SHARK ON LINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 49, 27 February 1935, Page 8

SHARK ON LINE.

UPSETS A DINGHY.

FISHERMAN IN PERIL.

ADVENTURE ON MANUKAE

A member of a party fishing for snapper off Puponga, in the Manukau Harbour, about three miles inside the Manukau Heads, yesterday, had an experience that he is not likely soon to forget. He was seated in a. dinghy attached to the launch Audrey T., when a shark, which had taken the bait from the launch, attacked the dinghy, lifted It out of the water, and capsized it. While the fisherman, who could not swim, was struggling in the water, the shark swam underneath him, but was prevented from attacking him by Mr. M. Thornley, the owner of the launch, who held on to the fishing line by which the shark was caught. The dinghy was tied to the launch with a new 2-inch Manila rope. This the shark, with one bite, snapped in two as if it had been a piece of thread. Mr. Thornley immediately cut the line, and the. shark escaped. The other members of the party then lifted their mate into the. launch.

Mr. Thornley estimated the shark to be fully 14ft long. It was the biggest ho had ever seen during the five years he had been running his. launch on the Manuka u.

This incident occurred about 5.30 p.m., after the party had caught about 100 good snapper, so, after securing the dinghy, they returned to Onehunga.