SHARK TROLLING QUESTIONS

[Captain Fred Archer]

Thank you very much, Marty. Your comments are appreciated more than you will ever know and it was very gracious of you to make them.

Hind ends chopped off are usually mako bites - especially if you know the shape of their jaws and the slashes they put in things that they chop. Sounds like a big one, too!

Ted,

Glad to hear that the SuperBars punched a few out for you last season, which surely was a tough one. Good luck with the new ones - they'll troll great from real slow to 12 knots plus.

Come onnnn tunas!

Website www.fredarchersworldoffishing.com

[bobdu11]

Anybody else ever catch a Mako on a Spreader bar ? Here's one that ate a GRL Spreader bar couple of years ago...Bob

[striper swiper]

If you want to troll look for the draggers Colors Flourescent orange with white or black Look up Capt Joe Shutes old school trolling and learn that set-up It is the most cost effective I would either buy or tie some sea witches in the colors I posted
http://www.sportfishermen.com/2008/0...art-to-finish/
Here is the old school video link
http://www.sportfishermen.com/board/...-trolling.html
Why Orange easy Last season I could not fint the floats that I use for sharking in the yellow I have been using for awhile They only had the glo orange I lost 4 in one day All to Mako's of all sizes I also had at least one attack by a mako every trip they hit the water I tried a product that had the same nanometer wavelenght of the orange (It's a spray dye for military use) 6 fish all makos not one Blue shark all day No you cannot buy this spray/dye

[chumtini]

The times that i've gotten hit up by a mako it was alway on the most expensive thing in the spread LOL the seem it fancy the outer GREEN squid in my green bar that is trolled off the bridge......when the come in they come in hot and are RUTHLESS!!!!!

I had a mako come in and hit the middle of green machine tuna bar and mashed everything but the hook out east of Chatham. Completely destroyed the bar. Coincidence? Or do they hate green?

[giantfan]

I had a mako come in and hit the middle of green machine tuna bar and mashed everything but the hook out east of Chatham. Completely destroyed the bar. Coincidence? Or do they hate green?

Green was hot last year for me too.

Every Mako that we caught was on a bait with a green skirt.

Granted two of them were pitch baits that we fed to them at the side of the boat..... but still!

[Captain Fred Archer]

Green? Makos?

Nah! (LOL!)

Green pitch bait with short, giant squid fillet & circle hook.

Hays Stainless kill hook, for pitch baits for fish to be taken.

Boomer Surface Teaser (unbelievable strikes, threshers & makos!) Beware of GBFT.

Simple, deadly spread. This is it...no more stuff in the water.

Whole bait teaser leader.