A 34 year old Cranbourne man got more than he bargained for while out fishing off Balnarring on Saturday, 17 February when he hooked himself a big one – a shark.
The shark, obviously unhappy to be caught, has caused the man to be tipped out of his kayak in its effort to get free.
Luckily he was able to signal to friends, who were fishing in a boat nearby, and rescued him from the water.
He’s managed to get the kayak to shore and continued fishing with his mates.
When he’s returned several hours later to collect his kayak, it had gone.
The unmanned kayak was located by a passing boat in Western Port Bay, about 1km off Cliff’s Beach near Balnarring between 6-7am on Sunday, 18 February.
Police started a search to locate the owner of the kayak, who was located safely at home and hadn’t thought to notify authorities of his missing kayak.
Water Police returned the vessel to him with all the fishing gear intact.
