article_snippet.sent: Max Muggeridge reeled in the monster on the Gold Coast just inside the NSW border, after a three hour battle .
article_snippet.sent: The teenager, who is in Max Muggeridge own words 'a shark conservationist first and foremost', also said the massive three hour battle left Max Muggeridge with some serious battle wounds. '
article_snippet.sent: I was absolutely shattered, I had blood blisters all over my hands, I've got some nice callouses coming up now,' Max Muggeridge revealed.
article_snippet.sent: In a post on Facebook, Max Muggeridge described the ordeal in great detail, admitting that at times Max Muggeridge wasn't sure if Max Muggeridge had the strength to reel the monster in. '
article_snippet.sent: The huge struggle with a huge four metre tiger shark left Max Muggeridge antique fishing rod bent slightly out of shape .
article_snippet.sent: After getting a quick measurement of the huge creature, Max Muggeridge sent it back out to sea .
article_snippet.sent: Max Muggeridge is pictured here watching the huge creature swim back out into the ocean .
article_snippet.sent: Aside from the exhaustion, and battle wounds the teenager also bent the rod during the fight, but said Max Muggeridge wouldn't change the rod for anything.
article_snippet.sent: Asked about the danger of being in such close proximity to a potentially deadly creature, Max Muggeridge said Max Muggeridge wasn't too concerned. '
article_snippet.sent: Max celebrates Max catch, and its successful return to the sea .