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Fishermen are not there to feed the sharks.

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How do you know this?

freediver wrote on Feb 13^th, 2022 at 1:18pm:



so you made up a claim that any shark to feed on a chum gets killed ehh?

freediver wrote on Feb 13^th, 2022 at 2:18pm:



to feed on chum

chum is burley Fd .

What sort of fisherman doesn't know what chum is? Did you lie about your fishing exploits too?

freediver wrote on Feb 13^th, 2022 at 4:24pm:



All the fishermen I know certainly know what chum is. Perhaps you should try fishing somewhere other than in your fish tank?

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It would be silly to chum very close to the beach.

The burley will attract sharks that are already in the area. If it is done away from the beach it will not attract sharks to the beach.

The primary reason for sharks coming to the beach is the migration of the fish the sharks like to eat going to the beach. Anyone who fishes knows when this is.

In WA a lot of attacks coincide with the salmon migration. The king fish migration in the south and east is also popular with sharks but not sure that it causes many problems.

A year or so back a surfer got grabbed by a shark in the close to beach channel at my local beach. It occurred when there was a large school or large Taylor in the area.

And yes surfers do attract sharks but most do not see the shark have a quick look and move on. The majority of sharks are not interested in people.

Few years ago I seen a pod of about 6 killer whales cruising up the coast, (very rare - I had never heard of it before) They would have swum past a group of surfers within about 10 metres. Not sure if the surfers seen them or not.

Wether they get a tender morsel of flesh to chew on, what matters is indeed the attractive 'scent' to the 'possibility' of something to eat. It's a natural behaviour for Sharks.
Now if there is plenty of 'consistent' scent along a beach, then - they will search for the 'meat'. Just ask 'Bruce' what 'scent' can do for a Shark.

There are 'many' reasons why a Shark can attack humans.
Making the local beach 'smell enticing' though - doesn't help the cause.

Why was one South African Surfer attacked by GWS's at least 5 times, with one time caught on video of two Great Whites hitting his board at the same time... while other Surfer's were not, even though 'with him'?
...his answer was because he drank a lot of beer and always pissed in the water/his wettie.
So one must guess that he smells better than the others, smells more 'animal' than the other boards.

I suggest you try an experiment FD and go spearfishing in a very chummed up area and see what sharks do appear and how they behave around you, even if you have no fish on the end of your spear. Come back and give us your results.

True. Most seem pretty shy when I dive.
Though I did have a Grey Nurse sneak up behind me at Bushrangers to be just a foot away from my head, when I suddenly turned as if something was behind me.

Then there was that big Wobby with his mouth open behind a rock, which I thought was a big white new species of sponge - to which I moved in for a closer look until realisation dawned on me that my head was almost inside its mouth.

...but the main thing is that there was no chum, burley or any other enticing scent in the water to arouse a shark's appetite.