SYDNEY angler Brett Sinclair has broken a world record by landing a 260.8kg tiger shark in a game fishing tournament near Port Hedland in WA’s north.
The catch is particularly meritorious as it was taken on 6kg line, beating the world’s previous best catch in the line class by more than 100kg.
27-year-old Sinclair was competing in the Dampier Classic when he landed the shark after a three hour battle from a rented boat earlier this month.
“We had already caught a small tiger shark an hour or two before,” the Herald Sun reported.
“When this one took the bait I thought it would be about the same size. I actually asked the other lads if they wanted to grab the rod and have a go but luckily they said no.”
Sinclair, an industrial chemist, was on the boat with his cousin and the boat’s captain.
“When the shark started to run we had to drop the anchor and go after it. It took hours for the shark to tire.”
