[Makoman16]

Hello fellas.

I was just wondering......how many makos have you caught in a single day?

I am trying to see if another fisherman's theory is correct about size & quantity, so please tell the amount and size. Thanks!

 

[MakoMike]

Best day, we had four. All good sized fish. The one we brought back to the dock was 355 and that wasn't the biggest, just the first.

 

[Makoman16]

My best is 5 ~ twice!

We have had 5 makos in one day ~ twice. Once, 2 summers ago at the Yankee on a dead calm day, we had 5 makos around the boat at one time ~ all swimming in clear blue flat water ~ we counted 5 different 50 to 80-pound fish!

We have had 4 makos in one day too many times to count. Only once though, did we find big fish. More often than not, "multiple mako" days for ME means small fish (under 125-lbs).

Anyone else think this has some truth? Bigger fish tend to be solitary ~ smaller fish in packs?

 

[MakoMike]

Makoman,
I wasn't counting the days we had small fish around the boat. One the size of the one in your picture don't count for us, we just let them go anyway. I won't kill a fish under around 150.

 

[Makoman16]

Huh?

I wasn't counting the 5 around the boat as one of those "5 caught" days either. It was just an amazing sight. Catching five means reeling 5 to the boatside. No matter what the size, it is still catching 5.

The one in the photo to the left is 80 pounds ~ and released. I dont take anything less than 150 either. However, that wasn't the nature of the question!

(This post edited by Makoman16 on 03/30/2003)

 

[bennie]

five mako days are hard to come by. enjoy them. if the makos are small use light tackle. there is nothing like a mako on the right gear.

 

[thefishingfreak]

best mako day

9 blues from 150-350 and three makos est. 100 150 and 180 lbs.all caught and released from 10am to 4pm.we were all to tired at the end of the day to reel in anymore.
another day we had 6 blues , 3 makos and one thresher. one mako was lost on the first jump. est. 300 lb.and the two others were under 100lbs.released.
we kept the thresher.
yummy!

 

[Makoman16]

Hey FREAK?

How much did that whiptail weigh?

 

[thefishingfreak]

dont know

maybey 150
no way to weigh him, but it was the first one i ever seen{or caught} so ---->to the grill with him!
he was 9'2"overall