LJ 12-2-06

[Tman]

Aw Zed....hey, wait a minute...

For the record, I have caught Makos before, back in my sailing days.
We would motor out at midnight, make it to the shipping lanes by sun up, set a low sail, and troll Rapalas for them.
Once gaffed, we'd tail rope 'em and tie them off to the rail, and pour cheap booze down their body, it would hit their gills and knock them out for a couple minutes, long enough for us to gut them and bleed 'em.
Then we'd let them hang off the rail for about a half hour til they 'calmed' down.

In all the fights we've had (most averaged 6-8'), like Ryan said, they would come straight to the boat. Helped we were using heavy line, but the real fun began when we sunk the gaff in.

And I always carry a gaff, rope, and a knife on the yak. Too bad I was out of Pacificos, or I would've shared a drink with him :lol:

No aerial displays, but he sure liked hanging around my yak, the fun part was making sure to get him out from under the yak. And when he'd pull me, only to turn around and come back at me....ah, fun.