Most people go out of their way to avoid sharks but not these fearless Aussie kids who channelled their inner Crocodile Hunter and pulled one of the predators from the water to help free it from a fishing hook.

Amazing footage shows a brave boy wading into the water at a WA beach to drag a flailing shark to shore so he can remove a large hook from its mouth.

The heroic youngster grabs the shark by the tail as it thrashes in the shallows as he wrangles and pulls it up to the beach.

Adults look on as the 2m-plus-long shark's tail is tied up to stop it moving around while the boy gets to work.

The lad gets in close and manages to pull the fishing line and hook from the shark which then tries to get on its way back to the sea.

Once the big fish is free of a whole bunch the tykes surrounded it and shepherded the shark into the water in the video posted to YouTube on Wednesday.

It's a pretty amazing feat but it's all part of the fast-and-deadly lives Australian kids are used to.