makos in carlsbad

[Tman]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

I started a thread late last year to see what the general sensus was on the matter than went out and scouted the local area of oceanside and talked to some skippers around point loma and la jolla and found id have to wait till summer to try it out. carlsbad is just down the street from me and on a good day (hopefully saturday) you can launch from the beach there instead of paddling 4 miles down the coast from the harbor.

OK, I'll chime in...

I have caught a very large one on the yak, caught him on the iron too (not telling what color), doesn't really matter as I never got it back anyway.

Long story short, it was fun...he was curious, got some nice closeup views of him, unbelievable power, even got some pics, he smiled at me alot, took a bunch of line but was always able to get some back.

Ah, fun...until he decided to take a nip of the yak...

Have fun, I have seen what baby makos do to a fresh greenie yakside...

[Old Man in the Sea]

Please take a go-pro with you - that way we will either get some great shark video or an excellent safety video...

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by Old Man in the Sea

Please take a go-pro with you - that way we will either get some great shark video or an excellent safety video...

Or it can be used like the black box on an airplane

[vincentek9]

about 5ft. 80lbs. big teeth. VERY MAD because i power-housed him to the yak in less than 5min. went crazy and splashed alot. did alligator rolls and tail smashes. finally did a fast death circle that wrapped me around with my rods behind me.. and popped off.