Mako on Lure
My buddy Ramstein took me fishing on the 26/5. We left from Woodies at 8am and planned to trawl for some of these elusive macks near 5 fathom then drift his secret spot known as "sunset boulevard" (due to him catching 2 montster dhu's on sunset on a prior trip).
Anyway, in went the mack lure as we approached the eastern side of 5 fathom, we dropped down to 8 knots and with 5 mins BANG. He let me fight the fish and it took some time to get in. As the specie was wound closer to the boat we realised it was a mako (or blue shark or are they the same thing?). The gaff and net were on Nicko's porch. Ramstein tried to grab the tail and skull drag it on deck, however the shark freaked out, doveran deep and hard for 30 seconds and PING, it was off - ah well.
We went onto to catch 10 dhu's (1 sized and the rest weight released successfully) 10 SG bakers and some black bum's, with some big bustoffs
Awesome Day - "Sunset Boulevard" rocks
crasny1
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Looks like a mako
for sure. No Mako's and blues are different, but closely related.
Did it ever want to jump as they are prone to do this, hence considered a sportsfishing capture?
Neels
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dallasthedog
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it definitely got out of the
it definitely got out of the water at one point
crasny1
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That would almost certainly make it a Mako
Blues are much more slinder, almost looking underfed as the above pic shows.
You also get the colour difference much more with a mako.
How big was it?
Neels
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dallasthedog
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I always think they are
I always think they are bigger then they are but it must have been 1.5m. The lure in its mouth in the 1sy pic is the standard mack lure. Thanks for your research
Bodie
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how angry does that shark
how angry does that shark look!!!
claymore
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angry
hahaha very true, i'd be angry to if i had a lure in me gob.
DazSamFishing
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sensational. Awesome looking
sensational. Awesome looking creature
Lucky Tim
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about the only kind of shark
about the only kind of shark I want to catch, such cool looking creatures.