redneck_billcollector
Purveyor Of Fine Spirits
I remember hearing my grandfather talking about bull sharks (he would just call them sharks) would be caught in down town Albany back when he was a kid, this was before the dam was built down at Seminole. I always thought he was kidding me, one day I was at the library reading through the old local paper on microfisch and sure enough, I came across some old articles about them catching them down town near where they used to dispose of offal from slaughtered beef. (about where river front park is now)
I have since done alot of research and apparently bulls will run rather far up a river, one was caught in Illinois on the Mississippi not so long ago. Has anyone that lives on some of the bigger rivers in Ga. that havent been dammed ever caught a bull shark up in fresh water? I read somewhere that bull sharks like to spawn in fresh water to keep the pups away from other sharks, sharks are rather canabalistic. That is apparently the origin of the only fresh water shark, the lake nicaragua shark, they were bull sharks that got land locked. I was thinking about going over on the Altamaha and seeing if I could catch one. I would love to hear from any of yall that have caught them in fresh water.
I have since done alot of research and apparently bulls will run rather far up a river, one was caught in Illinois on the Mississippi not so long ago. Has anyone that lives on some of the bigger rivers in Ga. that havent been dammed ever caught a bull shark up in fresh water? I read somewhere that bull sharks like to spawn in fresh water to keep the pups away from other sharks, sharks are rather canabalistic. That is apparently the origin of the only fresh water shark, the lake nicaragua shark, they were bull sharks that got land locked. I was thinking about going over on the Altamaha and seeing if I could catch one. I would love to hear from any of yall that have caught them in fresh water.