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Daniel McDonald.
In Waimarama Two Hawke's Bay fishermen sad to catch no crayfish.
They caught a Great White shark inested.
When pot lifted up boat leans to side.
Mr McDonald thinks it's 3 meters.
Shark tangled up.
Hat to release shark.
Shark swam away happily when released.
Mr McDonald says it was a bit dopey it had been upside down for a while.
They thought that they were on adrenaline they were lafing. The department Of Conservation says it is definitely a Great White. He thinks it weighs about 180-200 kgs.
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Two Hawke's Bay fishermen were disappointed to haul up an empty craypot - but awed by the great white shark they accidentally caught instead.
Daniel McDonald and his brother-in-law George Eivers were shocked at their unintended catch yesterday afternoon between Bare Island and Waimarama, a beach 21km southeast of Havelock North, where the two men live.
Mr McDonald estimates the shark was about 2m long.
When they winched the craypot to the surface and their 6m-long boat began leaning to one side, they soon realised the cause was the large fish emerging, tail first, from the 12m-deep water.
"It was a bit docile; I think it had been there a while," says Mr McDonald.Two Hawke's Bay fishermen were disappointed to haul up an empty craypot - but awed by the great white shark they accidentally caught instead.
Daniel McDonald and his brother-in-law George Eivers were shocked at their unintended catch yesterday afternoon between Bare Island and Waimarama, a beach 21km southeast of Havelock North, where the two men live.
Mr McDonald estimates the shark was about 2m long.
When they winched the craypot to the surface and their 6m-long boat began leaning to one side, they soon realised the cause was the large fish emerging, tail first, from the 12m-deep water.
"It was a bit docile; I think it had been there a while," says Mr McDonald.
Photo / Daniel McDonald
Photo / Daniel McDonald
They braked the winch and leaned over the side of the boat to untangle the shark's tail.
"It kicked a couple of times and threw us towards the boat as we were hanging over the side, but because it was hanging upside down it took a bit of the sting out of it."
"I think we were running on adrenalin - we were laughing our heads off because we couldn't believe what happened."
After the pair untangled the shark, it "swam away quite happily".
Department of Conservation shark expert Clinton Duffy, who has seen the pictures of the shark, says it is "definitely a great white".
He estimates it weighs 180-200kg and is two to three years old.
