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‘Talk About Jaws, This Is the Real Deal!’: Great White Shark Circles Fishing Boat Off Oahu Coast

Talk About Jaws, This is the Real Deal!: Great White Shark Circles Fishing Boat Off Oahu Coast

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A pair of fishermen had an encounter they’re unlikely to forget anytime soon when a great white shark circled their boat off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

According to Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV, Addison Toki and Dominick Gaballo were commercial fishing about five miles off the coast of Oahu Thursday. They had just hauled in a 300-pound marlin when Toki spotted the shark near the back of the boat.

“As it got closer and saw just the size and features, we knew it was a great white,” said Gaballo told the station.

Estimating it to be about 15-feet long, they said the shark circled their boat for nearly an hour. Figuring they needed to capture it on video, they pulled out a camera and started filming.

“Talk about Jaws, this is the real deal right here!” Toki says on the video.

Watch the original video below [content warning -- explicit language]:

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  • JustJason
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:47pm

    I was waiting for those famous words, “Watch this!” Never happened.

    Phrases like “Watch this!“ or ”One more time…“ ”What if I did this…” are usually something said before accidents.

    They had no rifle in their boat. Dumb.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:59pm

      This story reminds me, I have to have dinner at my mother-in-laws house on Wed…..

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    • Guitarcarl
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:35pm

      You don‘t know what you’re talking about, you know nothing about fishing in Hawaii! First of all, how do you know they didn’t have a gun on the boat? Why would they need the gun the shark was not being aggressive? They were perfectly safe in what appeared to be at least a 25′ boat. Great Whites are protected animals and they were 8 miles from shore, nobody swims there. I live in Oahu and those guys looked like seasoned local fishermen, which means they spend more tine on the water than on dry land. People like you give hunters and fishermen a bad name.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:53pm

      Fact Check, video location is off Kaene Point, Big Island, not Ouahu as the blaze is reporting.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:30pm

      we need a bigger boat

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    • kabookieslap
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:12am

      @PovertySucks – You and fact check are so wrong on this. It says right on the KITV news video, which is the ABC affiliate in Hawaii, that the video was shot and the incident occurred near Yokohama Bay, which is in Waianae which IS ON OAHU. I am from Oahu (Kaneohe Boy) and I have been to that bay a quite a few times growing up. Looks like FactCheck needs to do a little more FACT CHECKING.

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    • wethepeoplepress
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:50am

      A rifle, man your stuck on stupid.

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    • atechgeek
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 9:01am

      They should have tagged and released the Marlin.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 9:47am

      The same video claims Kaena Point. Who’s lying?

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    • In_The_Way
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:16am

      @ wethepeoplepress…That would be you’re not your, you should be using to express that you believe the other fellow to be stupid.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:08pm

      Why do people feel like animals must die. Were these people in danger?

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    • Protoham
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:01pm

      Where is the music!!

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    • Eddie K
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:11pm

      You do not need firearms while fishing. You do not need to shoot a shark. The easiest way to stay out of a sharks mouth is to leave the shark in the water. When you get to the dock with your dead fish, never stick your hands in its mouth, it just may not be as dead as you think it is. Many “dead” sharks have bitten people. Just stay away from the end that has teeth, and you will be ok. Let me repeat, you do not need to shoot a shark. If you practice catch and release, how do you return it unharmed if you shoot it? Shooting seems counter productive to me.

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    • kabookieslap
      Posted on January 17, 2012 at 7:53am

      @Poverty sucks…Yokohama bay and Kaena Point are near each other and both are on Oahu. Went to Kaena point a lot when I was a kid to camp with the family in the late 70‘s early 80’s. Which also scares me as I used to go out swimming way far when we camped there so if that had been around when i was in the water it would have chomped my ass garenz ballbarenz. This picture shows that they are very near each other – http://www.flickr.com/photos/96374913@N00/1807769531/

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    • kabookieslap
      Posted on January 17, 2012 at 7:57am

      @Poverty sucks. Kaena Point is on Oahu right near Yokohama Bay. You can see one from the other so they are talking about being out in the same water. Our family used to camp out at Kaena Point in summers in the late 70‘s early 80’s. I used to swim real far out back then so if that bugga had been in the water then, I would have had my okole chomped Garenz Ballbarenz

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:40pm

    Raw fish w/poi and Heineken sounds good right now.

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    • aggiebrewer
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:06pm

      Poverty Sucks : “Fact Check, video location is off Kaene Point, Big Island, not Ouahu as the blaze is reporting.”

      Of all the items a media organization got wrong over the past 4 years THIS is the ONE you feel the need to bring up?
      Good to see the progressive trolls are alive and well.

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    • Stu Gotts
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 5:53pm

      Sorry “Poverty.Sucks, but Kaena Pojnt is on the western shore of Oahu, near Waianae. You can even see the Waianae Mountains in the video. I’ve lived on Oahu for 20 years, that clip is off the west shore of Oahu, without a doubt.

      Next time, actually check your facts before posting.

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  • Joyzee
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:27pm

    Smells fishy like Pelosi..

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  • jbrote47
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:07pm

    Oh sure. The sharks show up after obama leaves.

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    • antrancher
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:26pm

      They must have followed Air Force One, like they have for hundreds of years…Hahahaha!

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    • oldironsides
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:34pm

      Antrancher – funny – made me laugh today – thanks

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:17pm

      They waited for obama to leave in order to avert heartburn and other unpleasent maladies.God can you imagine having to snack on something that unpalatable.

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    • Bobj_1960
      Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:26am

      @jbrote47…the explanation is simple….PROFESSIONAL COURTESY

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  • kabookieslap
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:00pm

    They are speaking more proper English then people normally do there. Like when he says “Guaranteed he would eat you” back in the day, if you were speaking full on pigin, he would have said “Garanz Ballbearinz dat buggah would eat you.”

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  • Col. HawK
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Ooooo… dat a big Shark MUN….I’m trippin too…Give ya $300 to jump in da water….lol

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:25pm

      They just reeled in a huge Marlin………they put it on the boat………..I can’t figure out why the shark hung out for an hour? Am I the only one who owns a dog on this planet?

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    • snoozinglion
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:54am

      The juices from the fish they caught are dripping into the water from the engine well were they put the fish… they are in effect chumming the shark…

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  • kabookieslap
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:51pm

    I so miss Pidgin English. I was born and raised in Kaneohe on Oahu, and it is good to hear it. Although these guys are speaking less pidgin than I would expect from two mokes. The reason why it is so amazing for them is that we never got great Whites down in Hawaii before. The water is too warm. However, with the last El Nino that has brought a lot of fish to out waters that we never had before. I remember the El Nino in 82 was such a big deal was that we started to see a lot of fish more indigenous to the waters around Japan than Hawaii. Although the University of Hawaii Subs caught video of a huge white in more open ocean in between Oahu and Kauai a few years ago believed to be one that the other scientists had videos and studied off the coast of San Diego. But with so many people who surf, boogie board and body board there, if they are now going to be in Hawaiian waters that could present a problem.

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    • bayoucastine
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:38pm

      kabookieslap; This is the first time I’ve heard what you call Pidgin English. I was born and raised in South Louisiana and I was amazed at how similar “Pidgin English” is to the “Cajun English” that I’m used to hearing. If you’re ever in the vicinity of Lake Charles to Homa Louisiana you’ll pick up on that. Must be something about those who live by fishing or working the swamps?

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    • mdb749
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:31pm

      Please tell me that Great White can’t swim over here to Hapuna Beach where I happen to be staying at this moment! Perhaps I will stay on shore.

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  • Wigglesworth
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:48pm

    He sounds Jamaican.

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  • RichNGadsden
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:41pm

    Yeah, Steve tasted better…

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:41pm

    The Paulies are late for this article. They’ll soon be here, declaring that shark attacks are unconstitutional and the mighty Ron will put a stop to them.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:27pm

      Nope, wrong…“Paulies” would say this is freedom in action, no government intervention and free market. The fisherman got the marlin first and were not forced to redistribute it to the shark (like the democrat commies would have) and nobody preemptively struck the threatening shark like the warmongering Santorumites would want. You are either a free man or a slave, most of you seem to like your servitude.

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    • HumbleMan
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:45pm

      Yup … there we go.

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    • NoNannyState4me
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:10pm

      You’re crazy, that boat has a Revolution 2012 sticker on the back of it. Us Paulies love some fishin.

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    • RightThinking1
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:33am

      The Paulies would say, ‘Ignore the shark, he is not bothering us. Let’s go swimming!”

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    • AmericanBumpkin
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:04pm

      i’m sorry how does watching a shark checking out 2 guys and a boat bring about a political debate?
      i really dont understand the leap of olympic mental gymnastics your brain made a correlation to for this article. i see a video, made by to guys, filming a predator in its natural habital investigating a foreign object in its hunting grounds that abducted a potential meal possibly hoping to still get a meal, and you see a means of starting an arguement about something that has absolutely no relevence pretaining to what’s going on…
      i cant see the punch line in this other than your statement in and of itself.

       
    • Ishmot2
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:02pm

      RIGHTTHINKING1 I know what your saying even if AMERICANBUMPKIN Is to stupid to put it together, Love it!

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    • AmericanBumpkin
      Posted on January 17, 2012 at 10:48am

      @ishmot2 i was actually talking about qpwillie’s original post. and i agree with right, if i didnt the post would have been directed at right’s response.
      and btw hi pot my name is kettle. your mother was a snowblower =P

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  • flatbroke
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:38pm

    They are hungry for libs and OWS.

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  • go2mikerenzi
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:34pm

    great video!

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:06pm

    It is the ocean. What do you expect.

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    • Gorp
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:21pm

      You’re right. It is in the ocean but how many people actually see something like this up close and personal? How many people are out in the woods and actually see a bear up close and personal? Not that many compared to how many are on the ocean or in the woods. But when it does happen it’s more than likely a once in a lifetime experience.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:57pm

    Title should read “men create tsunami wave from shaking in fear as shark circles boat”.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:36pm

      Yeah but then 50% of the readers would be pissed that there was no tsunami.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:20pm

      And the other 50% would be unavailable for comment.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:55pm

    At first I thought it was a story about ENCIMON, but then I saw it was about a shark and not an sardine.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:39pm

    LOL .. watch the whole vid on YouTube .. one idiot is standing up on the edge of the boat .. one bump by the shark and LUNCH IS SERVED! Talk about loss of survival skills. …

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:37pm

      I was thinking the SAME thing. Why would anyone test fate like that?

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  • AB5r
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:36pm

    Here is a better one, this guy spent 20 minutes fighting with a black marlin, then at around 3:50 in the video a giant shark ate all but the head in one bite after which they reel in the head.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itvjYohS55w

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:33pm

    Interesting what you can find in the ocean; when they said “Jaws” I had to wonder if it was the in-laws of Pelosi or Reid.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:40pm

      @SNOW …

      Debbie Washermouth-Schultz ….

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    • DD313
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:13pm

      Isn’t that Debbie Wassermann Test?

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:19pm

      I wonder if the shark ate the origional BC, that would explain why it’s never been seen?

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  • B-Neil
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:25pm

    That sure does make Individual life that much more important. Yes Mahar there is a God. CARRY ON McDUFF.

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  • bjornskis
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:24pm

    come on bra give him a spam sandwich

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  • nuttyvet
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:23pm

    Too distracted by the TERRIBLE Hawaiian accent to care!

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  • billjac
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:23pm

    That’s why you should carry a shotgun.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:32am

      A shotgun blast would have just pee’d the big fella off. You need a S&W Model 500 (.50 cal). Go through a bear and 5 humans like a hot knife through butter!

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:23pm

    That’s great. It‘s funny how the animal kingdom appears to be losing it’s fear of men. That‘s interesting don’t you think?

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:24pm

      But it isn’t just animals that lose their fear, because viruses lose their fear of men also.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:40am

      You know what? It really wears on people when you post a comment and then reply to yourself for half a page. If you’re so lonely for a response that you have to respond to yourself, might I suggest getting a pet? Perhaps a nice lap dog or a kitty. Better yet, how about a mina-bird. You can teach it to talk.

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  • american1st
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:18pm

    ..I think we need a bigger boat..

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  • joeclyde
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:15pm

    Where is that fat cow Rosie when you need her?

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