Ever catch one of these off the dock?

[waterrat]

Not sure where they are, BUT, there would be a for sale sign on that house in about 2 seconds......

[Big Daddy]

WOW! That is awesome. I'd personally be getting myself a WAY heavier-action rod, some titanium line, and some big old dead bait from the grocery store and seeing if I could catch that shark!!!

(What? We ARE on a fishing forum aren't we?? )

BD

[LadyinRed]

Ya, but our winters are getting warmer....Erie didn't freeze over this year. There have been stories about bull sharks in the lake for years. So far they've been just that, stories. But its not entirely out of the realm of possibility.....

[johnnyb]

Sounded like a Boston accent when the lady was screaming "SHAWWWK! SHAWWWWWK!!" They've got their fair share of sharks over there

[intothedeep]

Being there in person seeing that musta been so freaky! Even being on dry land, it would still shock the sheet out of you!

Bull sharks can go into fresh water for a few days at a time, but I don't believe they can live there for long periods...

My guess on the accent would be the Carolina's area, the scenery looks like it too... Not quite a boston accent or a southern one, somewhere in between the two... Just a guess tho, usually American accents are pretty easy to get, this one is tougher.

[intothedeep]

Actually Bull Sharks can live in fresh water for years and are found in Lake Nicaragua although their breeding in fresh water is still a question. There are also a few varieties of fresh water sharks in Australia and Asia, it would take someone bringing several in for them to breed and I doubt they would survive in the colder waters... I hope. Jeremy Wade caught a young Bull in one of the rivers I remember so they may have the ability but there is alot we don't know.


Some tracking devices on sharks have shown them warmer than the surrounding water and there are many cold water species so here is a scary scenario..... female bull shark swims up Mississippi, chasing carp, chases some past the barrier, finds warm water outlet from factory or power plant in the winter and eats salmon etc. attracted there and the young adapt to the colder water..... then we have Asian carp and bull sharks all because they wouldn't close the canal.....


http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/shar...atersharks.php

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ullsharks.htmlP

The species has been spotted 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) up the Amazon River in South America and dwell in Lake Nicaragua, a freshwater lake in Central America. Bull sharks have traveled up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois and are regularly spotted in India's Ganges.

Ya your right about the fresh water part and apparently they can jump rapids like salmon, wow!

They are basically a smaller great white,(in terms of they look, body type) I think I remember them being around 10-16 ft, something like that. They are also one of the few sharks that very occasionally attacks humans...

[gino]

Yeah, I was just fishing lake scugog, and had a bass on, and then Bam- it was like Dion Phaneuf turned the puck over. A shark ate my bass! Funny video!!

[400bigbear]

HOAX .

TD

[burns]

although their breeding in fresh water is still a question.

My understanding was that was exactly what Bull sharks do. They swim up river to give birth to their pups then head back to salt water. The pups spend the next few years growing until they are in the 5 foot range then head to the sea. They basically use the rivers as a nursery until the sharks are large enough to hold their own in the ocean. Any shows (River Monsters, shark week) or from what I have read all explain it this way. I'm not saying this isn't a hoax but really wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was real.