Boy, 16, mauled by great white shark while fishing off popular beach in Australia after hooking beast on line

A TEENAGE boy has been rushed to hospital after being mauled by a great white shark while fishing.

He was bitten on the leg off a beach in South Australia today when he reeled in the huge beast from a small fishing boat.

After dragging the beast on board, the shark span around and bit him on the leg, according to local reports.

Paramedics rushed to West Beach to treat the 16-year-old after the horror attack.

They worked quickly to stop the bleeding and he was raced to Royal Adelaide hospital.

His dad, Michael Ness, told 10News: "He screamed and said 'Get it off! Get it off!' so I reached down and opened its mouth.

"Luckily enough it did open its mouth to let go and he dropped the shark back in the water."

The concerned dad said his son asked as they got into the ambulance: "Can we go back out tomorrow?"

His dad replied: "I don't know about that!"

The youngster was attacked around 1.40pm and is in a stable condition following the horror incident.

The white pointer shark, or great white, was about 6ft in length.

Just one day earlier another man was rushed to hospital in Australia after a shark attack.

The beachgoer was bitten at the Bombie Surfing Spot in western Australia around 12.30pm on Saturday.

Cops said paramedics had no idea about the horror attack until the man turned up at a hospital.