Also 2 baby’s were pulled out and are now at the Minnesota aquarium!!! 2 confirmed bull shark attacks in the great lakes in the last 2 years. Though bull sharks have been known to ascend the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico as far as St. Louis, Willink says the number of locks and dams as well as the electric barrier on the Illinois River would make it next to impossible for even a bull shark to enter the Great Lakes. An angler once caught a 5-foot Bull Shark in Alton, Illinois in the outskirt of St. Louis.

Bull sharks have been recorded to swim into the Mississippi River and as far as north of Minnesota. But their actually there for sharks. And the other 5′ roughly. John August 28, 2018 at 3:40 am - Reply. Now, in North America, the only river shark we have is the bull shark.

Tom Martineau, a retired DNR marine biologist, suggests that if a shark was near the water outlet from the power plant it might be able to survive due to the warm water discharge from the plant. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the "Zambezi shark" (informally "zambi") in Africa, and "Lake Nicaragua shark" in Nicaragua, is a requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. A boy was attacked by a bull shark in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain. It is known for its aggressive nature, and presence in warm, shallow brackish and freshwater systems including estuaries and rivers. Bull sharks have been seen in Lake Michigan, but it is very rare. Click here for more info from the Gazebo News. As far as we know, bull sharks go up the same rivers, streams and estuaries where they were born to give birth to the next generation of sharks. As we know, Lake Superior is very cold especially this time of year. That means the bull shark … Suggest a Correction. Bull sharks prefer water warmer than seventy degrees fahrenheit, and Lake Michigan’s water is only that warm during a few weeks each year.

In fact, bull sharks are known to frequent freshwater lakes and streams.

Though extremely rare, sharks have been spotted in fresh water areas before. One bull shark was 5’2″ . It is the species that is most likely responsible for the shark attacks that happened at Matawan Creek, New Jersey, in 1916. Bull sharks can make it all the way up to the great lakes but they are only looking for food and there currently is an abundance of Asian carp which should keep them in the rivers. But the three shark species that are most commonly implicated in attacks on people are, in order, the great white shark, the tiger shark, and the bull shark.

Share this … For now, it is unlikely to find Bull Shark anytime in Lake Michigan because of the low water temperature.