Had a very interesting night out fishing on the coast of mandurah.while fishing out of my mates six meter boat we had a very scarey expereance which in hind sight should have been reported.The date was 11:04:2009.

We were in 14 meters of water just two klms off shore out of halls head.The moon was out and the water seemed so clear.

My mate vern was sure he had a touch on his line and bent over the side of the boat as if to get ready to set the hooks.

The time was about 2200hrs.His anticipation of a fish turned into a nightmare as a white pointer shark went right under the middle of the boat.

I am of no doubt the shark was all of 5.50 meters long just half a meter short of the boat,with an estimated weight of over a ton.The water seemed to light up under this amazing creature it was shit your pants stuff.

You see the news with arial shots of sharks on the tv sometimes but they are just babies compared to this one.You can belive the source of this storey as vern is a well respected goverment employee with a very credible trusted posistion in the W.A goverment

The shark passed around six times his back grazing the under size of the hull.I have no doubt,he was after a feed as he looked up at us every time he passed.This no doubt would have made news headlines if verns son had come along.

As he has some very good camera gear which would be worth a fortune.I have seen hundreds of sharks in my trips out in my boat but this one will never be beaten.

Sorry for the belated warning which I regret not reporting.I have no doubt that a smaller boat would have rolled.But as verns boat is an american imported boat with a lot of weight under it possibly gave up and left to look for an easier meal.

Rabbit