Not a world record but a beast for sure
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/27995/florida+anglers+win+titanic+struggle+against+1000-pound+mako+shark/
Thats probably what happened to Charlie Tuna!
Thats a big one - There are loads of sharks down here in Florida
Somebody is eating shark steaks tonight. Thats a big mako.
The skipper is a buddy of mine.Better footage on youtube.
Quote from: gotcha on June 23, 2011, 08:17:55 PM
The skipper is a buddy of mine.Better footage on youtube.
Why did that comment bring back memories of Gilligan's Island? I need more sleep.
For those "in the know" about such, is it common practice to save and use the skin from sharks? Living in the central/southern U.S. I will plead ignorance about such.
Quote from: lightsoutcalls on June 24, 2011, 09:52:51 AM
Quote from: gotcha on June 23, 2011, 08:17:55 PM
The skipper is a buddy of mine.Better footage on youtube.
Why did that comment bring back memories of Gilligan's Island? I need more sleep.
For those "in the know" about such, is it common practice to save and use the skin from sharks? Living in the central/southern U.S. I will plead ignorance about such.
I have heard of people making stuff from the skin but I do not know anyone that has done it. I am sure some fool out there made him a shirt or something from a skin but I have never seen it. So no, not common at all
I was thinking more along the lines of tanning the skin for use for wallets, belts, boots, etc. Just curious. I don't have any idea what the characteristics of shark skin are... just figured it would be quite tough.
bought a pair of boots once with the toe covered with shark skin. It probably would have worked well if it had been thicker than a peice of paper.
one big fish with teeth
Being from the north, I lump sharks and snakes into the same category. The only food shark/snake is a dead one.. Good riddance..:you_rock: Mike
Did you read all the negative comments. Dang,the way they complained you would have thought they killed a "JAKE" or something. :toothy12:
Quote from: redarrow on June 27, 2011, 10:46:03 PM
Did you read all the negative comments. Dang,the way they complained you would have thought they killed a "JAKE" or something. :toothy12:
I like sharks. Blacktips eat great!
I caught an 8' 270pder 2 years ago up here in NH and it was delicious, alot like swordfish (tried to post a pic but says the image is too large). This one was hooked deep and never jumped but a 6'er I hooked 3 years earlier jumped 8' six times. We never knew this was a mako until 1/2 hour into the battle, was thinking it was a bulldog thresher as it was staying deep. After 1 1/4 hr battle man and beast were equally exhausted. A 10" tuna fly gaff twice bounced off his back and sending him on 200 yard screaming runs. Finally at boatside for the third time I grabbed the leader, pulled him next to the gunnel and went Psycho on his gills with an 8" Dexter fillet knife. We rarely kill sharks but bring a firearm when planning on it. We were 32 miles from the ramp with an hour of daylight left when he hit the cockpit of my 24'er, after dragging him by the tail for 1/2 hour. What a battle! They are an amazing fish. They follow our bluefin tuna and more than one handliner has been hauling a 500 pd tuna into the cockpit only to have a 1,000 mako chop the back half off. Tuna spotter planes see 1,000-1,500 pd makos shadowing the giant tuna schools every year up here. Tuna are fast but makos are the fastest fish on the planet, must be amazing to see them take a giant bluefin.
Scout24,
The one time I got to go on a charter boat in the gulf, we heard very similar stories of someone hooking into a nice tuna only to reel it in to be nothing but a head and chewed remains. That would HAVE to be very frustrating.
Cool to read your story. That is definitely outside of my realm of experience.
I think I got it this time.
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Wendell,
Couple other mako stories. Last year a well charter Captain took a family out for tuna. As they were fighting the tuna, a 600+pd mako chomped the back half off essentially killing it from blood loss. The big shark circled the boat and a sharp mate quickly rigged a shark rod, promptly fed it a fillet of fresh tuna and caught the largest male mako on record. Those giants are all females. You can read about this and others at newenglandsharks.com.
The last story was about a commercial handliner that was pulling a giant (4-500 pd or so) bluefin into the cockpit when a monstrous mako appeared from under the boat and chomped off the back third of the fish. These fish, undamaged, frequently sell for $5,000-$12,000 on the Japanese market depending on fat content, so the fisherman was understandably pissed. When the shark returned and clamped down again, he met several loads of 00 buck at mere feet. I vividly remember the dramatic photo, shot from above of both giant fish lying in his cockpit. All these stories,and my catch, come from the same 50-75 miles of Atlantic that the world record mako of 1,200 pds was caught from. Bigger makos have been harpooned but obviously don't count in the record books. One interesting fact about harpooning. Harpooners stick a giant tuna and give it a powerful electrical jolt that usually kills it instantly. When you give the juice to a stuck mako, it just aggravates him and he goes beserk, requiring multiple harpoon shots.
On an unrelated topic, Wendell, do you make an all weather striker. I love your dymondwood on fair days but it rained alot this year and it go me looking.
I sit back amazed reading about such big fish. My biggest catch was a red snapper about 6-8 pounds. I did get the privelege of seeing a tuna about 5 feet long when we got back to shore.
As for the strikers... dymondwood is as close as I make to an all weather striker at present. I guess my brain goes to suggesting mouth calls when it gets that wet. Sorry.
Scout, have you thought about an ivory tipped striker as a waterproof model? I am not sure if it would work buy it was have to be better than wood.
Wendell, funny you should mention red snapper. I was doing about 6-8 bottom fishing trips a year until the big housing crash a couple of years back and I have caught 3 red snappers over 20 pounds with the biggest being just over 24 pounds.
I had about a 5 pounder coming off the bottom a few years back and a 8 1/2' bull shark decided that he wanted him worse than I did. 45 minutes and a snapped rod, (broke at the reel seat) he was boat side. That one fish just goes to show how well circle hooks and no wire leader will work.
Next time any of yall Go to Hilton Head....remind me to remind you about the big 10 to 12 foot tiger sharks my fishing boat captain buddy catches just a few hundred yards of the beach