Shark circles boat off Freo
Richard Minnett ©
Amateur fisherman Richard Minett admits he was just a little bit nervous when this monster 5m great white zoned in on his small fishing boat 6km off Fremantle on Wednesday.
"It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen," he said.
"It was bigger than my 4.6m boat, and if it decided to have a go at us, we would have been in trouble."
Mr Minett said the shark passed up and down the boat a dozen times before it disappeared.
"And then we saw its fin reappear a minute later about 20m away," he said.
"It was just tracking straight at the boat, coming right towards us and then it swerved and went to the side again.
"We didn't feel threatened in any way, just a little nervous. The thing was damn big."
Mr Minett's boat was anchored halfway between Rottnest and Fremantle as he fished at twilight with two friends. "We can't stop talking about it," he said. "The size of it was mind-boggling."
Shark expert Rory McAuley said more great white sightings had been reported off Perth in the past few months.
"We didn't have as many over the summer but more have been reported recently," he said.
"What that particular shark is doing I really couldn't say, but most of them are just passing through."
Richard Minnett said the shark passed the boat a dozen times before it disappeared.
leesfishin
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wow, thats one big
wow, thats one big shark!!!!!!!!
Lamby
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Had the same thing happen off
Had the same thing happen off the cape a while back, 5m GW circled us in a 7m tub a number of times & nosed the drift anchor with curiosity. Amazing animals
marble
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Had one years ago in Geo bay
Had one years ago in Geo bay rub and bump the boat one night while snapper fishing. Still got the prop somewhere in the shed with the teeth marks where the big bitch chewed it. . .
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troy fuller
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when we see sharks, out goes
when we see sharks, out goes the big gear and hang on :D
i still remember in sharks bay, years ago when we were fishing in a dingy a walrus? was rubbing its nose on the back of the prop while we were moving..
THE GERMAN
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i had one
same time last year circle our boat off mindarie in 18 mtrs i personally think they are following the snapper schools!
Daniel Westerduin
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Wow that an awesome
Wow that an awesome experience, had a similar experience out from hillarys once but luckily out in my bro inlaws 6.10m boat and not in my ten foot tinny. Though I did have something bump my ten footer, a few months back at night in Cockburn Sound but luckily it didn't come back a second time.
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Patto 1
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Also had the same thing of
Also had the same thing of the cape about a year ago lamby, this one about four and a half Meters .got some good video footage of it that I will try and post when I get home.had it by the boat for about 45 minutes.amazing thing to see.
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joffa
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gulp!
I really do and dont wanna see one of these big bruizers.
I mean, great to see but jeez, it'd make you feel very vunerable - im jealous.I think.
jay_burgess
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Can't beleive this stuff
Can't beleive this stuff makes news? The media dramatises this stuff to the extreme. Sharks live in the ocean, get over it.
Lastchance
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It would seem 'average' Joe
It would seem 'average' Joe Citizen does have an interest in large marine creatures that relatively frequently eat humans. Some would even say it is a little more interesting than catching the same species on the same 80lb braid and $2500 combo week in week out.
Some, however, would not.
jay_burgess
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no need for the personal
no need for the personal dig..
Lastchance
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It wasnt a personal dig,
It wasnt a personal dig, just looking at it from other angles - get over it champ.
Gadsy
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Check out the size of the pectoral fin
She's a biggun alright! Would be a sight to see indeed.
PattyT
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Awesome creature, would be
Awesome creature, would be awesome to see! Love how they kept fishing.. hahaha
Hazell
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Cool experience... But, if
Cool experience... But, if something like that became interested in me on my yak... I would not be saying that.
Ash Hazell
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crasny1
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I'll stay well clear of them bruisers
After one chased my windsurfer for about 1.5k to the beach I am out of here. Wont like that at all.
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