A youngster from Sydney's north shore was fishing with mates in Center Harbour on the weekend when one thing huge hooked on his line.
The Yr 10 scholar instructed native information web site the Mosman Collective it took 45 minutes to haul within the shark.
"It solely took a couple of seconds to work out that I might hooked one thing fairly large," Addison mentioned, "the factor almost pulled me into the water."
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Chatting with 2GB, Addison estimated the shark might weigh about 130 kilograms.
He and his mates had been making an attempt to catch a shark with large bait however had by no means anticipated such an infinite catch, he mentioned.
After reeling within the shark, Addison and his mates received a couple of images with the shark earlier than releasing it again into the harbour.
Addison was left with out his prize catch however with a great story.
"I will be telling a couple of mates," he mentioned.
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The catch comes every week after diving teacher Simon Nellist was tragically killed by a shark in Sydney's Little Bay.
It was Sydney's first deadly shark assault since 1963 at Sugarloaf Bay in Center Harbour.