comment on the area you were fishing, but Perhaps you are not using the right bait. I know that the preferred bait used by vic hislop and the like is stingray.

Greg

[Mossy247]

try the eels, if you set them up right they can be candy for sharks.

[struktcha_man]

The river is like that, some times you will get smashed to high hell and somtimes you will just feel like your feeding catties or not even losing a bait.

Maybe try live poddy mullet around 15cm (I dont target sharks but I know they like a live poddy).

cheers

[laugag]

After a quick google, some good info out there on shark baiting...
eg.

http://bluemako.customer.netspace.net.au/stingray.htm

[Az]

i wouldn't think the river would be producing all that much with the state it is in at the moment, give it a bit more time to recover and your results may improve, I would be inclined to head closer to the mouth - up near the sunken wall, fishermans island etc

i couldn't get over how many sharks there were at the mouth of the river about 6 months ago, we couldn't get anything else but! Even pulled up a big leopard shark that was nearly as big as the tinny we were in (3.85)