Massive Swansea shark catch sparks backlash

By  Sam Rigney
Updated January 15 2014 - 4:45pm, first published January 14 2014 - 11:00pm
 THIS 320-kilogram tiger shark was caught off Swansea on Sunday during the Lake Macquarie Game Fishing Club’s summer pointscore competition. Ben, who caught the shark after a two-hour fight, said he and his fellow fishermen were wondering ‘‘if they going to need a bigger boat’’ to land the monster.
THIS 320-kilogram tiger shark was caught off Swansea on Sunday during the Lake Macquarie Game Fishing Club’s summer pointscore competition. Ben, who caught the shark after a two-hour fight, said he and his fellow fishermen were wondering ‘‘if they going to need a bigger boat’’ to land the monster.

IT wasn’t quite as big as Jaws, but a group of Lake Macquarie  fishermen were left wondering if they were going to need a bigger boat after landing a 320-kilogram monster about 30 nautical miles off Swansea. 

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