Extraordinary moment two fishermen encounter a monster great white shark at Rottnest Island, WA

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You’re going to want a greater boat: Extraordinary moment two fishermen are stalked by an ‘aggressive’ 4 metre great white shark

  • Two fisherman had a shut encounter just lately with a feared great white shark
  • Jordan Marshall and Paul Marriott discovered the expertise ‘fairly daunting’ 
  • Marriott mentioned the pair felt scared because the shark ‘was proper there trying at us’
  • Incident was at Catherine Bay, 4km off Rottnest Island in Western Australia

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Two fishermen have lived to inform the story following a shut encounter with an aggressive great white shark.

Keen anglers Jordan Marshall and Paul Marriott have been throwing in a line at in Catherine Bay, 4 kilometres off Rottnest Island in Western Australia when the scary ocean predator started to dimension them up.

Incredible footage exhibits the shark prowling round their boat earlier than turning into aggressive and lashing round within the water.

‘It was fairly daunting truly,’ Marshall instructed Nine News.  

‘He (Marriott) was a bit extra recreation than me, patting the water and doing that sort of stuff.’

Keen anglers Jordan Marshall and Paul Marriott (pictured) had a latest shut encounter with a great white shark in Western Australia

The two fishermen filmed their encounter with a great white shark (pictured), which was at Catherine Bay, near Rottnest Island in Western Australia

The two fishermen filmed their encounter with a great white shark (pictured), which was at Catherine Bay, close to Rottnest Island in Western Australia

Fearless Mr Marriott confirmed at one stage he tried to entice the 4 metre shark with a couple of mullet fish – however the white pointer wasn’t – initially.

The mates additionally mentioned that they had knocked again a couple of beers on board, so that they ultimately determined to let the shark ‘do its personal factor’.

Marriott later admitted his coronary heart skipped a beat when the great white immediately turned aggressive subsequent to their boat engine.

On May 18 final month, Mark Sanguinetti, 59, from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, was fatally mauled by a 4.5m great white shark off Tuncurry Beach close to Forster on the NSW mid-north coast. 

Mr Sanguinetti was bitten within the higher thigh, and was dragged into shore by associates earlier than going into cardiac arrest as a result of catastrophic blood loss.

A helicopter arrived on scene to move Mr Sanguinetti to hospital, however tragically the daddy of two and ocean fanatic died on the seashore.

The mauling was the primary confirmed deadly shark assault in Australian waters this yr, though it’s believed one other man –  Duncan Craw – was killed by a shark off South Australia in January.

Eight individuals have been killed in shark assaults in Australian waters in 2020, in accordance with the Taronga Conservation Society in NSW who file shark fatalities.

Angler Paul Marriott (pictured) admitted his heart skipped a beat when the great white suddenly turned aggressive

Angler Paul Marriott (pictured) admitted his coronary heart skipped a beat when the great white immediately turned aggressive

Eight people were killed in shark attacks in Australian waters in 2020, according to the Taronga Conservation Society who record shark fatalities (stock image)

Eight individuals have been killed in shark assaults in Australian waters in 2020, in accordance with the Taronga Conservation Society who file shark fatalities (inventory picture)

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