IT'S no longer a surprise to hear of sharks being caught in the Brisbane River around Ipswich.

In fact, smaller bull sharks seem to be in such healthy numbers around Colleges Crossing, Kookaburra Park and the Mt Crosby Weir now that they are nearly as easy to catch as catfish.

Jason Reeve, 32, caught this 110cm bull shark near the Mt Crosby Weir recently and returned to the same spot yesterday to catch two more.

Flinders View father of three Jason Reeve used to be a dedicated Australian bass fisherman, but turned his attention to bull sharks after noticing how common they were in the river and how much fun they were to haul in.

Mr Reeve has been using live spangled perch on the end of 100-pound leader to snare some impressive little sharks in recent weeks - including a 110cm specimen downstream from the weir on the night of December 20.

As recently as yesterday morning, he caught and released another two smaller sharks of around 1m in length, at Kookaburra Park.

Read more about this story at the Queensland Times.