Pretty cool, not for the marlin I guess…
Oh that sucks LMAO
Thats SUCKS!!!
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Thats SUCKS!!![/quote]
i doubt a mako could have caught a healthy marlin
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Thats SUCKS!!![/quote]
i doubt a mako could have caught a healthy marlin[/quote]
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/perfect-predators-shorts-mako-shark-speed.html
This looked cool
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/r_haulin’_bass.htm
Maximum Travel Speed of Selected Marine LifeSpecies (Scientific Name), Mode of Travel [if other than swimming] Speed (mph)
Abalone (Haliotis), crawling 0.012
Blenny (Zoarces) 0.5
Goby (Gobius minutus) 0.6
Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnelus) 0.7
Sprat (Clupea sprattus) 1.4
Stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) 1.75
Flounder (Pleuronectes flesus) 2.4
Eel (Anguilla rostrata) 2.4
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) 2.9
Searobin (Trigla) 3.1
Herring (Clupea harengus) 3.6
Human (Homo sapiens) 5.04
Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) 5.4
Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus) 8
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 12
Pacific Salmon (Oncorynchus), leaping 14
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) 17
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 17
Pacific Whitesided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) 17
Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) 20
Market Squid (Loligo opalescens) 20
Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) 22
Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 23.6
Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) 24.5
Pacific Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) 24.7
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) 25
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 25.42
Barracuda (Sphyraena) 27
Blue Whale (Balaenopterus musculus) 29.76
Shortfin Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) 30.4
Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) 31
Dall’s Porpoise (Phocaenoides dalli), leaping 34.5
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) 34.5
Flying Fish (Exocoetidae), gliding 35
Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), leaping 37
Bonito (Sarda), leaping 40
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga), leaping 40
Blue-fin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus), leaping 43.4
Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares), leaping 46.35
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), leaping 47.88
Marlin (Makaira), leaping 50
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), leaping 60
Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), leaping 68
I always thought mako were designed to catch the speedy fish, tuna, marlin etc.
[quote]Not surprisingly, Shortfin Makos are able to catch even the fastest of fishes  there is a record of a 750-pound (340-kilogram) Mako with a whole 120-pound (54.5-kilogram) Broadbill Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in its stomach; however, it is uncertain whether the shark out-sprinted or out-maneuvered the swordfish. [quote]
Mako clocked Max speed 31mph but this artcle suggests a max of 68mph. Marlin have been clocked between 60 to 65mph. But I am sure like you or I they both have a burst of speed for a short distance faster then their normal sprint speed. If a mako was to get bthe drop on a marlin who was actively engaged in hunting prey he probably would have little trouble catching a unsuspecting marlin.
Also keep in mind the marlin was just being released back in to the ocean. Was probably stressed and tired. I didn’t read the whole article but am imagining that it had recently been caught and was exhausted from the fight?
that used to happen to me all the time fishing off the Jersey shore. Hook a 12 pound bluefish, and fight him in only to feel one last big tug, then just pull up a fish head on the hook. the sharks are opportunistic. they see a fish struggling that cant swim away and they eat it. we used to bait them the same way with 10 pound live bluefish hooked through the back and let them swim around under a balloon float .
When i would go salmon fishing off the central California coast something similar often happened. I would hook a 30 pound salmon, and be fighting it up to the boat on 20 pound line, and along would come a harbor seal and take a couple big bites out of the best part of the fish. That happens often out there. the seals have learned to follow far behind a lure until a fish bites, then bite the hooked fish. free lunch.
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Also keep in mind the marlin was just being released back in to the ocean. Was probably stressed and tired. I didn’t read the whole article but am imagining that it had recently been caught and was exhausted from the fight?[/quote]
They were still messing with it (18 images) pretty cool.
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that used to happen to me all the time fishing off the Jersey shore. Hook a 12 pound bluefish, and fight him in only to feel one last big tug, then just pull up a fish head on the hook. the sharks are opportunistic. they see a fish struggling that cant swim away and they eat it. we used to bait them the same way with 10 pound live bluefish hooked through the back and let them swim around under a balloon float .
When i would go salmon fishing off the central California coast something similar often happened. I would hook a 30 pound salmon, and be fighting it up to the boat on 20 pound line, and along would come a harbor seal and take a couple big bites out of the best part of the fish. That happens often out there. the seals have learned to follow far behind a lure until a fish bites, then bite the hooked fish. free lunch. [/quote]
Same if you go chadd fishing near the Conawango dam, the rock fish just massacre your Chadd.