'Never seen anything like it': Fisherman Ewan Johns stunned as dozens of bull sharks swarm his tiny boat
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: A fisherman from Queensland found himself in the midst of a shark feeding frenzy as he and a companion watched the sight from the small tinny. Ewan Johns, also known online as Tiger, recorded sharks swarming their boat and gorging on fish as he exclaimed, "I've never seen anything like it."
According to a video Tiger posted on Facebook, the fisherman said that he and his companion were near Jacob's Well, which is halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, when they encountered the sharks. He said that the sharks had been following their crabbing boat for some time.
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The shark frenzy was due to the presence of crab pots
The well-known angler, who manages the Tigers Fishing Tips group on Facebook, admitted that he was surprised by the number of bull sharks present at the scene. He said, "You'll get your random one out by your boat when you're in the ocean, but not up in the channel like that," according to Yahoo! News.
The shark frenzy, according to him, was caused by the area's popularity as a crabbing location. He added that there are "crab pots everywhere" in the region and that "the smell would be going all up and down the bay on the currents," drawing sharks.
The amazing video captures the two men tossing fish into the water as "massive" sharks jerk and thrash about in the background. When a shark lunges out of the three-meter-deep water to grab a meal, the sharks are scarcely visible and the water appears murky. "They're big bull sharks," Tiger says in the video and his companion concurs with his assessment.
'It's a disaster waiting to happen'
The fisherman was allegedly washing mud off his esky, filling his bottle, and dipping his palm into the water just before noticing the remaining sharks. "The bubbling noise going out from the bottle filling up would have been enough to provoke a bite," he said, adding, "And once they've got hold of you, they'll pull you into the water and then they're done."
The fisherman claimed that even now, the idea of being in a tinny that might capsize gives him "shivers". He added that swimmers with houseboat enjoy the region and is quite popular among the public. "It's a disaster waiting to happen," he said. There have been a number of shark attacks in Australia over the past couple of months.