- Huge bull sharks have been spotted flooding the Gold Coast waterways
- The ‘beasts’ of up to three metres long have been spotted by local anglers
- The bull sharks are bringing their young to the waters and may head to Sydney
Monster bull sharks have made their way to the popular Queensland waterways causing quite a stir just in time for summer.
Huge sharks of up to three-and-a-half metres have been spotted in the Gold Coast waters by local anglers, according to Mad Fins Fishing manager Brendan Elmslie.
The ‘beasts’ have been spotted everywhere from the local rivers, lakes and canals and are bringing their young with them.
Monster bull sharks (pictured) have made their way to the popular Queensland waterways
Huge sharks of up to three metres have been spotted on the Gold Coast by local anglers
Mr Elmslie, an angler, told Daily Mail Australia there were always large numbers of sharks in the waters at this time of year.
‘That’s just because of the time of year they come to breed and feed in the warm water,’ he said.
Incredible photos show the huge sharks being caught by keen anglers who catch, tag and release the bull sharks after sharing the images on social media.
Anglers from Mad Fins Fishing snapped a number of impressive photos captured during the ‘fun sport’, sharing just how large the ‘beasts’ are.
Many of the anglers are helping tag the sharks for research, which has shown bull sharks migrating as south as Sydney or as north as Townsville.
One 27-year-old fisherman Callum Ryan told Gold Coast Bulletin he chases the bull sharks for sport and the power ‘is unreal’.
‘It’s unreal when you get a 2.6 metre shark next to a four metre tinnie. It’s intimidating,’ Mr Ryan said.
‘When my missus comes out with me, she gets pretty worried.’