Fisherman's terrifying encounter as 12ft great white shark swims next to boat

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great white shark.Jim Piazza, from Pennsylvania, and his son Jayden, travelled to Sea Isle City in New Jersey for a vacation when he took his new boat to the water for a fishing trip on Saturday (June 4).

While fishing, a great white shark nearly half the size of his 23-foot-long boat swam right by his boat just half a mile off the shore.In the video he posted, Jayden throws a fish at the shark while Jim pans the camera to show the size of the apex predator, saying: "Look at that monster."Get, get, get away!

Jesus Christ! Dude that was nuts. He was a big shark." The shark, which Jim estimated it to be over 1,000lbs, stays in the water in a stealth mode as it moves close to the boat but it turns around shortly after.Jim told Fox News: "The videos don't do it justice, it was just nonchalantly there.

I've never seen anything like that."Viewers called the shark sighting "insane" as some wondered if the animal could be the famous great white "Ironbound".According to Ocearch, Ironbound is 12-foot-long great white shark and weighs nearly 1,000lbs.Researchers updated the data log on Ironbound and found out he was last seen near Nova Scotia, about 600 miles north of New Jersey on May 31.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.A viewer said: "Oh my God, way to ruin summer."Another commented: "Looks like a male you can see sole claspers...