noelguyau Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Im seriously thinking of having a crack at sharks this season of Broken Bay. A couple of the many questions I have is for those that fish over the shelf for sharks. Is there a prefered depth or is it manily dependent on your burley, and the second Q, do you guys turn your engine off, or do you keep it running all day considering how far off shore you are. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako2000 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Preferably between 80-120 fathoms. That's the main drop off area for the shelf where bait tends to congregate. Engine off as you would be surprised how finicky some sharks can be and there's no use wasting all that fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelguyau Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks for the info, looking forward to giving it a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelguyau Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Typically, how much burley would you go through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocrabbing Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 For those old enough to remember and not politically correct paranoid,.. If fishing with Bob Dyer 2-3 dogs an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I thought Whale blubber was a favourite. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 15 hours ago, letsgocrabbing said: For those old enough to remember and not politically correct paranoid,.. If fishing with Bob Dyer 2-3 dogs an hour. I thought this kind of bait is/was popular only in Africa. Was it quite common in Australia as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 until gamefish aust banned the use of mammal flesh or blood many years ago...I fished out of lake mac for many years chasing bities..we used a mix of chicken mince ..fish mince..fish frames chunks or thrown out pieces of chicken from chook farm....some guys prefer mullet or salmon put thru berley pot..we used mince in bags as its quieter..we fished one bait weighted nearly on bottom and two baits on floats in slick..everyone does things differently...I have since gone to the gentlemanly art of marlin fishing...bahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 You dont have to go to far to shark fish. You could sit in the middle of broken bay heads to catch them. This time of year you will get pups inshore, mainly makos threshers and hammers usually between 10-40kg. The bigger females generally give birth after the gemfish season. Burley wise, much the same as rick said, just make sure its constant. You can have them at the boat in 5 min or 5 hrs lol. Beer comes in handy. As for numbers of rods out we run 2 both on ballons. One set closer to the boat the other set up to 50-100M back. And you are not a true shark fisherman if you dont swim to the closet balloon and back after 2 hrs lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 the closest float ????girl........Bahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Knew youd bite pmsl, as if i was gunna tell em the furthest lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 just don't try swimming to the deep bait lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelguyau Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 27/10/2016 at 7:37 PM, finin said: You dont have to go to far to shark fish. You could sit in the middle of broken bay heads to catch them. This time of year you will get pups inshore, mainly makos threshers and hammers usually between 10-40kg. The bigger females generally give birth after the gemfish season. Burley wise, much the same as rick said, just make sure its constant. You can have them at the boat in 5 min or 5 hrs lol. Beer comes in handy. As for numbers of rods out we run 2 both on ballons. One set closer to the boat the other set up to 50-100M back. And you are not a true shark fisherman if you dont swim to the closet balloon and back after 2 hrs lol Ha ha' thanks for the info guys. Where is the best place to get large amounts of burley......fish markets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 seafood shops or learn how to catch fish lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 M8 some tackle shops sell specific shark blocks try ottos they may give you a place or they may have it. We go to a chicken joint off the M4, baida or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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