Half Day Mako Slay........Oyeah!!!!

[Fishbones]

I had made plans with Eric "EyeAmRealGhetto" to fish a 3/4 day boat today and quickly
changed plans and decided to fish with Jeff "webmaster" on his boat instead but it would
only be for the a.m bite cuz he had to pick up his daughter. Eric met at my house at 315am
and we jumped in his sweet mercedes and arrived to jeffs at 4am, we parked and loaded
up the gear and started our journey to Newport harbor where we launched the keilani and
motored thru the bay setting up our gear. As we were cruising thru the bay i was rocket
launching a swimbait to docks and shoreline for a drive by attempt at anything wanting to
play.....no takers....no worries.... We loaded up on sardines and headed a little north to
some seabass grounds for a try. During the drive i decided to take a quick nap, 15 minutes
into the drive i feel the boat slow down and hear jeff and eric talking about seeing a fin and
longtail jumping around, i didnt really get up because there was no action...by this time jeff
sets up a shark rig and sets it out and within minutes the reel screams as it gets slammed,
ok that got my attention so i jump out of the bunk and pop up on deck to find jeff and eric
have hooked something on the troll.


what a way to wake up....eric is on the rod and jeff captianing the boat to the fishes
needs, it started shaking its head and fighting tuff so there is good pressure on the fish
and it was a nice one for sure we get it up under the boat and it comes off..... we never
saw it....it was upsetting and right away we thought that was the only hook up for the day.

We set out the rigs again and within minutes my rod gets slammed,,,clicker screeming
.....jeff guns the boat...i set the hook with fierceness a multitude of times for a sure hook
set and the fight was on, it felt nice and stayed down all the time....we were not sure
what it was cuz we have not visually seen what weve been hooking up with just yet....
after a quick short pump session we had a view of our victim... a 130+lb mako shark....
we look at each other and start yelling like little girls!!just when we think it was done
jeff sticks the gaff in it and it goes crazy taking off and peeling line off jumping and
skimming the water for a short run and then back to the boat for a second try, this
time the shark goes even more crazy straighting our gaff and peeling off more line
finally we get him gaffed and tail tied. We had our first victim and my first Mako....oyeah!!





we were all so excited..first eric hooks up but got off then minutes later we land this beauty,
by this time we are all very excited and are hi fiveing each other so we set out the rods
again and continue the troll for a while with no action, so jeff breaks out his special pressure
cooked flavored tuna, this stuff is to die for....and just as the game goes we started
eating and we hook up for the third time, Eric grabs the rod jeff guns the boat and jackpot
we are hooked up into No.3 yeah baby......this one is fighting like its not happy and doesnt
want to come in like the others,

eric is asking how he is doing and jeff and i just coach him thru it, easier said than done...
especially when eric isnt a big guy and handling this shark was a little harder than normal
but he held on the best he could and after some fight victory was his!!!!
YES!!!! thats two big fat makos we boarded, wow the excitement was flowing thru us all.
So we continue to slow troll shark lures and one of the makos backwards to kill it fasted
but this guy did not give up so easy, soaking me and everyone else twice while pulling it
close to check its status...just then another rod goes off and catches us off guard, we try
and hook it but got the hook spit and were out of bait, we decided to head in and call it a
morning and motor in as i cleaned and cut our fresh mako's....




As we arrive back to jeff's place we come around the corner and see that eric's Benz has
been hit....Dang...what a way to end a goood days fishing...luckly the driver left a note
with name and number...after the towtruck and eric left jeff gave me a ride home.

Those were Eric and my first makos...was a rush they were fishing....and even better eating...
if you have eaten mako then you know it taste nothing like fish...more like a chicken light
white meat ....so delicious!!!

Jeff thank you for the invite, you are a great captian and sure can run that boat well..
Another great fishing mission bro, you made eric's year with that one....i dont think he
will ever fish trout again....LOL....
Thank you jeff and eric for a great days fishing.....Fishbones

[GeordyBass]

DAMN NICE FISHBONESSSSSS, Ghetto, And Webmastaaaa!!!!!

Sweet day out in the water!!!! MAKO KILLLL ARGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Damn too bad about the MB though, hope you get that thing fixed up soon.

[Megsdad]

This is an epic post!!!
thanks for the great read and cool picks. I can just imagine how stoked you guys were with your treasures from the deep.
good food too --the best!

joe

[Troutman65]

Nice going guys. Sucks about the car.

[Frenchy]

Heck ya man way to go on the double makos congrats nice report

[marzocchi]

You need to marinade those steaks and grill them, then bring them over to my house.

[Swank909]

Holy crap! That pic says it all


haha too awesome!!!!!

[DockRat]

Killer epic 1/2 day. Nice job and steaks for all.
DR

[fisherman from long beach]

a alex you got me on my first strper,whats up with my first mako.good report and pics way to as always you fishing pyscho.lol

[Which Way Out]

Very nice and yummy. Where you live and what times dinner? lol