Mates’ fishing trip in WA interrupted by ‘monster’ shark

Incredible footage of a shark attacking a boat carrying four mates in Western Australia has emerged after the terrifying ordeal.

An annual fishing trip for four Perth mates took a terrifying turn after a three-metre shark chomped down on their motor.

The fishermen were out in Coral Bay on Wednesday, where the bronze whaler shark had been fighting on a line for an hour.

It was then that the predator decided to engulf the boat’s propeller.

The shark had been on a line for an hour. Picture: 9News

The men’s immediate shock and horror can be heard, with one of them describing the shark as a “monster”.

“He bit the motor,” one said.

“Oh man, this is nuts.”

“He is a monster.”

The charter boat’s captain Matt Zen said he never expected in his “wildest dreams” that a shark would interrupt their annual “Fever Fishing” trip like that.

“He took a liking to the engine and he hung on there for a good few minutes,” Mr Zenn told 9News.

“We were starting to get a bit worried about how we were going to get him off.”

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Another one of the fisherman, Jarryd England, described his shock at the shark's stunning feat.

“His jaw inhaled the entire propeller and that’s a big engine,” he said.

The bronze whaler held onto the motor for five minutes before swimming off.

Both the shark and boat were unharmed.

It comes after a Perth family also had their boat attacked by a shark last month over the Easter long weekend.

That shark hung around for an hour and bit the boat’s motor and berley cage.