Story highlights Man was fishing off of Australia's east coast when the shark leaped out of the ocean and into his small boat

Fisherman: "He knocked me off balance, of course, and I just fell on my hands and knees"

(CNN) It was the catch of a lifetime -- and like something from a "Sharknado" movie.

Fisherman Terry Selwood, 73, is still trying to wrap his head around how it all happened.

Selwood was fishing off of Evans Head on Australia's east coast on Saturday when a great white shark suddenly leaped out of the ocean beside him.

"The bloody thing just jumped in my boat," Selwood told ABC News Australia . The shark was later measured at almost 9 feet (2.7 meters) long.

"As he was coming down, he hit me on the arm. He knocked me off balance, of course, and I just fell on my hands and knees," said Selwood. "I looked there to the side and ... (thought) 'this is a bloody shark.'"

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