An article written by ZAK WHEELER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA.

Incredible moment fisherman reels in a giant bull shark in Sydney Harbour as horrified tourists watch on – before bravely pulling a hook from its mouth and setting it free: ‘Why I’ll never swim in there’

A brave fisherman has gone face-to-face with a massive bull shark after managing to reel it in in front of horrified tourists. Sydneysider and experienced angler Jordan had paddled out into the middle of the harbour in a kayak to throw an entire frozen mullet into the water to bait the shark before retreating behind the walls of the Royal Botanic Gardens to reel it in. Onlookers passing by watched on stunned as he slowly reeled the shark close enough to shore to remove the barb from its mouth and release it in front of the Sydney Harbour Opera House.

Despite the relative ease with which Jordan caught it, bull sharks are one of the most aggressive species of shark in the world and are responsible for the highest number of fatal attacks on humans.

Jordan told Daily Mail Australia he’d never fished in the harbour before but decided to give it a shot after seeing others catch sharks of their own. ‘It took five to 10 minutes to bring the bull shark in once it took the bait and one minute to release the shark after the hook was taken out, then it swam off strong,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t really understand what the tourists around me were saying as for the language barrier but they were very intrigued with what was going on.

‘ Jordan’s iconic fishing look – including him balancing himself on the tarnished wooden pole beside him while wearing a Bunnings jumper – was embraced by people who watched the video online. ‘Barefoot, sporting a mullet and in front of the Opera House can you get any more Aussie,’ one wrote. The person who filmed it, who goes by Sarks Total Fishing and whose name is Sarkis, told Daily Mail Australia he’d only just met the angler catching the shark that day before offering to give him a hand. ‘I met him new there and I was fishing for other species at the time, when he landed the shark I helped him out,’ he said. Sarkis said he’d caught plenty of Port Jackson sharks in the harbour – some as big as 1.5metres.

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