You have evidentley never been shark fishing and have one in the boat with you. Yes they will at times attack and try and bite you when caught.
It has nothing to do with whether I've ever been shark fishing.
What I'm trying to say is why would the story be newsworthy? The shark was fighting for his life, and the men could NOT BELIEVE that they were almost attacked .....by a shark on the end of their fishing line! So they called a news-team to report their "unbelievable" story!
And, of course, the headlines were something like, "Shark Attacks Men in Boat!"