Catching a Mako is tops on my bucket list (equal to seeing the Northern lights). Great fight, good eating and just about as exciting as one can get. Great catch!!
“Black ... like doll’s eyes”
uh-oh. better get Mako!
Our charter boat (on which I was deckhand) once hooked (but could not land) what seems now to be a world-record soup-fin shark.
We had it close to our 50 foot boat, and it was about half the length. So we figured it was around 22 feet long.
Then it ran, and there was no holding back. Snap!
Never had a chance to boat it as all tackle was for the tuna. Fought it for about five minutes, until its teeth cut the line.
It jumped completely out of water, about 50' from the transom, a spectacular sight I'll never forget.
Happened to me once, though mine was a bit bigger’n that....but it got away.
In the meantime, the REAL Mako is still waiting for his cut...