12-14-2003, 09:36 PM
this wasnt exactly a freshwater catch but hey.....i was working one day on the local half-day open party boat, and i decided to fish a little bit. i had already caught a 25 pound yellowtail....hehe....and i wasnt done yet! so i casted in a big sardine and hung a calico bass. i was reeling it in and all of a sudden my line got REALLY heavy. it was pulling back now. we got this mystery fish about 20 feet from the boat, and we see a mako shark hanging on to half of my 3 pound calico bass. i reel it in really slow because it isnt hooked. it sees the boat and lets go. i left the head out there seeing if it would come back...sure enough.... CHOMP! i got him again... we gaffed it and we had a little 25# mako shark on the boat. great eating! we kept him in the bait tank until we got to the dock. we steaked it up and distributed it evenly throughout the crew. that was probably my best day of fishing ever. i got a 25 pound yellowtail...25# mako shark and a bunch of bass. fun day.
joe
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joe
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