Mako's

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by fish doctor

yes jim you have seen my boat i fished with larry for years targeting makos once these guys see what even a small mako can do boatside they will figure out makos are a bad idea out of a yak my largest i ever kept was 250 and it took over an hour to land on my 23ft center console on 60lb line it also took four hours to clean and package
we only keep one a year now and males only with a max of 150lb weight

Cool!! Thought I recognized it.

If you've fished with Larry you have fished with one of the best. Larry is an amazing angler, killer shark fisherman, and just a great guy as well. I hardly ever see him any more since I don't fish MDR like I used to and usually make my own bait when I do.

I hear you on keeping them. Noticed it was a Male, great eating that size, definitely the right shark to target for the table.

About the only sharks I take now are ones that get a hook in the gills or Ts that die online. Last big one I took was a T over 300, and the packaging alone took a good part of a day.

Jim

[mtnbykr2]

Thanks for sharin the videos...cool stuff, on a boat!...in a yak if one of those took to the sky and landed in your lap would not be pretty...

[Luis_Ochoa]

here is another one.!!

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Luis_Ochoa

here is another one.!!

Spinner shark.

Those are inshore coastal sharks that feed on small fish and crustaceans. I've caught them. They are a lot like a overgrown blacktip. They do jump but they have small teeth and are not anywhere as dangerous as Makos. I'd feel perfectly comfortable targeting those from a kayak. Imagine a soupfin that jumps, and you get the picture.

Jim

[Luis_Ochoa]

well it's a jumping spinner shark , in one of those jumps if it hit you, somebody is going to be in the water... looking at the other videos you posted, it's something to think about...



saludos,

[Aaron&Julie]

I'd take an errant Spinner knocking me off my 'yak, over a mean-ass Mako, anyday. Jim, whereabouts did you hook your Spinner? Aren't they an East Coast shark?

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Aaron&Julie

I'd take an errant Spinner knocking me off my 'yak, over a mean-ass Mako, anyday. Jim, whereabouts did you hook your Spinner? Aren't they an East Coast shark?

Gulf.

Grew up in Texas fishing inshore sharks up and down the Gulf coast. Spinners are not as common as blacktips but I've got them at both North and South Padre Island.

I've always been nuts about catching big fish and sharks were about the biggest thing we could catch when I was a kid without a boat. I could tell you some stories. I saw some big sharks caught off Padre in the late seventies.

Jim