So I went on a fishing trip yesterday and there was some debate amongst some on the boat on the differences between a mako and blue shark. What are the easy tell tale differences on identifying the two?
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you'll immediately know the difference when you set the hook in one, as the Blue dogs are more of a lazy pull, while the Mako will blast off and they become airborne pretty regularly!
Yeah, we had 7 blues yesterday (live released them all). They would grab the bait and take off and make no mistake that reeling them in was a task, but no jumping out of the water. The biggest pain in the ass was when they get to the boat they dive straight down and you spend another 10-15 minutes reeling them back in. No meat for us, but we had a great time. Much different experience then stripers. It's a lot less work getting them on the line, much more work getting them to the boat.
Try a filet from each one, the one that doesn't make you throw up in your mouth is Maco.