‘We’re going to need a bigger boat!’ Stunned 17-year-old fisherman is shocked when shark jumps out of water to snatch a fish he’s reeling in A shark made a surprise appearance when the animal suddenly jumped from the ocean and snatched a fish away as it … Ryan Cowley posted the footage of the mako shark’s jumping act while he was on a fishing trip at Perforated, north of Yeppoon.

"The boy, from the North-West, was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing expedition about five kilometres from shore with his father and two other men when a shark grabbed him from the boat," authorities said. "The boy's father jumped into the water at which point the shark swam off," they added. "The boy, who was wearing a personal flotation device, suffered lacerations to his arm, and other cuts to his chest and head. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.The boy was fishing with his father off the northwest coast of Tasmania when the shark struck.The shark swam away when the boy's father jumped into the water, but the child suffered lacerations across his body, Ambulance Tasmania said on Friday.He is in stable condition following the incident, which took place off Stanley on Tasmania's northwest coast.The boy and his father were about 5 kilometers off the coast of Stanley.

The shocking encounter ( captured on viral video below) happened aboard a Columbia Sportfishing trip in Cape Cod Bay about three miles west of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. An angler has captured the incredible moment a shark repeatedly leaps metres out of the water off central Queensland. A woman was pulling in a hooked striped bass when the shark chomped on it and breached the water. "The attack is the latest in a number of shark attacks in Australia so far this winter.On Tuesday, Anika Craney, 29, was attacked while swimming off Fitzroy Island near Cairns, CNN affiliate Nine News reported. An angler has captured the incredible moment a shark repeatedly leaps metres out of the water off central Queensland.Ryan Cowley posted the footage of the mako shark’s jumping act while he was on a fishing trip at Perforated, north of Yeppoon.The large sea creature almost landed in another fisherman’s boat.The video has been viewed thousands of times and shared by about 640 people.Mako sharks are known to jump out of the water but it is unknown why they do.They are the fastest sharks in the world, averaging 60kph when hunting for prey.A fisherman has captured incredible video of a jumping mako shark off north Yeppoon in central Queensland.Kieran's hilarious admission after being evicted from Big Brother house'I took every precaution I could, I'm under thirty, and I am infected with COVID-19'A documentary maker who was attacked by a shark in far north Queensland says she still loves sharksGhost girl appears behind teacher during online classThis doctor just endured the deadliest week of his careerPolice arrest man over horror Eastern Freeway crash Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. She was on her day off from filming a documentary about sharks when she was attacked, and is now recovering in hospital.Earlier in July, a 36-year-old man in the Australian state of Queensland died after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing. Marine researchers in South Africa had a narrow escape after a three-metre-long great white shark breached the surface of the sea and leapt into their boat… And in June, a shark killed a 60-year-old surfer at Salt Beach near Kingscliff on the far north coast of New South Wales.

Footage of the frightening moment shot by Jack Gray while fishing with his family in Seward, Arkansas, has gone viral after being posted on Instagram. A great white shark leaped from the water toward a fishing boat on Saturday and lashed its tail at the stern, nearly hitting the boy. A hungry shark was caught on video jumping from the water to snatch a fish from a 17-year-old fisherman as it was being reeled in. The shark swam away when the boy's father jumped into the water, but the child suffered lacerations across his body, Ambulance Tasmania said on Friday.