SHARK!!

Jan in CA · 07-13-2008, 03:53 PM

DH took his sister and her friend sailing yesterday. They were dragging a lure and hooked this 5+ foot Mako Shark! His sister Christina took this picture, but I thought it was cool with those insane teeth!

He broke the lure and swam away, but I guess it was pretty exciting!
Here's a link to a really good large one.
http://purrcat-jan.smugmug.com/photo...2_riwMH-XL.jpg

ritaw · 07-13-2008, 08:54 PM

Nice picture . I can imagine it was exciting for them .

feministmama · 07-13-2008, 09:02 PM

This is in California? Sharks are everywhere

Mulderknitter · 07-13-2008, 09:11 PM

Wow! I would be stunned and horrified if I pulled that out of the water!

Knitting_Guy · 07-13-2008, 10:22 PM

Too bad it got away. Shark steaks on the grill are great.

figaro · 07-13-2008, 10:42 PM

Great whites have been seen up in Humboldt County for years, check out this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_cKaPdDTrI

cristina61 · 07-13-2008, 11:07 PM

Hi Jan! Hope you don't mind I sent this to my DH's work so he can see it there tomorrow. He's a die-hard fisherman (mostly bass) and I know he'll get a kick out of it.

We often hear about sharks off the coast of N. California, where we live, but have never had a close encounter like this one!

scout52 · 07-13-2008, 11:51 PM

OMIGOD that would have scared the cr$% out of me!!! Excuse my language. I've been scared of sharks ever since Jaws!!! I live in San Diego and you can go in snorkeling with these sharks in La Jolla. Apparently they are not the people eating kind but I still won't do it. I won't even go swimming by that beach only south from there where they don't mingle with the swimmers.

Jan in CA · 07-13-2008, 11:59 PM

Thanks! This was taken off Dana Point, CA. He's sees sharks pretty frequently, but never caught one this big. It was really too big to bring back in. It was at least 5 ft long and probably 200 lbs he said. Besides we don't have a freezer big enough for that much meat. Also..why kill it?

He sees Blue Whales all the time now.

Knitting_Guy · 07-14-2008, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by Jan in CA

Thanks! This was taken off Dana Point, CA. He's sees sharks pretty frequently, but never caught one this big. It was really too big to bring back in. It was at least 5 ft long and probably 200 lbs he said. Besides we don't have a freezer big enough for that much meat. Also..why kill it?

He sees Blue Whales all the time now.

Why kill it????? Have you ever tasted shark steaks cooked on a grill after being marinated over night?

Yum yum!

I regularly catch sharks 6 feet long and larger down home. It's not as much meat as you might think as a lot of it isn't worth eating.