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On a fishing trip to secret beaches on Australia’s NSW coast, Muggeridge caught a 3.86m tiger shark, a 3.78m hammerhead and a 2.7m bull shark.
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Here’s the tagging details of the 3.86m tiger: estimated weight 400kg!!!!
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Muggeridge, 19, a lifeguard from Coomera in Queensland, has spent the past year perfecting his beach shark fishing process.
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He has caught more than 200 sharks.
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Some catches have taken more than three hours to reel in. “The kind of fight that brings you to your knees and crushes you mentally”, Muggeridge says on his Facebook.
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Assisted by his girlfriend Alexis Rivera, he tags the sharks and then releases them back into the ocean.
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But not before recording the moment for posterity!
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Speaking to the Today show this morning, Muggeridge called his technique: “an unconventional style of fishing.
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“I do all my fishing off the beach. We use marlin reels, we kayak baits off the shore –anywhere from 400-600m out – then we sit back and wait for the bite.”
“It’s all for research, to get a bit of understanding about the sharks, what they’re doing, what time of year they’re moving up and down the coastline: just to gain a bit of knowledge.”
“I use special non-barbed circular hooks that stick in the corner of the jaw and slip out in less than five seconds. Then it’s a quick tag, a quick photo and they’re back in the water within 60 seconds.”
Muggeridge rounded off his recent trip landing a 3.78m hammerhead – a beach catch almost unheard of in Australia.
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