The shark was a juvenile, between 1.5 and two metres in length, and probably weighed between 45 and 70 kilograms
On a perfect summer morning July 30, when the wind was just right and the water was calm, Austin anchored his kayak off Kingsport in the Minas Basin, which feeds into the Bay of Fundy. He was looking for striped bass, and he set out his fishing rods with baits.
Austin, a retired Royal Canadian Air Force sergeant, said his thoughts went to the 1975 movie "Jaws" because of a scene in which a character's reel is clicking as he prepares for a big catch. "This is exactly what I did. However, I had no idea it was a shark — ever — the entire time it was out there."
He said after being cut loose the shark swam a little distance and breached, then returned to circle Austin's kayak before taking off. "My heart was thumping so fast that I couldn't hear anything — the birds and stuff — if they were even there, I was totally unaware of," he said. "At that age they're kind of like puppies. They have oversized things like their pectoral fins and their tail fins are actually wider." "One of the things you have to realize is a lot of species of sharks have a bit of a temper," he said. "When you hook them up, they'll come back and wreak vengeance on you. They're quite capable of retaliatory measures … you're messing with animals that are peak apex predators in the ocean. They really rule that world.
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