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Team 'true blue' Pier Mako JAN 2013

e polk · 2013-01-26T21:33:51Z

Hello out there. We scored a good one. A nice 8'9" mako by me. A pretty good story I'd say. I was running baits with ORCA and spotted the shark on top a 100yds out. A few minutes later I looked and here it is almost to the pier on the east side. I grabed my 80w and bait but it was gone before I could get my bait on it. I kept running baits and as usual I had atleast 8 baits to run and mine goes last. Was almost done and I saw the shark again. This time it was on the bottom headed straight to the pier. I quietly set the controller down and headed to my 80w which was already ready. The shark turned to the east and I threw the Bonita as hard as I could. It landed a bit short but the shark seen it and headed towards it. As the bait sank the shark circled it to the bottom and turned away and headed south. I jerked the bait a couple times and the shark spun around and headed toward the bait. I jerked a coule more times and it jumped on it. The shark turned up on it's belly with the Bonita tail in it's mouth and worked it around head first and down it went. I let it get a bit away from the pier and set the hook. I was expecting a burning run but it just Layed there shaking around on top. It never left. It walked me about half way to the beach 3 times. Fought like a Cobia. I could have leadered the fish at any time but I was scared to try to rope it green. It finally tryed to go under so I was forced to leader and rope it. It shook the rope off the first time and got one fin in the rope with a figure 8 around it's head. I wasn't sure if it would be enough to deck the shark so I put a second rope on it. In just a minute it was flopping on the deck. The video was done by Orrin Johnson. Head roped by Ben Fletcher. Leadered by me and Bill Dunlop(Fire Dog). Uncle Bob, Adam, and Bryant along with a few more.

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e polk

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Thanks for all the good replies. I work a seasonal job so I'm lucky enough to have a few months off during the winter. I take full advantage of it. I guess my work ethics gets me there most days. I'm used to going to work every day so I treat fishing like a job. I coordinate several fishermen. ORCA is the shit though. Makes shark fishin easy. There has been over 200 sharks caught off baits ran by ORCA. I had spotted a big mako the first week I was off early in the morning. Well I got up at 4:30 every morning for 6 weeks watching. Leave bout dark usually. Iv slacked up a bit now, I just try to make it by 8am. I skip out some weekends. There is someone to fish with me most every day. We have had a bad Bonita run this year so bait is running low. I guess that means more time in the zodiac this year. Every one on the pier contributes to the bait supply. Tom Thorp caught the fresh Bonita the mako ate. It's appreciated!

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Topic starter Posted : 01/30/2013 1:44 pm

*Team hot reelz*

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Amazing too see you know have 3 makos!!

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Posted : 02/01/2013 12:22 pm

e polk

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I'm not trying to claim Sean Watson's mako but his was the first one for us. He and I caught it off the beach. It was 9'8". It opened our eyes and got our attention. From that point on things took a more serious state of mind. That makes 4.

Land Based World Record #5 short fin Mako 700lbs
Team
Land Based World Record #8 Tiger shark 928lbs
True
Land Based World Record #9 Tiger shark 949lbs
Blue
SFSC Panhandle Events Coordinator

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Topic starter Posted : 02/04/2013 8:58 pm

Surfrat

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Congratulations! Amazing story and accomplishment. Three or four land based Makos is amazing. One would be a fish-of-a-lifetime for most.

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Posted : 02/05/2013 7:59 pm

Tarpon J

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That's a great story and description and a great land based catch..makes me want to put some baits out right now

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Posted : 02/24/2013 7:25 pm

DixieOutLawSHRKR

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NICE MAKO! That's a SHARK everybody wants to hook;
There was a story in SALTWATER SPORTSMAN a few years ago about a big mako these guys on a cabin Fisherman caught, & that MAKO took thier boat APART,
They ended up on the top deck& hanging off the ladder to get away from that MAKO while it demolished the Boat
I wish I could find it to put on site it was really hysterical , that MAKO did everything it could to even the score!!

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Posted : 03/01/2013 3:35 pm

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