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08-28-2012, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
Posts: 222
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sharkin
well after friday of sitting on anchor tuna wishin from 5am to 330pm with nothing to show for it myself and a buddy decided to go play with some sharks saturday. Just blue sharks but they were hungry and fight unbeliveable on standup 50w's....a few pics and vids
we got out on to jefferies ledge and i got away from all the tuna guys( didnt want to chum up sharks next to them..) and spotted a dragger that was hauling in, so i figured they had all ready been chuming the water for us we started there( about middle ledge just before the curl) got 3 lines out with a slab of cusk on each one(finally a good use for those rubber skinned cusk,lol) well it took all of 5 min and drag started to sign and a balloon was swiming away and we were on .my buddy fought the 1st one. After a 45 min fight we had him boat side and released. Then after a long drift and 2 hrs later another came swiming around the boat, this one taste tested all the baits toys with us before finally wolfing down one right on the surface with us watching, this time i was up. 1st fish proved to be the easiest this one lasted close to a hr. before finally coming boat side and a release. then as i was sitting there sweating bullets and panting i saw another rod fold and drag was screamin and we were on again for anothe 1 hr fight.
all the fish were in the 10' range as they were 1/2 length of my 21 walkaround. lol. now if we could just turn those into makos....lol
vids
2012-08-25_12-54-45_766.mp4 video by deerslyr1 - Photobucket
2012-08-25_15-15-29_620.mp4 video by deerslyr1 - Photobucket |
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08-28-2012, 07:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
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bluedogs are underappreciated. i wish i could fish for them more often then i do
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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08-28-2012, 07:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
bluedogs are underappreciated. i wish i could fish for them more often then i do
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When do you want to go ? |
LETS GO BRANDON
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08-28-2012, 08:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
When do you want to go ?
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this weekend? |
my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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08-28-2012, 07:20 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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nice . Your language on your video sounds like you have worked in a machine shop.  |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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08-28-2012, 08:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
Posts: 222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
nice . Your language on your video sounds like you have worked in a machine shop. |
close....i own a body shop/tow/mechanical shop lol. ya not sure who's language was worse mine or my buddys.
like i said they sure are fun/ and willing to bite. i'm going again this weekend....and thats it pulling the boat for the year she's all done till april. kinda sad but, deer season is upon us  |
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08-28-2012, 08:27 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Nice. I love shark fishing. You want a mako keep this in mind. Blues are trans-oceanic scavengers, makos Are predators and hunters who eat tuna!
Don't worry about sharking in the tuna fleet you'll be doing most of them a favor. that's also where the makos are!
Don't try to drift thru the fleet, pick a spot and anchor with them and chum away. The tide is strong enough around here to carry a slick for miles.
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Last edited by thefishingfreak; 08-28-2012 at 08:37 PM..
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08-28-2012, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
Nice. I love shark fishing. You want a mako keep this in mind. Blues are trans-oceanic scavengers, makos Are predators and hunters who eat tuna!
Don't worry about sharking in the tuna fleet you'll be doing most of them a favor. that's also where the makos are!
Don't try to drift thru the fleet, pick a spot and anchor with them and chum away. The tide is strong enough around here to carry a slick for miles.
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mako is at the very top of my to catch list....maybe i'll give your method a shot this weekend. i wont get to awefull close to the tuna guys tho....everyone has been wine'in on the radio lately about the blue sharks |
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08-29-2012, 05:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
Posts: 865
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Sharken is a good time...
Here is a little clip from a GoPro I took on saturday.
sharken - YouTube |
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08-29-2012, 07:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
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love the underwater vid, i'm gonna have to get a go pro, mine were just off my cell phone lol
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09-05-2012, 06:47 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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We got a little mako this weekend maybe 4-5 footer. Hit a chunk, on a piece of toilet chain hanging under the boat meant for bluefish.
Surprise!
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09-07-2012, 12:02 PM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
Posts: 993
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Mike - your mako -in shore or off shore?
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Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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09-08-2012, 09:07 AM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannakeeper
Mike - your mako -in shore or off shore?
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Offshore, north of the bank
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09-08-2012, 06:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Rockland, MA
Posts: 651
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Had a nice 8 ft. Mako to the boat last weekend; thought it was a blue at first...thought it was a Mako when it did a "swim by" the boat & knew it was a Mako when it came 10 ft. out of the water 50 ft. from the boat. A bit of a snafu before we cleared all lines & it ran under the boat and broke me off. ;-(
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