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26/06/2004: "SPEARFISHING ........white tip ate blue spot trout."

A large fish speared under the nose of a white tipped reef shark is an experience to remember, especially the first time it happens. Sharks obviously hear and feel vibrations sent from a fish in trouble and know this as a 'dinner invitation'.

The thrills commence when the shark initially thinks it's the snorkeler in trouble. Sometimes anxious moments develop. The diver may even poke the shark away with the empty speargun until Mr Shark wakes-up and smells the bleeding fish.

Experienced divers may 'fight the shark away'. Learners let the shark have a feed.

This blue spot trout became shark food and gave Port Douglas underwater model, Lynn Roberts an exciting moment to remember.

Photo John Harding/Australian Seafari)