Adelaide teen's leg bitten in shark attack during fishing trip - 9News

A teenage boy has been bitten by a shark in a dramatic end to a fishing trip in South Australia.

Nathan Ness, 16, had reeled in the white pointer and was in the middle of throwing it back when it latched onto his leg this afternoon.

His father Michael Ness said his son had "two big gashes" after the incident.

Nathan Ness, 16, had reeled in the white pointer and was in the middle of throwing it back when it latched onto his leg. (Supplied)

"They looked pretty deep so he's going to have to have stitches," he said.

The teenager had been out with his family all day on a fishing trip near the Glenelg Tyre Reef.

More than two kilometres off the shore, the teenager reeled in the five-foot shark at about 1.30pm and hauled it onto their small boat.

His dad used pliers to pull out the hook to set it free again but the white pointer wasn't going to go quietly.

"He lifted it up to push it back in the water and it swung around and grabbed onto legs," the boy's father said.

"I tried not to reach into its mouth because it's got quite big teeth, I tried just to reach into the edges but obviously... some of it got on.

More than two kilometres off the shore, the teenager reeled in the five-foot shark at about 1.30pm and hauled it onto their small boat. (9News)

"It happened very quickly because from biting his leg to getting it off was only a few seconds."

While the teenager's father raced their vessel back to the West Beach ramp, the 16-year-old was on the phone to emergency services.

"Nathan wasn't making any really scared noises or anything, he was trying to be really calm," his sister Megan said.

He was briefly treated at the scene before he was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with lacerations to his lower leg.

It is the sixth shark bite off South Australia in less than a year.

The 16-year-old's father said the encounter hasn't dampened his love of fishing.

"He even said as he was getting into the ambulance, can we go out tomorrow?" he said. "I said 'I don't know'."

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