Mako My Day

[SaltyDog]

Fished the OBMST yesterday, setup 49 miles south of Gay Head, about 10 miles southwest of the dump at a long warm water finger seen on rutgers. Water temp went from 61-68 quickly. Caught 10 makos up to 65". Kept one for the table but couldnt seem to get into a big one to weigh in. Only 4 blue sharks all day. I must have run into a Mako migration or spawning... Do they school? Felt like I was in a large mass of similar fish like tuna fishing. Amazing to see so may Makos around the boat all day.

[Fishypantsmagoo]

"kerinellie" poked her nose out on fri and upon hearing the reports from those navigating muskeget we turned around and enjoyed a day on the dock.

fished yesterday south of gay head. started the day off well with the first fish being a thresher only 50 minutes after lines in. fish was approx 200#. followed that up with a 3 makos and 11 blues to round out the day.

all the makos were pups no bigger that 90#. alot of boats reported multiple pup makos. great to see alot of makos.

buddy Calvin (DILLIGAF) put a nice mako on the scale...great showing for a 23' CC.

winning boat won with a chunky 'beagle...359# i think it was.

[turbocc]

ya the winning fish was nice but i dont know how you catch a fish with 130 chair rods and not have a chair on board or fighting station. I mean I guess you could just leave them in the rod holder and fight them right?

[ChasinTail]

If im not mistaken you can not fight a fish out of a rod holder, it breaks the IGFA rule.

[EJR]

You can not fish out of a holder.. it does break IGFA guidelines

[turbocc]

well how do u use a a 130 class chair rod with out a chair

[amarshall]

Any other war stories?

A 29 Luhrs Sunk

http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guar...at/2009/07/24/

Also heard a Duffy lost it's tower and Cabo blew out it's windshield

[Fishypantsmagoo]

agreed on the chair rods, if i was "gotta do" (the second place boat) i would have filed a protest while the Karen Jean was weighing the fish.

typical of the OBMST yahoos who have either no idea what the rules are or just care to disregard them.

[sashamy]

right but the second place boat actually sunk????? how does that work....

[Nite Bite]

Wow 10 Makos, thats almost unheard of, you must have been dialed in. Too bad you couldn't find the big one mixed in. In regards to the original question, I don't think Mako's role in packs, so you must have had something special to lure that many in. Whats your secret?
Anyways good job.