He was fishing hammerheads off Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head, Australia, and finally hooked one measuring about 6 feet!
But he ended with a monster 13-feet (4-meter) tiger shark in his boat!
![tiger shark, tiger shark australia 2015, tiger shark 2015, giant tiger shark caught in Australia, monster giant shark australia august 2015,](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tiger-shark-monster.jpg)
And look the beast from the side! It is just so huge:
![tiger shark, tiger shark australia 2015, tiger shark 2015, giant tiger shark caught in Australia, monster giant shark australia august 2015,](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tiger-shark-monster-1.jpg)
And the next picture shows a size comparison between the shark, a combi van, and a human. Frightening:
![tiger shark, tiger shark australia 2015, tiger shark 2015, giant tiger shark caught in Australia, monster giant shark australia august 2015,](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tiger-shark-monster-2.jpg)
According to Wikipedia:
[quote_box_center]The tiger shark commonly attains a length of 3.25–4.25 m (10 ft 8 in–13 ft 11 in) and weighs around 385–635 kg (849–1,400 lb).[5] Sometimes, an exceptionally large male tiger shark can grow up to 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in). Females are larger, and exceptionally big ones can reportedly measure over 5 m (16 ft). One female specimen caught off Australia reportedly measured 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) long and weighed an exceptional 1,524 kg (3,360 lb), although her weight is thought to have been bolstered by her pregnant state at the time. Even larger specimens have been reported, but are unconfirmed.[/quote_box_center]
So we have here a pretty large specimen.
Hopefully, I will never meet such large predator while sailing!
Hey, not a Tiger Shark, it is a Great White!! Best to inform the public correctly!!