Watch a Blackpool dad catch a 250kilo Great White Shark while fishing in New Zealand

Blackpool Gazette

Watch the dramatic moment dad Gus Smith from Blackpool caught a great white shark during a sea fishing trip

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00:00 Woo hoo hoo hoo!

00:02 Woo hoo hoo hoo!

00:04 Take that sir.

00:06 Just keep going mate.

00:08 Strapped up with the big boys.

00:17 [Splash]

00:18 Woo hoo!

00:22 Yep Tom, wind it up a little bit.

00:29 You want one off?

00:38 No you need the ring thing off.

00:40 This is just a halter.

00:46 Get the line on the boat.

00:47 That's it, that's it, clear.

00:49 Line's clear.

00:50 Come on, come on, let's speed.

00:53 Let's go on to the front of the boat.

00:57 Maybe that's it.

00:58 How's that feel?

01:00 Feel better?

01:02 Good, yeah, no, no, it's nice.

01:03 Cross your back, your arms, keep going.

01:07 Hold still.

01:08 Just get up on the other corner.

01:10 Is that better on your back?

01:14 That better?

01:15 Yep.

01:16 That's amazing, and again because

01:18 doing a sterling job.

01:21 First ever shark?

01:27 Yeah.

01:28 Nice.

01:29 [Laughter]

01:30 You don't have to catch any more, just the pinnacle.

01:32 First ever shark in great light.

01:34 [Laughter]

01:35 Brilliant.

01:37 And he blew the reel up.

01:38 We managed to swap lines all the way through.

01:40 Bring him this way slightly.

01:42 So we can catch him.

01:44 That's it, and then go on and again.

01:45 And again.

01:47 Go on, go on.

01:48 Tighten those straps up if you need to.

01:53 Yeah, a little bit more.

01:54 Tighten up the straps.

01:56 Lift the rod up a touch.

01:58 That's it, now put that one in.

02:00 That better?

02:01 Reel, reel, reel again.

02:02 Lovely.

02:03 Lovely, yeah.

02:04 Nice and easy.

02:05 Come this way now.

02:06 Go right to that corner, bro.

02:07 We're nearly there.

02:08 And again, again.

02:10 Like that.

02:11 Come on, I'll do this way.

02:15 Lovely.

02:20 Come on, you're okay there.

02:24 Come along.

02:26 Come along.

02:27 Come on, come on.

02:29 Come on, come on.

02:35 Come on, come on.

02:37 Come on.

02:38 Leader.

02:46 Wow.

02:51 Yes.

02:56 Woo hoo hoo.

02:57 Mate, I think we need to go right over.

03:12 Go right over.

03:13 Go again, go.

03:14 Careful.

03:15 Stand back, we're done here with the pliers.

03:17 You know, I can't get in.

03:18 Who's got the fucking wire cutter?

03:20 I'm gonna run it.

03:21 Get ready, get ready.

03:22 Get on it.

03:23 Get a photo of him, boys.

03:24 Get a photo of him.

03:25 Get a photo of him, boys.

03:26 Get a photo of him.

03:27 Get a photo of him.

03:28 Yes.

03:32 Woo hoo hoo.

03:33 Mate, I think we need to go right over.

03:49 Go right over.

03:50 Go again, go.

03:51 Careful.

03:52 Go again.

03:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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