Great White caught off Galveston

TexasSurfFisherman · Post by **TexasSurfFisherman** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:33 pm

That is a mako and they can come into our waters. That is not fro Galveston either.

To bad they killed the fish.

DelSol · Post by **DelSol** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:54 pm

Can't believe I missed all those clues when I posted it :oops:

daniel78222 · Post by **daniel78222** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:07 pm

here is a link to the real story of that fishhttp://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/yarmouth.asp

F.O.C. · Post by **F.O.C.** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:16 pm

ok guys you got me. Thats me GetBent and Staticage with our prize that we hauled out of the nueces river in Labonte Park. It took all three of us to get it in. About a 10 minute fight. :wink:

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:00 pm

Wolfman57 wrote:Nice shark, but SOoooo glad that is not around here.

Bit too big to be out paddling around.

WM

Fact is that big makos do frequent TX waters, especially during the colder months.

TX state record makos:

Mako, Longfin 664.00 128.50 May 4, 1986
Mako, Shortfin 707.50 128.00 Jan 27, 2002

But they don't hold a candle to our own TX native...

Shark, Tiger 1,129.00 162.00 May 24, 1992

Kim

fishnv · Post by **fishnv** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:11 pm

This mako weighed in at 492 kilograms, 1,082 pounds
It was taken during the Yarmouth Nova Scotia Shark Scramble during August 2004.

From left to right .
On the left, Capt. Bernard Tedford in the red hat; next, Jamie Doucette ( the angler) Then Terry Bullerwell and Donovan Cunningham.

There was an internet story making the rounds of how the mako towed the boat backward. I knew it was bull, so I e-mailed one of the crew.
Excerpt from an e- mail from one of the crew.

Hi. It took about 45 minutes to get the shark to the stern. In hindsight it
was too fast - as we were using 200 lb. test (braided line).

It was
pandemonium getting the ropes on it but it didn't tow the boat.

We got two small head straps on it first, and tied them off. Seconds after we got a larger rope around her midsection, she broke both head ropes and the leader all at the same time.

I thank the many people from Nova Scotia who sent me photos of the mako and the information on the catch.

june bug · Post by **june bug** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:36 pm

I agree. It's a Mako, look at the teeth first off then take a gander at the fins and over all profile od the shark. But the species wouldnt matter if it was swimming around you yak.

Buckeev · Post by **Buckeev** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:55 pm

fishing on credit wrote:ok guys you got me. Thats me GetBent and Staticage with our prize that we hauled out of the nueces river in Labonte Park. It took all three of us to get it in. About a 10 minute fight.

..LOL...Caught on PPro-40/10..Great Job F.O.C.!!!

Bassbug · Post by **Bassbug** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:01 pm

That is a Mako shark, not a Great White.

Bluffer · Post by **Bluffer** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:38 pm

Scam.

Queyak · Post by **Queyak** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:38 pm

Originally posted in October of 2004.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/foru ... light=mako

TexasGringo · Post by **TexasGringo** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:00 am

Queyak wrote:Originally posted in October of 2004.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/foru ... light=mako

Nice research. Funny how those things pop up every couple years. Kind of like the Gator with a deer in its mouth swimming in Lake Conroe.
$50 says that one will be going around again in a couple months. :lol:

SPONGE-BOB · Post by **SPONGE-BOB** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:43 pm

FUNNY,

THE PHONE NO. ON THE LIFT IS A RENTAL IN CANADA.

MAYBE IT A AIN'T REALLY GALVESTON??????

osoobsessed · Post by **osoobsessed** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:49 pm

thought i read somewhere it was near Medina Lake here in San Antonio?

Leaky Waders · Post by **Leaky Waders** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:40 pm

I think I saw something on the discovery chanel that mentioned that one of the mainstays of the Great White Shark diet is the seal. We have no large mamals in the Gulf of Mexico and therefore no GWS.

TxCrooner · Post by **TxCrooner** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:59 am

It seems the same photo and story (with variations) has appeared multiple times on the internet. It is a 1082lb Mako caught in a shark tourny in NS.

Check out this site! The guy enjoys busting stories. :roll:

http://www.jasonhayes.org/?p=1150

Brazos · Post by **Brazos** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:33 am

I hate making post that aint right. But I will get a big hand gun for things that might jepordize my wellbeing. And I am not talking about powerboaters either. Some big stange stuff around here. A close friend of mine was having a get togather on the Brazos River above Dow, and his Great Grandson and alot of other kids saw something by the bank and they chased it and shined their headlights on it. It was a 15 pound toad they called Texas Parks And Wildlife to report it and they told them that they went extinct in the late 1800's but they still get reports every now and then of them. It might be a bunch of bs . I am going to check into that. But now I did see in the same place (By Dow) a giant Grub Worm that was found in a rotten tree. And it was the kind that turns into a June Bug maybe about 2lbs. If that thing matured and started flying and it hit you in the head it would kill you. I know that is true. A big critter swimming around your Yak thinking that maybe he can breed it would not be funny and I will stop that kind of nonsense quick.

FishinHippie · Post by **FishinHippie** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:41 am

Brazos · Post by **Brazos** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:10 am

Thats what I'm talking about. I think I would have to get a new seat. A big stainless 357 would be good about right now.

elcoyote · Post by **elcoyote** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:21 am

Leaky Waders wrote:I think I saw something on the discovery chanel that mentioned that one of the mainstays of the Great White Shark diet is the seal. We have no large mamals in the Gulf of Mexico and therefore no GWS.

Last time I checked, stupid humans in little plastic boats count as large mammals. But still, no GWS in the Gulf.

Queyak · Post by **Queyak** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:45 am

I am far removed from being an athority on sharks but it seems to me if we have Killer Whales in the Gulf from time to time it seems plausable that a Great White or two could pass thru on occasion as well.

dwilliams35 · Post by **dwilliams35** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:32 pm

didn't we agree that posting that picture again was grounds for a time-out?

Jolly Roger · Post by **Jolly Roger** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:36 pm

elcoyote wrote:
Leaky Waders wrote:I think I saw something on the discovery chanel that mentioned that one of the mainstays of the Great White Shark diet is the seal. We have no large mamals in the Gulf of Mexico and therefore no GWS.

Last time I checked, stupid humans in little plastic boats count as large mammals. But still, no GWS in the Gulf.

There are Great Whites in the Gulf.

Great whites like to eat whales and dolphins also, both are large mamals. Lot of whales and dolphins in the gulf.

Great Whites are a protected species, so you will not see any on a dock. A few small GW are caught off the piers in Florida each year. Large GW are caught in nets and longs lines at times in the gulf.

The only story I know of a Great White in Texas waters was a small GW caught in a net in Sabine Lake. Think it was in the 60's, I have sene the news clippings a few times. Very cool story, and just reminds us that we do not always know what is out there.

A LIVE 9' Threasher shark washed up on Mustang Island this week. Lot of fish we think are not there, are in fact in our waters.

Blindcasting · Post by **Blindcasting** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:27 pm

fyi on makos, a really big one washed up dead in Corpus Bay last year.

TexasKayakFisherman.com

Great White caught off Galveston

Mako from Nova Scotia