Shark hooks on to motor

AN annual fishing trip for four Perth mates took a terrifying turn after a 3m shark chomped down on their motor.

The fishermen were out in Coral Bay on Wednesday, where the bronze whaler shark had been fighting on a line for an hour.

It was then that the predator decided to engulf the boat’s propeller. The men’s immediate shock and horror can be heard, with one of them describing the shark as a “monster”.

“He bit the motor,” one said. “Oh man, this is nuts. He is a monster.”

The charter boat’s captain, Matt Zen, said he never expected in his “wildest dreams” that a shark would interrupt their annual “Fever Fishing” trip.

Another one of the fishermen, Jarryd England, described his shock at the shark’s stunning feat.

“His jaw inhaled the entire propeller and that’s a big engine,” he said.

The bronze whaler held on to the motor for five minutes before swimming off. Both the shark and boat were unharmed.