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Chuck D 06-05-2012 08:38 PM
Weird Mako
 
I caught a Mako (I think) on the Yak the other day (La Jolla) and got a good underwater shot of it. The weird thing is that the Makos dorsal fin looked really strange like it had a big bite out of it and red strings dangling off the back. Has anyone ever seen this before? What do you think it is??? Heres the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTHJyuHMwSY

MrM 06-05-2012 08:49 PM
That looks strangely similar to photos of tail rot on halibut. Maybe the same thing here? What'd you do with it?

Chuck D 06-05-2012 08:51 PM
Yea, could be. Let him go, I don't kill sharks.

dos ballenas 06-05-2012 08:52 PM
parasitic copepods....you see them on most makos, but usually not that bad. poor lil guy!

Drake 06-05-2012 09:14 PM
Chuck, did you cut that line or did it snap?

Chuck D 06-05-2012 09:25 PM
Thanks Owyn, you always got the answers!
The Makos teeth eventually cut the line, I wasn't going near those teeth anyways:o He can keep the hook.

BigBalsa 06-05-2012 09:32 PM
Unusual to see a shark with fins of any sort these days...

ashmoz 06-05-2012 09:50 PM
Same red stuff on the one we caught on sat...

smithers 06-06-2012 05:44 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dos ballenas (Post 121052)
parasitic copepods....you see them on most makos, but usually not that bad. poor lil guy!
Good call.

Here's a video of them on great whites.

http://www.thedorsalfin.com/shark-ne...-sharks-video/

2:02 shows similar ones attached to dorsal fin.
I think the guy names the particular species but I'm not very good at translating aussie (or is it kiwi ?)

Jimmyz123 06-06-2012 09:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck D (Post 121049)
I caught a Mako (I think) on the Yak the other day (La Jolla) and got a good underwater shot of it. The weird thing is that the Makos dorsal fin looked really strange like it had a big bite out of it and red strings dangling off the back. Has anyone ever seen this before? What do you think it is??? Heres the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTHJyuHMwSY
Those things you're seeing as someone else said is very common. Check out the photos in this Google search. I alway thought is was some growth they had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mako...w=1024&bih=585


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