As one of the anglers fights to land a big tuna, a mako shark comes up to take his cut. The incident took place off the coast of Nags Head, North Carolina on a charter trip run by Fin Planner ...

A mako shark jumped into the boat of Captain Dave Sinclair of Sea Ventures Charters Aug. 27. ... when one big mako shark “took the bait,” Sea Ventures Charters wrote on Facebook the next day.

Tail-whipping thresher sharks are giving fishermen some thrills on the ocean and plenty of steaks on the grill.

August 27, 2022: Midcoast Maine: On board FV Lady Anne … this happened. A lovely day shark fishing with two beautiful blue sharks tagged and released when a big mako took the bait.

Not mako shark large, though. Also known as the blue pointer or bonito shark, the shortfin mako can be up to four meters long and 570 kilograms. They are also the world's fastest shark, hitting ...

An endangered mako shark breached multiple times in Tikhaya Bay, Russia, on June 26, 2025. Experts say unusually high summer ...

Another, even bigger, shark. "Penelope was a big shark, and to think that something large ate her is kind of scary," Sulikowski, director of Oregon State University's Big Fish Lab, told As It ...

“Sharktopus”: Octopus Rides on Mako Shark’s Back (Video) Story by Dashel Pierson • 2d. ... “A large metallic grey dorsal fin signaled a big shark, a short-fin mako.

An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland. ... or a big bite, she told The New York Times.

Dodd said $20 of the $42.50 cost for custom plates goes to the Atlantic Shark Institute to fund research efforts including tagging and tracking endangered species (including the mako) and equipment.