Thread: Sharks on surf beach

Was up the coast last night surf fishing & got hammered by bloody sharks.Landed 2 but busted off by 6 others.
1st was around 5' the 2nd a bit smaller .
The point being these things are in the surf close to the beach,for those taking dogs down for a swim as we do.
Don't know if they're a problem for dogs but they're in numbers & hungry .No idea whats brought them in ,they do seem to be quite aggressive .Either sand sharks or mako's . Won't be taking my dog for a swim any time soon.
Just in case this is a general situation not just local .

what beach were you at?

Whiritoa about 200m from surf club

Bronzies Id guess first. Starting to get that time of year?

Was fishing at the Okupara reef yesterday, was doing OK on the Snappa until the Sharks turned up. Caught 4 of the bloody things. Fishing certainly disappeared when these guys arrived.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Bronzies Id guess first. Starting to get that time of year?

Don't think so ,wrong color & shape .Would say Sand shark but didn't have the spots along the back .

Originally Posted by Chris

Don't think so ,wrong color & shape .Would say Sand shark but didn't have the spots along the back .

Sorry. Missed where you said you landed a couple. Do you get the runs of rays there too? Always remember when we got a patch of them come through. Like trying to drag a drowned mattress through the surf.

Yea we do get a few rays at different times ,initially was what I thought the 1st shark was.But went ballistic in the surf ,didn't like coming in shallow.Pretty obvious it wasn't a ray when had it on the sand ,but surprised how little water it needed & still be swimming.
You wouldn't need to be knee deep in water they could have you .

Good warning there Chris.

I'm more scared of standing on a grumpy ol ray than a shark having a nibble on a NZ surf beach.

Did you send them to the great fish and chip shop in the sky Chris?

I released both Rushy ,doubt I could of even got the bigger one off the ground let alone carry it back to my wagon.
Had 13 Kahawai & 1 good size snapper so didn't really need shark . Good fun fighting them but got some sore muscles today.

Originally Posted by Chris

I released both Rushy ,doubt I could of even got the bigger one off the ground let alone carry it back to my wagon.
Had 13 Kahawai & 1 good size snapper so didn't really need shark . Good fun fighting them but got some sore muscles today.

Thats a good haul

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Originally Posted by phillipgr

Thats a good haul

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Kahawai weren't that big all round 1kg but good smoking size ,had better sessions
Was for Friday & Saturday nights though. Sharks turned up Sat; only the 6 Kahawai that night.

Definitely would not risk swimming the pooch there if the sharks are hanging around. but heck that is just pure salt inthe wounds after my attempt last weekend in that shitty wind and rough tide at bowentown lol can't wait to try there again on a calmer day and maybe whiritoa later on.