Bull Red meets shark! Pearl River!

Wow. Must have been a big shark in the Pearl. Hate losing a catch like that

Dang. I would bet at least 5-6 feet to have a mouth big enough to take a bite that far up the fish.

I would say a 6' bull

I was going to guess up to 8'.

I have not been in the water now for about 2 months work/personal reasons, but last year mid July I personally had a 4' / 5' wide body I assumed a bull come up to me in thigh deep water. I also remember a post last week where Dalozi reported a shark feeding frenzy in the Waveland area. So it's that time of the year from now till October the predators, sharks, jacks and Spanish will be near shore. I imagine if you could fly an ultralight over the barrier islands on a good calm day you might be surprised at the fins up shadows you might see.

WOW!!!!!! I will say this...I used to fish the pearl alot and I still do from time to time and that river is loaded with some sharks. I know of an area close to the bridge that stays loaded with sharks. My biggest I have ever caught is about 5' in the pearl, but I know there are some monsters lingering around. Take a look a that pic once again...PROOF is in the pudding....LOL

Yea we have caught them up to 5' last year we watched an estimated 7+ Bull chase a bat ray across the top of the water, I rigged a sting ray under a cork hoping to get him but no luck!

I was wade fishing at horn, just messing around really because I took my sister and her family to enjoy the island, and mullet kept coming out of the water right at the beach. I finally saw what was chasing them, a four foot shark that was a lot closer to land than I was. I guess he was chasing them into the shore and scooping them up. I skipped out of the water pretty fast after that.

6'-8' Bull I would guess.

Bulls have been recorded in excess of 30 miles up river systems. I have caught them (smaller) on the Trinity River in Liberty, TX.

flounda said:

I was wade fishing at horn, just messing around really because I took my sister and her family to enjoy the island, and mullet kept coming out of the water right at the beach. I finally saw what was chasing them, a four foot shark that was a lot closer to land than I was. I guess he was chasing them into the shore and scooping them up. I skipped out of the water pretty fast after that.

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They will definitely come all the way up there, seen exactly what you're talking about. They basically use the shore line to trap the fish. Closest encounter with a shark was just like that. He was chasing mullet, mullet was running. I had backed up to get away from them feeding and was in maybe shin deep water. Mullet saw me and decided to turn around. Nice view of a shark eating mullet. Never considered me at all but you can see where a mistake would happen in the feeding mode.

I believe on River Monsters he has caught them up to 100 miles up river or least had reports of them that far. A bull shark is definitely an eating machine designed to survive

flounda said:

I was wade fishing at horn, just messing around really because I took my sister and her family to enjoy the island, and mullet kept coming out of the water right at the beach. I finally saw what was chasing them, a four foot shark that was a lot closer to land than I was. I guess he was chasing them into the shore and scooping them up. I skipped out of the water pretty fast after that.

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I watched several beach themselves and flip-flop back into the water last summer while wade fishing west ship. After about the 3 one, I yelled at 22Skeeter to come pick me up in the boat!

Bulls have been caught over 1000 miles up the mississippi river.