Yes we did.
And furthermore since the biologists realized it was the largest MALE mako they had ever heard of, they asked for it to be left intact for a dissection the next morning.(female makos go over a thousnd pounds) We talked the charter into leaving it intact for the biologists.
We put it in a tuna bag, iced it down and the biologists (state and Federal) dissected it yesterday morning while I was out fishing.
The stomach contained 2 dissolved stripers, some tuna meat , and some dissolved heavy monofilament fishing line.
The charter filmed the tuna fight and the mako attack on the tuna, and then filmed my mate Taylor fighting the mako. They said they would send me a disc with the film footage on it. - Tom
Wow..nice catch.
And furthermore since the biologists realized it was the largest MALE mako they had ever heard of, they asked for it to be left intact for a dissection the next morning.(female makos go over a thousnd pounds) We talked the charter into leaving it intact for the biologists.
We put it in a tuna bag, iced it down and the biologists (state and Federal) dissected it yesterday morning while I was out fishing.
The stomach contained 2 dissolved stripers, some tuna meat , and some dissolved heavy monofilament fishing line.
The charter filmed the tuna fight and the mako attack on the tuna, and then filmed my mate Taylor fighting the mako. They said they would send me a disc with the film footage on it. - Tom"
Well, it does sound like they had a very exciting charter, so I imagine they are thrilled. I hope they come again. That was one hell of an exciting day. Congratulations!
Considering the fish is the largest male mako ever caught, maybe the video will find its way to some TV fishing shows. I hope so.
So, does the fact that there were stripers in the mako's belly mean that the thing was in relatively shallow waters at some point?
I was once in Scituate Harbor for a day, close to 20 years ago, or maybe more than that, a very pretty little town, as I recall. It looked as if there was quite a bit of current in places in the harbor, but my memory is a little dim.
Are those Yamahas yours?