Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
most of the whale migration has already happened though - they are way the fcuk north of here now.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Dunno, still plenty every day going north in my neck of the woods.
Still, I would only assume a broad correlation.
Water temp might be a piece of the puzzle too. Then salmon, mullet season etc
Still, I would only assume a broad correlation.
Water temp might be a piece of the puzzle too. Then salmon, mullet season etc
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Still going past Sydney.steve shearer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:39 pmmost of the whale migration has already happened though - they are way the fcuk north of here now.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Ok, well the front runners and the main pack is all up in Hervey Bay and points north.
maybe it's the stragglers they are following?
maybe it's the stragglers they are following?
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Its likely that inshore GW activity during migration is related to the number of sick whales that cark it on the way. Lots of sick whales means GW's eat their fill and don't bother sniffing around the coast. Fewer weak whales and the GW posse that are following the migration start coming in shore.
Whale numbers having been growing 10% each years for the last 10 years. Lets say shark numbers are growing in lockstep with whale numbers but initially whale migrations have been comprised of younger cohorts - so the available food source drys up quickly and you then get more inshore activity and attacks. Then the whale population starts to mature and the numbers of sick whales increases - resulting in more offshore food and fewer attacks.
Whale numbers having been growing 10% each years for the last 10 years. Lets say shark numbers are growing in lockstep with whale numbers but initially whale migrations have been comprised of younger cohorts - so the available food source drys up quickly and you then get more inshore activity and attacks. Then the whale population starts to mature and the numbers of sick whales increases - resulting in more offshore food and fewer attacks.
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possibly, but this almost feels like a seasonal range extension from juvenile/sub-adult whites.
mostly fish feeders.
mostly fish feeders.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Aren’t the stragglers the target for a hungry white?steve shearer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:52 pmOk, well the front runners and the main pack is all up in Hervey Bay and points north.
maybe it's the stragglers they are following?
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pretty sure there was an attack last year or the year before on a bloke surfing there. A white. from memory he lived, too.
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Craig Ison got bit there in 2015.
he lived but was pretty badly mauled.
there was one a few years before that.
he lived but was pretty badly mauled.
there was one a few years before that.
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An interesting question is what happens when the 2-3 meter sharks, that are the bulk of those caught in the drumline “trial”, grow up a bit more?
Will they continue to travel the coast, or stay down south more in seal territory?
That said saw a couple of seals frolicking off woopi headland the other day.
Will they continue to travel the coast, or stay down south more in seal territory?
That said saw a couple of seals frolicking off woopi headland the other day.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Seals in the line up, fcuk that. Their stink travels a long way. There's a few down the coast been hanging about and it gives me the heebie jeebies, especially when they act all antsy. If they're just lolling about and sunning themselves in the line up i don't mind so much, but when they start fussing about and moving quick i always assume they know something's about. Rather not have to assume they're an early warning signal.tootr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:55 pmAn interesting question is what happens when the 2-3 meter sharks, that are the bulk of those caught in the drumline “trial”, grow up a bit more?
Will they continue to travel the coast, or stay down south more in seal territory?
That said saw a couple of seals frolicking off woopi headland the other day.
Bit like dumping shearer in the line up after he's grappled with a couple of tailor on the stones, got all bloody, then landed in the drink with fish blood and scales going every which way. fcuk that
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
yeah that's the guy i was thinking of. it spun me out at the time bcos i'd been surfing the same spot the week before, and it was sharky afsteve shearer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:50 pmCraig Ison got bit there in 2015.
he lived but was pretty badly mauled.
there was one a few years before that.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Tracking suggests that once they get bigger, they travel a bit less up the coast but go south instead, down around Tassietootr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:55 pmAn interesting question is what happens when the 2-3 meter sharks, that are the bulk of those caught in the drumline “trial”, grow up a bit more?
Will they continue to travel the coast, or stay down south more in seal territory?
That said saw a couple of seals frolicking off woopi headland the other day.
Only “suggest” though, there’s not enough research to really tell.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
just watching the shark contractor spending alot of time fussing around the Lennox drum-line which is about 3-400 metres off the back of the Point.
Usually means a hook-up.
Usually means a hook-up.
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Blood-up and get out there son!
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
just waiting for the tide to drop a bit.
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