Teen fisherman spends night battling massive shark at popular swimming spot
A Sydney teenager has spent the night wrestling an enormous 3.28-metre bull shark in a popular Sydney waterway.
After hearing rumours of what was lurking in the waters around Port Hacking, Kai George and his mates jumped in their boat and headed out to try their luck in the early hours of Monday morning.
But the 16-year-old never imagined exactly what would unfold when he dropped a line near the Lilli Pilli Wharf.
“We thought what have we got to lose, we’re just a bunch of teenagers looking for a big shark,” he told Sunrise.
The keen fisherman landed the monster shark, much to the amusement of his mates.
After an exhausting four-hour battle, the boat full of teens managed to move the shark onto a nearby sand bar where they decided they needed some proof of their monster catch.
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Jumping into the water, Kai and his mates posed for snaps, providing a clearer picture of the bull shark’s incredible size.
“They (mum and dad) knew I was targeting the shark, obviously they didn’t think I would get it, so I called them up during the four-hour fight and they were just scared… they were very surprised.”
While Kai and his mates never questioned their decision to release the shark, he said not everyone was quite as comfortable knowing it could be lurking around the popular family swimming spots.
“They’re beautiful creatures and they deserve to be in the ocean,” he said.
“Everyone’s saying that because they swim in the river and cause their kids are swimming here and it’s a very very popular swimming and wakeboarding spot, they’re not too keen on it anymore.”
