<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Oscar Ford knew he had snagged something big.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But he never imagined it would be a great white shark.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Victorian carpenter was with three inexperienced cousins, two of them children, when he snagged the giant fish off Barwon Heads on Sunday.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a f---ing white, holy shh, holy crap, I've caught a white off Barwon Heads," he screamed as cameras recorded the epic catch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-opens-up-about-moment-he-bravely-confronted-gunman/df14404e-bb11-4c2e-99a8-0bb4543fe297"><strong><span>'I didn't worry': Bondi hero opens up about moment he bravely confronted gunman</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The carpenter battled for more than half an hour to reel the shark in close.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Every moment of the once-in-a-lifetime experience was captured on an array of GoPro cameras.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/great-white-shark-snagged-off-barwon-heads/f052d320-060c-4e22-90bc-bc9bb32c575a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's biting the boat, get that on film, get that on film," he can be heard saying.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fishers even dunked one of the cameras into the water for an incredible closer look at the beast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was just in disbelief, I was like this is insane, I would never have thought this would happen," Ford told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-anthony-albanese-royal-commission/be7e3624-a42e-4160-acae-492c3de66c17"><strong><span>Prime minister rejects plea from Bondi shooting victims' families</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I had so much emotion, so much adrenaline running through me.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was feeling a million different emotions, I was feeling on top of the world."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ford pushed off Ocean Grove early on Sunday to fish for tuna but switched to a snapper mark near Barwon Heads after a quiet few hours to set a bait balloon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We chucked it out and 45 minutes later we see a fin sort of just circling the balloon and then out of nowhere it just started splashing the water, going crazy," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Great whites are a protected species so Ford never brought his catch on board, cutting it loose to go free.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As soon as we saw it we were going crazy, it was just such an amazing experience to see such a big beautiful animal," he said.</span></div></div>