Great White Shark Caught Off South African Coast

Take a look at the size of this shark caught in South Africa:

PHOTOS that are being circulated of a monster Great White shark, taken at Mossel Bay, are not a hoax. And what’s more, the massive shark was an adolescent, and was caught off the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

Yesterday, Craig Harris of Dirty Harry Fishing Charters told The Witness that waters around the north coast are teeming with sharks, including Great Whites.

He said previously it would have been unusual to see one Great White every three years, but he has seen four this year already.

Harris said he recently witnessed an astounding incident in which an enormous Great White robbed fishermen of their catch.

The Witness tracked down fisherman Gary McLoughlin, who said the incident occurred while he was on his paddleski fishing in the waves of Zinkwazi about three months ago.

“We had hooked a barracuda and were fighting it, when a massive Great White shark, about three-and-a-half to four metres in length and weighing between 600 to 700?kg, breached the waves and grabbed the barracuda.”

He speculated that it could have been the same shark that was photographed.

McLoughlin said the shark breached right up out of the water five or six times trying to remove the lines from the fish.

Commenting on the shark in the photographs, Geremy Cliff, head of research at the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, confirmed that the 4,3-metre shark was caught in the shark nets off Zinkwazi beach on August 31.  [The Witness]

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