Summer busiest time of the year for bull sharks in Sydney

Sydney waters will be teeming with dangerous bull sharks over summer, experts have confirmed.

Swimmers have been warned not to dive into the Georges River as the next three months is the busiest time of year for bull sharks in Sydney.

The warning comes after a giant bull shark was plucked out of the river last week.

Photos of the men showing off the 3.5 metre catch were uploaded to Facebook

Photos of the men showing off the 3.5 metre catch were uploaded to Facebook. 

They reeled in what is believed to be a bull shark from George’s River in Revesby in Sydney’s west. 

It is the second bull shark caught at the river in only two months.

In November two fisherman caught a bull shark near Picnic Point.

A spokesman for the Department of Primary Industries told the Daily Telegraph it was not uncommon for sharks to be spotted in the area.

‘It is not uncommon for bull sharks to frequent the Georges River during summer and autumn months and sightings in this waterway indicate a healthy ecosystem,’ the DPI spokesman said.

In November two fisherman caught a bull shark near Picnic Point

It is the second bull shark caught at the river in only two months

‘We have found that bull sharks are most abundant in the waterways of Sydney during summer and autumn and especially numerous when water temperatures were around 23C.’

More sharks than ever are migrating south to the seas off places like Sydney and Melbourne as water temperatures continue to rise, experts told Daily Mail Australia in December.

Summer in particular will see sharks migrating from North Queensland to Sydney’s coastline where thousands will be flocking to the beach.

‘With species that live on the east coast of Australia, we are seeing more migrate south than ever before because of increasing water temperatures,’ shark scientists from James Strut University Dr Colin Simpfendorfer said.