Fishermen Capture and Release Large Bull Shark in Sydney Harbour

Two Sydney fishermen captured and released a bull shark that they estimated was around 2.5 meters, or 8 feet, in size.

Hassan Alameri filmed this video that shows a bull shark beached in Sydney’s Birchgrove area, after being reeled in by the fishermen.

“He’s just solid, bro,” one of the men said in the video after he tried to open the shark’s mouth with his hand.

The video goes on to show that Alameri’s friend carefully grabs the shark’s tail and tries to direct it back to the water.

“That’s too scary, man,” Alameri’s friend said in the video before he successfully positioned the shark’s head in the harbour’s direction. The shark then swims away.

Alameri told Storyful that he used his kayak to paddle out the bait into the main channel where the sharks usually lurk. He said he regularly captured bull sharks every year in January.

Credit: @huss_fisho via Storyful
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