Shark spotted in lake in Louisiana

[@amanb8698]

Bullsharks live in Brackish Water and give birth in Fresh water. They swim up the Mississippi River all the time getting as far north as Illinois/Iowa/Missouri area of the river. Very common to find them in Louisiana.

[@brianisme6498]

Yes, the story jaws was inspired by was actually of a bull shark that swam up a river. Not a great white in the ocean

[@smokeybear1925]

@@brianisme6498 no, it was inspired by the Jersey attacks in 1916 by a great white shark. You are incorrect

[@novaboon2866]

@@smokeybear1925 the Jersey attacks were never confirmed to be great whites and may have been bull sharks, though you are right that jaws was based on those incidents.

[@Mr_Clean]

@Sasnak11 yeah, back in the '40s or '50s there was like an 8-ft bull shark caught in the Mississippi at Alton Illinois. They can produce their own salinity in their blood to help them in fresh water

[@amanb8698]

@@hockeyguy2005 They get dumped into the lake during storm surges when the water rises often. Because they give birth in fresh water they can survive in it. However long term they would need to find a way back to the ocean as they need more food.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

As a Louisiana native, I’ll just stay in the boat, thanks.

[@nahh1782]

I’ll just stay in my house

[@machinedragonnero7740]

Same here

[@Werner4voss]

You re gonna need a bigger boat though

[@tuckerromero1780]

True but i stay in the boat bc of 12 ft alligators 😂

[@devinrivers5808]

😅I don’t blame you 👍🏿

[@williamoleschoolarendt7016]

That's a baby! I myself have hooked multiple Bull sharks in lake Ponchatrain! They travel up into the Spillway and we all know that they travel up the Mississippi river! The lake also has Hammerhead sharks at a certain time of the year when the lake's salt content is high! My biggest bull in the lake was 9 and a half feet! A guy fishing in a boat close to me around the railroad trestle hooked and released a 11 foot hammerhead! What's crazy about Lake Ponchatrain is you can catch red fish drum trout and I've even seen yellow fin tuna but all around the edges of the lake especially the bayou's and canals that run into the lake have large mouth bass and goggle eye perch! One of the best fishing spots in Louisiana!

[@charliemike13]

Thanks for the info! That’s fascinating-so I would assume that the hammerheads are also there having babies? Also, I take it, probably shouldn’t swim in that lake! A 9’ bull shark will tear you up and that’s no lie! Would be cool to see though. I wonder which kind of hammerhead or if it’s multiple species of them? Anyway, stay safe and have some fun fishing! Catch one for me!

[@williamoleschoolarendt7016]

@@charliemike13 bonnet head hammerhead which is the smallest and the big big 10 and 12 footers have been spotted! They usually hunt flounder and Ray's in the shallows! My friend has a Lafette skiff trawl boat and he has 18 foot wing nets and he picked up a 11 foot hammerhead! So Lake Ponchatrain has plenty of sharks what's crazy is there aren't many attacks! I can only remember a few off the top of my head! I know that a 12 year old boy was swimming off of the steps that walk out into the water and he was bit by a 5 to 6 foot bull shark! There are a lot of fresh water bayou's and small rivers that lead into Lake Ponchatrain and bull sharks have been sighted in those bayou's and rivers! They are definitely In there dropping off babies! Peace out bro!

[@jenaartsynola48]

Ok we just moved to the North Shore & I kept telling my family I would bet there were bull sharks in the lake. Now I know I was right!

[@mygabrielle7477]

@william ole school. I would guess the tuna you saw in the lake were big jacks. Which people call here a lake pontchatrain tuna. They resemble tuna and the lake is full of them from mid summer to early fall. Tuna are a pelagic fish and can’t tolerate brackish water like a jack or any other species of saltwater fish that’s in the lake. In late summer when the lake usually has the highest salinity, the salinity level only gets as high as 10 ppt. Tuna need to be in sea water where the levels are 20/25+ ppt

[@lordoffishtown4455]

There’s a lake 10 minutes drive from my house that has bullsharks in it. Also a lot of stingrays too but this is Queensland, Australia so it’s nothing too unusual.

[@rollotomasi1873]

I once caught a story about people in India being attacked by sharks in a river. They were suggesting bull sharks as well. Pretty fascinating stuff.

[@jessestewart169]

Yes but it is in USA.

[@lordoffishtown4455]

@@chickenfish9993 is anything real?

[@pararumble5965]

Oh ffs lucky I’m in New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@coconutads]

The true story of jaws happened in July of 1916. Michael Capuzzo told the true story of Jaws in his non-fiction bestseller, Close to Shore

[@darkpassenger65]

And the species was a bull shark.

[@jquest43]

@Freedom 1775 bullcrap it was a 7.5 foot,250 pound female great white she had 15 pounds of human flesh and a shinbone in her stomach.

[@jquest43]

@@darkpassenger65 nope it was a 7.5 foot female great white,and it killed 5 people in matawan creek

[@jquest43]

@Freedom 1775 nope

[@darkpassenger65]

@@jquest43 I checked, you're right. My bad.

[@agateapples5670]

This is not uncommon in Pontchartrain and maurepas. Both of those lakes are connected to the gulf and sharks, redfish and speckled trout live in the lake pretty much all year. The spoonbill paddlefish also use this lake every few years during their spawning migration. The lake is a melting pot for both fresh and saltwater fish because of its fluctuating salinity levels. People catch sharks in these lakes everyday. Cool story tho

[@rosstheriot7410]

I'm from lake Charles la not uncommon here either

[@darkpassenger65]

Thanks. That was my question. Is it connected to the ocean? Bull sharks can survive in fresh water. And yes, they are man-eaters.

[@XEOnyx]

"that's not a catfish" no shit

[@getchasome6230]

They've been found as far inland as the ohio river. Dont let people lie to you. There ARE sharks in freshwater

[@mariocampo896]

There’s currently 40 bull sharks tagged in lake ponchartrain currently. The estuary system ultimately connected to the gulf acts as nursery ground for the juvenile bull sharks

[@denissssss8579]

😳😳😳

[@strawberryfox8819]

Tbh, sharks are probably the smallest problem. Unlike gators, they have to stay in the water, so just stay out of it and boom, you're good.

[@redemissarium]

but its easier to avoid gator in water than avoiding shark

[@chrizdabizz]

ohhh nice youtube recommends a video from 4 years ago

[@williamriley2528]

They've been found as far north as Illinois in the Mississippi river... They are much like striped bass in the fact they are both a salt water & fresh water species...

[@autisticus1678]

Farther. They’ve caught them in Minnesota multiple times

[@williamriley2528]

@Freedom 1775 Yeah... the problem is you just don't have any drinking water or breathable air...!

[@autisticus1678]

@Mound Builder look up bull shark caught in minnehaha creek

[@autisticus1678]

@Mound Builder not sure if that was fake also but I’m pretty sure the people who caught it were dnr officers

[@Quackerstacker1973]

There was a bullshark in my bathtub yesterday

[@Resistculturaldecline]

Wouldn't necessarily call lake Pontchartrain a lake, in the normal sense that people associate the term with

[@keithkennedy2725]

Whatever it is, it will be called the Gulf of Mexico in the near future.... Only a matter of time....

[@Resistculturaldecline]

@@keithkennedy2725 all things are a matter of time. Nothing has escaped it yet

[@calebbaudia]

So they kill all of the sharks?! Are you freakin kidding me...

[@ssjwiley]

Caleb Audia yup

[@dennishabecker8895]

Shark lives matter

[@beansandproblems]

Better than have them kill people

[@shepherdoffire8788]

@@beansandproblems shark belong in the water we don't! We killed a shit lot of shark so if they killed a human is fair game to me!

[@shepherdoffire8788]

OhhSnapItsBilly i don’t care about human live at all they’re all pieces of shit!

[@JustMisterFox]

Remember, you're more likely to be struck by lightning than be attacked by a shark... but sharks can't attack you on land and lighting can strike you almost anywhere, so.... yeah.

[@intrinsicdistinctive6725]

Bull shark have been seen 500 mile aways from ocean body into the rivers.

[@ddtrahan]

Man I use to spearfish in Lake Ponchartrain & Lake Maurepas and I would see shadows a lot in that 1-3’ visibility - I would close my eyes under the water!

[@brianisme6498]

Jesus in a turbidity (technical term for visibility) of 1-3 you wouldn’t be able to see anything.!

[@ddtrahan]

@@brianisme6498 yea you right - when I spearfish in zero vis. (Turbidity you say) slaying the large Blue Channel Catfish, I utilize my Riddick (thermal) eyes bc as you say, “wouldn’t be able to see anything.” Occasionally I would catch a glimpse of a 4-5’ Alligator Garfish swimming away!

[@tyleruskating9874]

damn dude thats gnarly vis like that is creepy

[@clheard8007]

@@ddtrahan I grew up on the other side of the state. Swimming and fishing in Lake Charles and Prien Lake. We dreamed of days when we could see 3'. Everyone would be out on the water partyin' like it was Destin. Hollering stuff like, "Look, Ma! I can see my feet!!"

[@onjekaji3815]

Bull shark is the only shark that lives in fresh water... everyone be careful when your in a lake cuz bull shark is notorious for man eating.... and btw yes they love shallow waters also

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

Bull sharks can swim 1000 miles up a river to kill swimmers

[@alancrandall3863]

Bull,sharks are the most aggressive sharks in the world. What makes it worse is that they regularly go into fresh water where people do not expect sharks.

[@uhhmm2132]

Even though sharks can be viscous, there living things that deserve the same respect as anything else.

[@lloydchristmas4547]

Absolutely.

[@melkormorgoth9022]

Not Bullsharks,of All Sharkspecies Bulls have the MOST testosterone output and ARE one of the TOP 3 Maneaters of all times...which means they'll go to kill women and children first because theyre size oriented,theyll attack things that are smaller than them....Jaws the movie was based on freshwater bullshark attacks in the early 1900s:(

[@marcuslaker5876]

I’d steer clear of that lake...

[@jlsouth7337]

That's not a catfish! 🤣

[@suryablaze2705]

It's like saying a man was found walking on road.

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

Number one most aggressive shark there is. They are scary then the tiger shark then the great white.

[@CbrF4i600cc]

Does that sentence make sense to u?

[@williamdread391]

So a bull shark in freshwater, wow what a story.

[@seheadhunter50]

It's cool to see, don't be a d bag.

[@lodii7246]

Only 5 foot? I expected a 50 footer smh

[@brianisme6498]

50 feet? That’s huge! That’s about twice as big as a blue whale. Most bulls don’t get over 7 feet. No animal is that big

[@cadeclark]

And this is why I love Sportsman’s Paradise cause there ain’t no sharks up here lol

[@kevinroark5024]

A 5ft Bull Shark can kill anyone by biting through the main artery in your legs,Example/few yrs back a young couple(From Russia) were visiting the beaches in Florida I believe&both in shallow water were attack&the woman was scarred for the rest of her life&the mans life ended that day in the water from his injuries to his lower legs/feetfrom the Bullshark that attacked em&one of his feet was eatn by the shark.

[@warmachine1770]

That was Virginia beach

[@kevinroark5024]

@@warmachine1770 Man that was terrible that guy died,I couldn't remember where it happened Thanks for posting Virginia 👍.I couldnt remember.sorry about putting Florida,but you know I was bullpooping no one about the attack.

[@jackiebrannon2006]

i didnt know sharks can swim in lakes?

[@eddielikesxbox]

Our the bull shark 🦈

[@timSquash]

Bullsharks can survive in freshwater and have a tendency to swim in lakes and rivers

[@johnprendergast1338]

Yeah ,that's a Bull shark .....They come in Lake Ponchartrain all the time ..

[@TheMontereyJack]

Yeah, this was posted 4 years ago..

[@Manidahoan]

I bet that shark would rather be swimming in the Ocean..

[@gavinjacobs5365]

This is like shark night

[@slanderous.j]

Bull sharks ARE the most dangerous, and aggressive to humans.

[@justinquaylepate1358]

I've seen bull sharks in Buffalo Bayou over in Houston Texas

[@bngken5407]

Is it possible that 🦈 could live in freshwater lake? Oh by the way, I don't know either if that lake is a freshwater or saltwater. Is it or not?

[@eduardoaparicio5654]

Yes, sharks can breathe in freshwater depending on what species it is. Some sharks like the Great white can only breathe through salt water

[@CrazyEnglishman]

Bull sharks live in both fresh and salt water.

[@noahoverton3618]

They are made to survive any kinda water

[@SSHitMan]

@@noahoverton3618 As long as it's warm enough.

[@ufarkingicehole]

It's both.

[@813johnnfla]

If it's connected to the ocean in anyway... its not a LAKE

[@frankshort7798]

William old school ,my girlfriend has 5 acres on the lower amite ,locals call it old river because its the original channel before they built the diversion canal ,Anyway its about 5 miles from lake marupas and at the french settlement bridge hwy 22 ive seen bullsharks .

[@williamoleschoolarendt7016]

Yeah I've seen them in the Bonnet Carry Spillway but they were babies! I did see a 7 footer in the bayou along interstate 55 when I was fishing for bass so we know that they are there!

[@marshalldavis3788]

I am one of those people, I am on the beach wearing jeans and shoes. I am not going into the water at a beach and this is why. Next shark related thing, "Florida man nearly has a heart attack after waking up to take a crap and finds a 13 plus tiger shark in his toilet". Florida resident says after this, he never had a hard time taking a crap again. Literally scared the shit right out of him". Me. "Yeah, I am going to pop a squat in my back yard".

[@FINfinFINfinFINfin]

Why was this "news"?

[@ryanmiller327]

Anyone that knows bull sharks knows they travel to fresh water, not earth shattering news 🤣

[@patrickbass3542]

The fisherman's boat says "Mandeville" which is a city on the lake...surely he is more familiar with HIS favorite fish'n hole that to ignore the presence of bull sharks!!!!!

[@MatChew75]

Considering most of the lakes in Southern Louisiana are brackish. Pretty normal

[@kingshark9057]

Bulls sharks are a serious threat in Australia but they are common in America aswell

[@tolitsdterrible4785]

Why bother those sharks? They've been there long before us people came. Leave them alone.

[@southernlimits6098]

There are bull sharks in the marshes

[@EpicShrimpz69]

Wow a shark in a lake ? That’s not natural at all

[@robbieevans6536]

Why do they call their bays, lakes?

[@S.M.214]

Humans are way more aggressive than sharks. They should stay as far away as possible from us. We are truly life threatening!

[@jeremywilson5668]

Happens everyday if the fresh water runs into the ocean.

[@brianisme6498]

Fresh water doesn’t run into the ocean though. Once it reaches the ocean it becomes salty. In deltas and estuaries it becomes brackish, which is basically in-between fresh and salt water

[@abtrevino4537]

Bull sharks are the only sharks capable of swimming miles into rivers and lakes than other sharks they can swim in both salt and fresh water there have been shark attacks in lakes where people least expect to see sharks cause those lakes are connected to a salt water opening

[@JamesMichael333]

How did a bull shark get into a lake? I guess it has ocean access?

[@sammyaugusto1742]

That's their environment

[@zzlpx]

Lake spotted in SHARK

[@andrewbuddemeyer8432]

What's the big surprise? Bull Sharks live in fresh water too

[@victorricardo9794]

Bo Mcool awesome name

[@frankshanks9726]

Well dud, lake Pontchartrain is a salt water lake connected to the gulf of Mexico.

[@phantomtail2270]

This Just In: Water Found In Ocean.

[@Don-czSeVo1]

Anyone else notice that news headline at the end, taking about the senate passing a bill that allows 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia? Wth is that about

[@TexasNewsOwL]

That will be a reall trick.

[@Jameskenomis3]

If you swim in Louisiana anywhere …you are asking for a Darwin Award. There are several places that this can be said Australia, Florida, South Africa, basically any salt water, any brackish water and some freshwater.

[@Mr_Clean]

They should release some orcas into lake Pontchartrain to take care of the bull sharks!

[@sakurachristineito6428]

Lake????? Like who lifted it from the ocean & dumped it into the lake???

[@dadseyes4854]

These things have gotten into my neighborhood ponds they must be stopped

[@jessicas6651]

I don’t think it’s the sharks that need to be stopped. People keep encroaching to their space and manipulating the environment to fit the needs and wants of people with little regard to the ecosystem. Don’t want to get near a shark, stay out of the water. That’s their home.

[@dadseyes4854]

@@jessicas6651 I was kidding about the pond haha I agree it's their territory let them do their thing

[@kylee_morris4834]

Omg that’s so sad!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭

[@xx7093]

thats not sad brother it can live its whole life happily in freshwater...

[@bullyboy131]

Sharks are looking for food and easy pray. If you fall into these categories then WATCH OUT!

[@TreyJ_Mollo]

When I was a kid we had a decent size bull shark swim into the bayou behind my old home. Let’s say let’s gators had a good dinner that night lol.

[@TreyJ_Mollo]

@@jerrypaulwhite nah man... the two gators definitely ganged up the shark. I was there

[@TreyJ_Mollo]

The shark was only 5 to 6t if that. The two gators were about 7 to 8. They’re very smart gators and still live in the canal where I grew up

[@subhub637]

two gators against a shark would for sure win to whatever guy said they wouldn’t ^^ sharks barley have any flexibility and most need to move. Plus the gators grab on and spin there food lol

[@denissssss8579]

@@subhub637 lmao that guy was stupid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheCynbuck]

why don't the big gators eat the sharks

[@jessestewart169]

Wow there one of the oceans top 5 killing sharks.

[@pinktrash19]

Ugh nowhere is safe except for the pool. :/ its either sharks or gators. I have serious phobias and I just wanna swim in a lake like in the movies without thinking that something below me is gunna eat me!!!

[@julia9.3252]

come to Europe :)

[@arayabuchichi3798]

That’s a nice size for some battered deep fry with butter 🧈 lemon 🍋 garlic 🧄 sauce ,Corn bread and some Southern sweet Tea delicious 😋

[@sprinklesthecat4823]

Sharks pee through their skin which is why people only eat the fins. Its incredibly acidic

[@justus1997]

I ate fried black tip shark when I was a kid and it was probably the best fried fish I’ve ever eaten

[@TheDragon-v7d]

Dude stop sharks are about to die out

[@arayabuchichi3798]

Sprinkles The Cat they are delicious 😋

[@arayabuchichi3798]

Justus 👍 yummy 😋

[@ThatNoFbody-ch9ky]

“Snagging the sharks” pathetic lol can’t even catch them right

[@warlordwurzoggwigsplittaht2933]

Brackish water.

[@Sig320]

Ok so that’s how they got there!!! Really 10 more seconds and you could have said how they got in the lake. Was it over flow

[@TheSesilye]

I hope they didnt kill it leave it alone

[@MrRedforman1]

That's not even a bullshark

[@whifu3219]

Yes it is....

[@dawn5785]

Seth Winters it is tard

[@Superion247]

Seth Winters boi! It is a shark.

[@3RI3.]

Seth Winters (I’m Late) but what shark is it then

[@1v1bot30]

Let’s see if he figured out if it was a bull shark or not 2 years later

[@elykspuz6596]

Huh. Neat. Probably the main reason they adapted to fresh water. One of the most aggressive sharks. With great camo for murky ass water. Yup I'm staying the fuck out.

[@discountmorty213]

Thats not a cat fish lol cat fish of big ass size are dangerous too

[@ivypixley7451]

Have seen many bull sharks in lake Bourne in St. Bernard parish been doing that forever nothing new after specs reds blue crabs and having babies you would shit if you knew how many swim by when you knee boarding in the ship channel

[@preston6618]

Why would they come in and snag them? They are just sharks coming into the lake to feed and raise young like they always have. This is not unusual. Bull sharks I have been known to go up into fresh water deep into the Amazon river and up the Mississippi to even Illinois.

[@zacharyplaisance2034]

Man Jesus I live in Louisiana and do more than my fare share of fishing bull sharks have been here for a while ik I been catching them since 2011 on catfish lines🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stephenwestlake5928]

I lived in this area my whole life in st tammany. Everyone in the area has been knowing about this lol lake Pontchatrain has a whole shit ton of stuff in there that can eat you 🤣also has manatees. Its connected to the gulf of Mexico. People still swim and fish in the river embankments and certain parts of ponchy but I never was a fan always heard story's of kids getting swept away by strong currents and drowning. Beautiful lake though with a very interesting and huge eco system

[@kriskringle6173]

If you think a bull shark wont attack you, eat your kids.. you're dead wrong about that buddy. Shit yes they will. Theyll eat you, your kids, your dog..any animals. Horses.. all that. They're very dangerous. I mean best case scenario you dont get attacked lol. G thanks. I'm going for a dip in the lake and I dont get butchered? Alright!! Must be my lucky day.

[@ahmedbabiker509]

Those cruel people should leave the sharks alone and stop fishing in the lake simply.

[@ahmedbabiker509]

@@HelloThere-zy7zp Idiot

[@ahmedbabiker509]

@@HelloThere-zy7zp I never knew that there could be negative IQ levels(I mean you)

[@mwillblade]

Stop fishing in the lake? Man fuck off.

[@briansniffin2719]

No thanks.

[@seanchiasson3299]

Bull shark. Can go fresh and salt water

[@MrTruth76]

Oh great

[@collinosullivan5721]

Yeah that's. I'll shit

[@magdariverasantos2332]

Wow so scary😐😐😐😓😓😱😱😱😱😱

[@sorewreckedum3002]

Bull sharks, well forget swimming

[@raybenoit5238]

Useless news segment To not say which lake . What was the political angle for that ?