Two Sydney fishermen have caught a shark in the Georges River, prompting a safety warning from NSW Maritime.
A post on Sydney's Fishing Forum Facebook page shows two men posing with what the Department of Primary Industries has confirmed to be a bull shark carcass in the shallows on Monday afternoon.
"Caught this arvo half a kilometre down river from picnic point on the George's river," they wrote in the caption.
The image has been shared more than 1300 times since it was uploaded.
NSW Maritime were quick to share the post on Tuesday morning, warning readers to "take care out there".
But locals do not seem concerned by the news of sharks lurking at the popular river.
"In the 80's we lived 2 streets back from George's river and my dad raced grey hounds and I still remember him coming home and saying another local racer had the rear half of his 2 grey hounds eaten whilst out swimming them behind his tinnie," one user named Brad Street commented.
Other Facebook users wrote about horses, dogs, and locals they whom heard had been on the wrong side of a shark attack in Georges River.
"Bull sharks are the reason why they don't swim horses in Chipping Norton lakes to the left near the race course anymore, a lot of them were attacked and only heads left..." another user, Elisha Bowes, wrote.
