Young boy reels in massive record-breaking shark
An eight-year-old Australian boy is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after reeling in a monster shark last weekend.
Jayden Millauro caught a tiger shark weighing 314 kilograms, which beats the previous 1997 world record holder by 2 kilograms.
Jayden explained to Nine News that he had been fishing since he was one-and-a-half and was with his father Jonathan Millauro and captain Ibby Dardas when he caught the monster shark.
"The adrenalin was pumping from the moment we all spotted the shark at the boat," Jayden's dad Mr Millauro told Nine News.
"So Jayden grabs the rod, we harnessed him up."
The family is currently waiting for confirmation on whether or not Jayden holds the world record, the Australian record as well as the NSW record for the monster shark.
The trio were out fishing off the coast of Browns Mountain, which is 160kms south of Sydney.
Jayden weighs around 40 kilograms himself, so hauling in the fish was no small feat.
He admitted to The Daily Telegraph that he was nervous he’d lose the fish off the line.
“I don’t want to lose it. I was really excited when they got it,” he told the Daily Telegraph.
Scroll through the gallery to see Jayden with the record breaking shark.