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What Do You Do When a Mako Jumps in Your Boat?
By Joe Cermele
According to this story from the Associated Press, the 375-pound mako shark hanging next to fisherman Jason Kresse of Freeport, Texas, didn't require a lot of angling prowess to catch. No, it actually just jumped into his boat while he and his crew were tossing fish guts from their red snapper catch over the side. Now this is not the first time a mako has shot skyward and ended up flopping on a deck. Question is, what would you do if it happened to you?
Option 1: Get as far away from the shark as possible and let it thrash itself to death on the deck.
Option 2: Find the closest long, heavy, blunt object and swing away at the fish's head.
Option 3: Jump on its back like a gator wrestler and sever its spine right behind the head with a knife.
Kresse and crew went with Option 1, letting the shark flail on deck until it suffocated. Though this may be the safest for the crew, expect considerable boat damage as a result. Kresse's boat needs some work now, and he said it took hours for the shark to die.
Option 2 can work, but it's probably the least safe. A mako can whip its head around in a nano-second, and without somehow securing the shark first, you better have good aim or risk losing a few digits.
Option 3, believe it or not, if executed properly, is the fastest way to stop a mako from thrashing, thus minimizing human and boat damage very quickly. That's what some anglers did a few years ago in Florida when a mako ended up in their cockpit. It's just a matter of deciding which one of your buddies gets to jump on its back.
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Comments (22)
Option 4: Panic and without thinking jump in the water to get away from it. Then try to figure out a way to reclaim my boat from a thrashing shark as I float along in a pool of blood and fish guts. Actually I don't think any of us would know how we would react until we were put into the situation.
Probably option 2 but I don't think I would have the guts for option 3. Although onetime when we were out fishing and caught a big bull shark (back in the 80s) we broke a treated cedar paddle over the head and it still continued to thrash the same if not harder. They seem to be impervious from any solid object I can think of. We killed one with a lead weighted metal bat one time but it took over 30 minutes and it was considerably smaller.
Punch that ugly piece of $!!! in the face for jumping where its not supposed to!!
option 5 grab the .410 you keep on board for dispatching sharks anyway and shoot it. A boated shark is a caught shark so in this area ther would be no problem legally.
Another option (if your boat's setup allows): use something long to push the thing back in the water. Probably not the safest, but with shark populations crashing it isn't the worst idea either.
I would probably go with option 3 or ggmack's option 5.
Option3 is no doubt the coolest.
Option two seems preferable though supposing your stick is long enough.
Maybe lash the knife on the end of a stick and stab it in the gills.
I prefer the shooting it option, though.
Note to self, bring sidearm on salt water fishing trips from now on.
Option 3: "IF executed properly ...." If not?
A coach gun worked well on a hammerhead once...
I like the .410 idea but when I hit the bar the story might change to resemble option 3 haha
I like the .410 idea but when I hit the bar the story might change to resemble option 3 haha
MLH: if not... well at least you don't have to worry about slamming you fingers in the door, or any other appendage for that matter,
how about a treaty?
Option #6 retreat to a remote part of the boat, change pants, then decide what to do next.
just carry a spear with ya
i think the judge would be a perfect option #4
just don't see myself jumping on a mako's back.
i imagined myself with a cowboy hat, ontop a shark, holding the back fin with one hand and the knife in the other with the shark jumping up and down. shark rodeo, im going to earn a fortune.
I'm with jakenbake. Figure out a way to push it back in the water. Maybe take some pictures first.
If it jumped into the boat, you didn't really catch it.
Sacrafice my wife for the good of the crew! No just kidding my ex wife!
just carry a sub-machine gun...
if you fishing pole was 300 pound plus, then put a nice big treble hook on there put some squid on the hook, dangle it in front of the shark, and when it bites swing it over side of boat, and cut the line.
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Option 4: Panic and without thinking jump in the water to get away from it. Then try to figure out a way to reclaim my boat from a thrashing shark as I float along in a pool of blood and fish guts. Actually I don't think any of us would know how we would react until we were put into the situation.
option 5 grab the .410 you keep on board for dispatching sharks anyway and shoot it. A boated shark is a caught shark so in this area ther would be no problem legally.
Option 3: "IF executed properly ...." If not?
Option #6 retreat to a remote part of the boat, change pants, then decide what to do next.
i imagined myself with a cowboy hat, ontop a shark, holding the back fin with one hand and the knife in the other with the shark jumping up and down. shark rodeo, im going to earn a fortune.
A coach gun worked well on a hammerhead once...
just carry a spear with ya
i think the judge would be a perfect option #4
Probably option 2 but I don't think I would have the guts for option 3. Although onetime when we were out fishing and caught a big bull shark (back in the 80s) we broke a treated cedar paddle over the head and it still continued to thrash the same if not harder. They seem to be impervious from any solid object I can think of. We killed one with a lead weighted metal bat one time but it took over 30 minutes and it was considerably smaller.
Another option (if your boat's setup allows): use something long to push the thing back in the water. Probably not the safest, but with shark populations crashing it isn't the worst idea either.
I would probably go with option 3 or ggmack's option 5.
Option3 is no doubt the coolest.
Option two seems preferable though supposing your stick is long enough.
Maybe lash the knife on the end of a stick and stab it in the gills.
I prefer the shooting it option, though.
Note to self, bring sidearm on salt water fishing trips from now on.
I like the .410 idea but when I hit the bar the story might change to resemble option 3 haha
I like the .410 idea but when I hit the bar the story might change to resemble option 3 haha
MLH: if not... well at least you don't have to worry about slamming you fingers in the door, or any other appendage for that matter,
how about a treaty?
just don't see myself jumping on a mako's back.
I'm with jakenbake. Figure out a way to push it back in the water. Maybe take some pictures first.
If it jumped into the boat, you didn't really catch it.
just carry a sub-machine gun...
if you fishing pole was 300 pound plus, then put a nice big treble hook on there put some squid on the hook, dangle it in front of the shark, and when it bites swing it over side of boat, and cut the line.
Sacrafice my wife for the good of the crew! No just kidding my ex wife!
Punch that ugly piece of $!!! in the face for jumping where its not supposed to!!
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