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When fisherman Patrick Melograna felt a tug on his line near Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River, he knew he was onto something big. Vision courtesy: Seven News Sydney.
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When fisherman Patrick Melograna felt a tug on his line near Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River, he knew he was onto something big. Vision courtesy: Seven News Sydney.
Mr Melograna, who was fishing for jewfish to celebrate his father's birthday, said he initially thought it was a bull shark.
"It was a team effort to bring this beast on board," Mr Melograna told local newspaper The Weekly Times.
Patrick Melograna and friends caught this 2.5 metre mako shark near Gladesville Bridge in Sydney harbour. Photo: Weekly Times
"It's pretty weird, you don't usually get makos this close to land. Even seeing them from the coast is very unusual," Associate Professor Brown told Fairfax Media.
His only guess about the shark's location is misadventure.
Shark expert Culum Brown described the shark's presence in Sydney harbour as "strange". Photo: 7 News
"Maybe it's lost - that's the only thing I can think of. There's no way it wants to come into Sydney Harbour; it's filthy. It's not even the right habitat," he said.
Associate Professor Brown said the mako, a semi-warm-blooded shark, was "super fast and super powerful".
"They have an awesome system in their body that uses their swimming muscles to retain heat."
The mako shark is listed as vulnerable, Mr Brown said, so "technically he shouldn't have caught it".
"But often you don't really know until you've got it on board - by that time it's half cactus.
"I'm not sure letting it go back into the harbour would be a wise thing anyway."