A woman has been left stunned after a great white shark mauled her first prized tuna catch off in South Australia.
Izzy Sesto and her mates were targeting tuna off the coast of Cape Jaffa when they got the fright of their lives."It obviously wasn't a big monster but it was definitely a big great white."Izzy Sesto and her mates were targeting tuna off the coast of Cape Jaffa when they got the fright of their lives.
Sesto said the aim of the fishing trip was to get a 100kg-plus tuna because that is considered a barrel. "I was on the rod for an hour and a half and we have actually seen the tuna on the surface three times so it was a tuna," the angler said.Homes at risk of flooding in Victoria's eastThe group was close to landing the big tuna when the predator appeared and took a huge chunk out of the fish."I'm just so obsessed with sharks they don't scare me."Sesto said the aim of the fishing trip was to get a 100kg-plus tuna because that is considered a barrel.
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