Photos: Giant mako caught off San Diego

stuckinthecity · 08-31-2006, 05:34 PM

Check out these photos of some computer programmer from Seattle fighting an 11-foot-long, 600-pound mako shark on a fly rod off the coast of San Diego. The guy hooked the fish on a red/white streamer after it attacked the boat he was chumming from.

stuckinthecity · 08-31-2006, 05:56 PM

here's the address: http://www.fieldandstream.com/fields...515959,00.html

Shark Tagger · 08-31-2006, 06:01 PM

Awesome. Thanks for the info

Takes the fly

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Relentless33 · 08-31-2006, 06:08 PM

Awesome pics !!!! :shock:

FinalPoint · 08-31-2006, 06:11 PM

=D>
All I have to say. For now.
Awesome job.

quack quack · 09-01-2006, 10:54 AM

Cool pics but the teeth look like a photo shop job :???: The person that touched up the pics put in curved goofy teeth :???: pics great but why make the teeth look bigger and whiter.Oh yeah it is in Cali must have gone to the dentist for caps and whitening :lol:

Capt Ted · 09-01-2006, 11:17 AM

nice shots.. why the hell did they photshop the teeth? I agree teeth look fake.

DORADOsteve · 09-05-2006, 12:55 PM

Awesome jump shots!

reefdonkey · 12-07-2006, 06:42 PM

Bigger Makos Begin to develop triangular teeth much like those of a smaller GW.

DIRTYFOOT2 · 12-08-2006, 11:34 AM

Thats a hell of a jump shot you got there mister

Can't imagine
purposely hooking a fish like that on a fly rod, had to be a punishing fight.

Thanks for the cool post and pics

DF2

roccsky63 · 12-23-2006, 09:54 AM

Nice jumps on that Mako. I had a lost opportunity to land one during my last Swordy Tourny in WPB. Great fight!! Dont now why you would want to catch one like that on a fly but better your back than mine haha.

LIGHTS OUT · 12-23-2006, 10:37 AM

Nice pics., I give him a ten on the landing. Must have been one hell of a fight.

Joefish · 01-14-2007, 08:52 PM

nice pics, what a fight that must have been

pipelayer2 · 08-27-2007, 05:39 PM

The color of the fish and the shape of the teeth give it a sort of a "longfin" mako look.

Great fish either way.

FINSnTAILS · 08-28-2007, 12:42 AM

Nice pics and on a fly

08-31-2006, 05:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
stuckinthecity Grunt Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Photos: Giant mako caught off San Diego Check out these photos of some computer programmer from Seattle fighting an 11-foot-long, 600-pound mako shark on a fly rod off the coast of San Diego. The guy hooked the fish on a red/white streamer after it attacked the boat he was chumming from.

09-01-2006, 10:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 4,984	Cool pics but the teeth look like a photo shop job :???: The person that touched up the pics put in curved goofy teeth :???: pics great but why make the teeth look bigger and whiter.Oh yeah it is in Cali must have gone to the dentist for caps and whitening :lol: __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

12-08-2006, 11:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,061	Jump Shot Thats a hell of a jump shot you got there mister Can't imagine purposely hooking a fish like that on a fly rod, had to be a punishing fight. Thanks for the cool post and pics DF2 __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

12-23-2006, 09:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
roccsky63 Lines In Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Boat: Thumper Occupation: Self Employed Posts: 64	Nice jumps on that Mako. I had a lost opportunity to land one during my last Swordy Tourny in WPB. Great fight!! Dont now why you would want to catch one like that on a fly but better your back than mine haha. __________________ Rocc

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08-31-2006, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
stuckinthecity Grunt Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	here's the address: http://www.fieldandstream.com/fields...515959,00.html

08-31-2006, 06:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shark Tagger Hooked Up Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunny Isles Best Catch: 475lb Mako Occupation: Engineering Posts: 920	Awesome. Thanks for the info Takes the fly [/img]

08-31-2006, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Relentless33 Grander Join Date: Apr 2006 Best Catch: 81" sword Posts: 2,994	Awesome pics !!!! :shock:

08-31-2006, 06:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
FinalPoint Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lighthouse Pt., FL; Greenwich, CT Boat: Contender 36 Fisharound Best Catch: 1183 lb. Swordfish Occupation: Real Estate Investment Posts: 931	=D> All I have to say. For now. Awesome job.

09-01-2006, 11:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
Capt Ted Hooked Up Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 186	nice shots.. why the hell did they photshop the teeth? I agree teeth look fake.

09-05-2006, 12:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
DORADOsteve Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Singer Island, FL Posts: 580	Awesome jump shots!

12-07-2006, 06:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
reefdonkey Grunt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Bigger Makos Begin to develop triangular teeth much like those of a smaller GW.

12-23-2006, 10:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
LIGHTS OUT Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plantation, Fl. Boat: 26' Open Fish/ Twin 200 Best Catch: 300+ Swordy Occupation: entrepreneur Posts: 554	Nice pics., I give him a ten on the landing. Must have been one hell of a fight.

01-14-2007, 08:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
Joefish Grunt Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	nice pics, what a fight that must have been

08-27-2007, 05:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
pipelayer2 Grunt Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5	The color of the fish and the shape of the teeth give it a sort of a "longfin" mako look. Great fish either way.

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08-28-2007, 12:42 AM	#15 (permalink)
FINSnTAILS Lines In Join Date: May 2005 Location: Coconut Creek Posts: 70	Nice pics and on a fly