A man sea-fishing from a kayak was left wishing he had a bigger boat when he was dragged for half a mile after hooking a 1.8 metre shark.
Rupert Kirkwood, 51, was fishing from the tiny craft a mile off the Devon coast in the Bristol Channel when he hooked a 29.5kg tope shark.
The species is harmless but that did not stop the fish turning tail and dragging Rupert Kirkwood, a conservationist and vet, along behind it in his small kayak.
He told them he had been sitting on the sea off Ilfracombe in poor weather for four hours without a bite when he felt a “great tug” on the line, which was baited with mackerel.
“These creatures are known to do a run and it was just like Jaws – the line flew off the reel for what seemed like about 10 seconds.
“It was thrilling to catch something that big and it knocks spots off anything I have landed before,” he said. The shark caught was later released unharmed.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com
