LJ-10/11

[Tman]

I do agree with alot of the points Josh made about Makos.

Younger days, a friend and I would diesel out on his Cal 27', leave the slip around 10, and take turns doing the dog shifts, as we called it.

By early morning, we'd hit the shipping lanes, about 50-60 miles out. We'd then set the sails and troll Rapalas for Makos, our technique was to land the bigger boys, tail rope 'em, tie them off to the rails, and pour cheap gin or vodka down their body til it hit their gills...knock 'em out for 5 minutes or so, gut them and bleed them, leave them hanging from the rails for about half hour or so.

One time, brought one on board a bit too early, after he bled out for what we thought was enough time...as we started to chop at his neck to lop his head off, he went ballistic. They are the pit bulls of the sea, but with no training.

As far as using trebles (Rapalas) for threshers, I disagree. I think it is the best way to land them, their tails tag them, easy release, and if you wanna keep them, easiest way to land them as the tail is right where you want it. Just grab the tail, tuck it under your arm, flip 'em over, and play the waiting game.

Yes I love the taste of thresher, but I keep it to a minimum...

I fear Mako pups...kinda like a young rattler who can't control his venom. Was out with Boz one time, we were having fun playing with a pup who was slicing, literally, our macs in half...with me (dumbarse) trying to grab him by the tail...then his brothers and sisters showed up, we had about 4-5 of them around us...we looked at each other, thought the same thing, oh chit, Momma must be close by, and left the area.

Bigger Makos? No thanks, they, like Josh said, will chomp at anything.