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Trolling Lead Core Part 2

Man! What a sight. Two mako sharks frothing up the ocean, swirling and jumping and really going crazy chasing a meatball of anchovies. I was trolling two L Jack plugs for exactly what I saw, mako sharks, but they were hard over to the starboard so I chanced it and turned sharply toward the action. By chancing it, the plugs crossed each other as the boat plowed through the swirling water and when I looked back both plugs were twisted together in the biggest ball of tangled monofilament ever witnessed by Man. Of course this scared the makos away and I spent the better part of an hour cutting my lures out of the mess. I knew better than to troll two...
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Mako Shark Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Isurus paucus
Other Fish Species Names: longfin mako shark, Shortfin mako shark mako
Regions Fished: found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.
World Record: 4.3 m (14 ft), from a female caught off Pompano Beach, Florida, in February 1984
Common Tackle:
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Although no attacks have been attributed to the longfin mako shark, its large size and teeth make it potentially dangerous to humans.


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