The bull shark pictured above was caught by fisherman Terry Hessey not in the Ohio River, but a world away at the mouth of the Brisbane River in Australia. An 8-foot-long (2.4 meters) bull shark was pulled from the Potomac River, along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, by a group of Maryland fishermen yesterday (Sept. 3). A dead bull shark was recently found in the Trinity River in Kenefick, TX. The answer: doubtful. The unidentified man was in the water by his boat with his son, according to EMS Director Stanley Kite, when “something bit the guy on the leg.” Yes, a shark in a river. The shark was said to be released in good condition. Also in 2015 another fake story spread online that claimed a photo of a 2.9 metre bull shark was caught on the Ohio River but the accompanying photograph was actually taken in Australia. On Saturday at 11:14 p.m. www.Ocearch.org pinged “Cabot,” an almost 10-foot long, 530-pound Great White Shark in the Indian River just north of State Road 528. In 2010 a 2-foot dead shark was found washed up on a boat ramp. A series of shark attacks in Matawan Creek in 1916 was part of the inspiration for the novel “Jaws” and the 1975 blockbuster movie. A six-foot bull shark was caught Tuesday morning about a mile from where a man was bitten while swimming Wednesday evening in the Neuse. Since then, there has been much debate about the species of shark responsible for the 1916 shark attacks in Manasquan Creek, which is less than 20 miles from the Navesink River. A bull shark is the only shark capable of surviving in freshwater, but would a bull shark have made a 1,000-mile-plus swim up the Mississippi River from the Gulf Coast? Read more… Ms McIvor had been swimming at the mouth of the Noosa River and suspects the shark may have been a bull shark - an aggressive, man-eating species that can tolerate fresh water. The Ohio River has had a brief history with sharks, however. The enormous reptile was seen lurking in a shallow river … ( Supplied: Richard Smith ) The avid angler said the largest shark he'd landed in a kayak was 1.2 metres long. Drone footage has captured the moment a 16-foot crocodile intimidated a bull shark in waters off Australia's far north coast. The most recent post shows Stephen Pateman straddling a 10-foot bull shark that he caught after a 2-hour fight in the vast Clarence River system. Richard Smith goes fishing for bull sharks in his kayak on the Brisbane River.