pan sized mako.....
had not a bad day out yesterday....
me and a mate braved the early north slop with a mate, and hit the 40's, and ended up releasing 10 dhus, all around the 5 - 6kg mark, keeping 2 for a feed.
around 10:30 this little bugger came and made an appearance around the sea anchor, and lucky for me (but unlucky for him...), i had a gang on a trace in the rig bag, ready to rumble, and had a whole herring floating down to his feeding level in less than 30 seconds.
by all accounts, the fight was pretty embarrasing for the mako, and he was subdued on 15kg in about 4 mins, without so much as a decent run, let alone the ariel acrobatics makos are renowned for. the only time he showed a bit of how-ya-goin, was when we decided that he was coming home with us, and dispatched him with the bat. he measured around 1.4m long, and approx 50-60kgs.
we removed the fins and head, and trunked him into the esky. the noticeable thing was the lack of stench of ammonia in the shark (literally no smell at all), and i can now see why they are regarded as such high-quality table fare. we had some last night for dinner in egg and breadcrumbs, and it was absolutely superb. i reckon you would be hard-pushed to tell the difference between that, and most other pelagics like macky, swordfish, etc, and i wont be hesitating to get another one onboard when/if the opportunity arises!!
scotto
ps, sorry about the blood. if i had've known it was that bloody, i would have given him a wash.
THE GERMAN
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nice fish mate
did ya have to sink a gaff into him ,i gaffed one a few years back and it went nuts,
Alan James
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Haha pan size
some big pans at your place Scotto. Makos really are a great looking fish aren't they, well done.
MattMiller
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Nice work Scotto
they certainly are an impressive creature.
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Nice size Mako, hope you kept
Nice size Mako, hope you kept the jaws
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Wow
That is the classic size to absolutely go burco. Surprised a little by the ease of capture. Normally would try and pull a Stickface backward in a weight for weight fight, complete with Jumps etc. Was it skinny in the gut section? Perhaps a little starved and fatigued.
Great looking fish.
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Nice shark ,evil looking
Nice shark ,evil looking little guy.You should have said good day I didn't have a clue who you were .thank for the call through.
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scotto
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Yeah
Yeah German, we did sink the gaff. But it hardly flinched when we did. The only thing that got some reaction was a tap on the head with a bat.
Colt striker I did keep the jaws. I even spent an extra 15 mins cleaning them up, but I heard boiling them removes any excess tissue from the bone, but after only about 5 mins on the boil, they completely fell apart (into 4 peices....), and all the teeth fell out. Farkin spewin.
Crasny it was in great condition, and was darting through the water pretty quickly whilst it was free swimming, but as soon as it was hooked, it just gave up. I don't actually think it realized it was hooked until it was too late.
Paul we'll definitely say gday next time. We were goin to yesterday, but by the time we were fixed, re-Lisa was already out the harbor.
smash
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unfortunately-boiling is how
unfortunately-boiling is how you get the teeth out, but you know that now!
Have to carefully scrape ALL the flesh of then brush it with peroxide I believe.
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Have to be quicker than that Scotto, had been more than 2 weeks since our last fish and we could smell them in the distance .....
Evil nasty bastards, even when he's dead his eyes are still hunting you ..... hang on, I hope he's dead
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Alan James
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Shark jaw preparation
The attached link has a good tutorial of how to prepare shark jaws. As many find out the first time (me included) boiling is not the answer.
http://www.pierandsurf.com/fishing-forum/showthread.php?40659-How-to-prepare-shark-jaws-From-beach-extraction-to-final-mounting
PattyT
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Awesome fish mate!! I know
Awesome fish mate!! I know whats on the menu at your place for a while now..
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Nice fish!
Just a bummer you didn't get the full-on fight they're known for...we used to get them regularly off Mexico/California and I only wish some of them had come in as quietly as yours did!
Lack of ammonia stands to reason as they have a very different physiology to that of other sharks...they are warm-blooded, like tuna, and the other members of their family (great white/porbeagle/salmon shark) are the same. From memory we BBQ'd ours, and was sensational, but sashimi would also go down a treat.
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Nice one mate - definitely on
Nice one mate - definitely on the 'want to catch' list!
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scotto
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Fo 'shizzle,
I'll be keeping a shine on the inter and tiagras come sambo season.
Bringing in a decent one would be fun as!
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not a bad sized tax-man at
not a bad sized tax-man at all,
well done on the Dhuies to guys
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Very nice, hope to get one
Very nice, hope to get one some day soon
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Cruel
You are evil scotto reckon ya must be a eagles supporter
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...and you are an idiot
pearler...You do realise this is a FISHING forum?....
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
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solid
nice mako, we caught a small one a while back and it was awesome eating, great capture, did you keep the jaws?
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GlennO87
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Nice fish! With jaws, we
Nice fish!
With jaws, we usually poor some sugar or something that attracts ants, put the jaws next to it, should be cleaned up perfecto in a few days!
Couple of times i took them to a friends house in toodjay if i was going up there that is, put them onto of an ant mound, cleaned up perfect in a matter of hours....
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Glenn beat me to it. old man
Glenn beat me to it. old man is ex-pro shark fisherman, has some impressive great white (from long time ago) and tiger jaws. and yer, apparently letting the ants do the polishing work is the trick