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1,323.5 Pound Weigh Mako Shark

April 22, 2014 by  

1,323.5 Pound Weigh Mako Shark, A Texas angler on Monday spent more than two hours battling an enormous mako shark off Huntington Beach, and the catch will shatter the world record if it’s approved by the International Game Fish Assn.

The shortfin mako, landed by Jason Johnston, measured 11-plus feet and tipped the certified scale at New Fishall Bait Co. in Gardena at 1,323.5 pounds.

The current record is a 1,221-pound catch made off Chatham, Massachusetts, in 2001.

Johnston was fishing out of Breakaway Charters in Huntington Harbour. His group was fishing again Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.

However, he told KTLA: “It’s unreal. This thing is definitely a killing machine. Any wrong step and I could have went out of the boat and to the bottom of the ocean.”
Kent Williams, who owns New Fishall Bait Co. and is a state-certified weigh master, said Johnston adhered to IGFA rules.

The shark as of Tuesday afternoon was in the freezer at the bait company.

News of the catch is sure to generate controversy, especially since it looks as though the shark might have been pregnant.

That could be the case, or the shark simply could have been feeding on sea lions or dolphins before its capture.

Said Keith Poe, a veteran mako angler who specializes in tagging and releasing his catches:

“It’s a great catch but I personally would have tagged and released it,” Poe said. “The shark populations are being hammered in Southern California by commercial fisheries, especially gillnets.”

Giant makos were also caught last July and August off Southern California ports.

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One Response to “1,323.5 Pound Weigh Mako Shark”

  1. Simon on April 23rd, 2014 12:40 am

    I am a passionate recreational fisherman, and yet I am utterly disgusted by the killing of this giant mako shark … and the killing of several other giant makos in recent times.

    This behaviour is utterly disgusting, thuggish, neanderthal, 1900s behaviour … unethical … and incredibly damaging ecologically.

    It’s got to end. And IGFA need a kick up the ass for continuing to collect weight records (because weight records = kill records) on vulnerable species.

    And fisheries agencies need a kick up the ass for allowing continued outrageous commercial overfishing of this most inspiring of species (but this absolutely no reason for rec-fishermen to add to the problem).

    Big makos are breeding females, the criticial breeding females. They are already very rare. They need to be tagged and released, not killed.

    Really, it’s about time both rec-fishermen AND IGFA grew up on this issue.

    Sure, catch makos, but tag and release.

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