THE four-metre tiger shark found in Lake Macquarie was caught 50kilometres offshore during the weekend’s game fishing competition.
Lake Macquarie Game Fishing Club president Paul Hogg confirmed the 398kilogram fish was weighed at Swansea about midnight on Saturday.
The crew who caught it were towing it back out through Swansea channel for disposal when the boat’s tow rope broke.
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‘‘It was in deep water and it sunk immediately,’’ Mr Hogg said.
The current carried the shark back into the channel.
Huon Oliver and Bryan Passmore discovered it on the north-west side of Swansea bridge on Sunday.
Mr Hogg admitted the crew should have advised the organisers that they had lost the shark and is satisfied it was a mistake.
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