elite Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 roughly around 1.6 to 1.7m in length.... looked like a Mako - hooked just outside botany heads. Fight lasted approx 5 mins, had many chances to gaff it but didnt know what to do with it so just played it until it bit me off. Top fight though!!! Question - Are Mako's any good on the plate?
elite Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Cheers Mako2000 Even at that size? Heard that some sharks (school) aren't good to eat over the 1m mark. I guess it's the same filleting technique as gummy's?
rjc123 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 roughly around 1.6 to 1.7m in length.... looked like a Mako - hooked just outside botany heads. Fight lasted approx 5 mins, had many chances to gaff it but didnt know what to do with it so just played it until it bit me off. Top fight though!!! Question - Are Mako's any good on the plate? Definitely a mako! Nice one too! What'd you get it on?
elite Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 just a whole pilly. we saw a shark circling the boat (maybe a few different ones) so threw out a pilly, 2 mins later.....bent rod and line peeling the one hooked was much bigger than the ones spotted, so i guess there might have been a few
Wriggler1 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 yes perfect eating size for makos, when they get a bit bigger though the mercury levels shoot up. imo too good a sportsfishto keep, did it go aerial?
elite Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 funny you asked....yeah it almost jumped into the boat when it got near! scared the sht out of me!! was ready to jump out of the boat!! hahaha it then took off again and bit through line
Wriggler1 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 yeh probably safer, if you do decide to keep one i will give you a tip. once you have a mako on board clear everything off the deck they just go snap snap snap snap snapping at everything, your feat, your gear, everything they wreak absolute havoc especially in small boats haha gotta love the aerial disays though its good to have a few metres of thick mono as sometimes they land on the line and their skin can actually cut you off. well done on the capture anyway j do believe they are the fastest shark in the ocean and in the top three when it comes to fastest fish. perhaps not as quick as a sail but dont quote me on that one
ncr Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 gotta love the aerial disays though its good to have a few metres of thick mono as sometimes they land on the line and their skin can actually cut you off. well done on the capture anyway j do believe they are the fastest shark in the ocean and in the top three when it comes to fastest fish. perhaps not as quick as a sail but dont quote me on that one Makos are fast, but they would seriously be left in the wake of a thresher!
sydangler Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 By memory the fastest fish in the sea go sailfish, marlin, wahoo then mako
Wriggler1 Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 Makos are fast, but they would seriously be left in the wake of a thresher! Maybe so mate those threshers have got a lot of surface area to generate power in that tail but I'm still sticking with my original claim. Did a bit of research and the sailfish is the fastest fish that has been ever clocked, however it is believed that Makos can go faster than a sail but only in short bursts. Someone needs to clock a mako! haha Either way, there are plenty of speedsters in our oceans Don't fancy being a bait fish....
don.a Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 had a mako eat my carpet after towing it backwards for an hour.costly mistake will think twice next time.
Csaba Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 How would I be able to put it on the back of my Outback (kayak)?
windredj Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 How would I be able to put it on the back of my Outback (kayak)? thats a scary thought
hughsnews Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Nice catch mate... Never caught a shark before but man it seems like fun!
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