Mako shark is possible record-breaking catch

[Redondo]

An 11-foot-long mako shark, weighing in at 1,323.5 pounds, is no tall tale. The shark, caught off the southern California coast, was reeled in by Jason Johnston of Mesquite, Texas, and its size might be a world record.

 

The angler made the giant catch—using chopped fish as bait—while on a charter fishing trip off Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday. It didn’t come easy, reports CBS Los Angeles.

 

“He took out a quarter-mile of line ... and five times he came out of the water over 20 feet,” Johnston told the station. “It was amazing.”

 

He added, “It’s unreal. This thing is definitely a killing machine. Any wrong step, I could have gone out of the boat and down to the bottom of the ocean."

 

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[Make Angels Great Again]

Love that the comments are full of PETA yahoos.

[nate]

Lol @ the comments.

[1nutkruk]

The best comments use the fish puns.

[katie]

If he'd been scuba diving, it had attacked him and he'd killed it with a conch shell, then that would have really been impressive.

John, 10 hrs ago

[katie]

I have always wondered when my ex wife would surface again.

Angry White Male, 17 hrs ago

[nate]

I have always wondered when my ex wife would surface again.

Angry White Male, 17 hrs ago

 

Lmao!  That's a great one.

[Sully151]