The five-metre shark took a "curious nibble" before swimming off.
Joe Cook and Jayden Grace first spotted the five-metre shark as it circled their boat off Mooloolaba on Saturday.
"It just circled the boat for probably half an hour to an hour the whole time we fished there," he said.The frightening encounter took place about midday.
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