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| 'Bad, bad fish': Scottish fisherman describes shark encounter | 'Bad, bad fish': Scottish fisherman describes shark encounter |
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| A Scottish fisherman has spoken of the moment a 7ft shark clamped its jaws around his foot on board his boat. | A Scottish fisherman has spoken of the moment a 7ft shark clamped its jaws around his foot on board his boat. |
| Hamish Currie managed to free himself with the help of one of his crew after a porbeagle they had hooked took hold of his steel toe-capped boot. He said the fish also gnawed a hole in the boat. | Hamish Currie managed to free himself with the help of one of his crew after a porbeagle they had hooked took hold of his steel toe-capped boot. He said the fish also gnawed a hole in the boat. |
| The skipper had targeted the shark after hearing reports of it attacking seals off Islay, in the Inner Hebrides. He aimed to tag the fish, which is a member of the Great White family, and release it back into the water, and the crew tracked it down on Wednesday. | The skipper had targeted the shark after hearing reports of it attacking seals off Islay, in the Inner Hebrides. He aimed to tag the fish, which is a member of the Great White family, and release it back into the water, and the crew tracked it down on Wednesday. |
| "A friend got in touch to tell me about the shark because I specialise in that style of fishing. I took a crew of three up there to look for it because it had been attacking seals in the area," Currie said. | "A friend got in touch to tell me about the shark because I specialise in that style of fishing. I took a crew of three up there to look for it because it had been attacking seals in the area," Currie said. |
| "This one was a bad, bad fish. He was nasty and got me by the foot. Luckily I was wearing steel toe-capped boots. I just couldn't shake him off, but eventually one of my crew managed to help me free. It was quite terrifying." | "This one was a bad, bad fish. He was nasty and got me by the foot. Luckily I was wearing steel toe-capped boots. I just couldn't shake him off, but eventually one of my crew managed to help me free. It was quite terrifying." |
| Currie, 53, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, who has vast experience of catching sharks, said this was his closest call to date. "I was very lucky this time. It has definitely made me a little bit more wary of them," he said. | Currie, 53, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, who has vast experience of catching sharks, said this was his closest call to date. "I was very lucky this time. It has definitely made me a little bit more wary of them," he said. |
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