“A mako just jumped on our boat, boys!” the captain exclaims of the “Deep Blue Sea”-esque encounter. The shark — which Churches estimated to weigh around 330 pounds and measure 8- to 9 ...

The shortfin mako is a strikingly blue, athletic shark with a dubious honor: its meat is considered delicious. While other species are spurned as being tough or unappealing, mako frequently shows ...

In August, a group on a fishing trip with Captain Dave Sinclair of Sea Ventures Charters got the show of a lifetime from a cobalt blue mako shark that landed on their boat while it was roughly 15 ...

The blue shark is by far the most common. Although very slender, a big blue can tip 400 pounds and measure 10 feet. Females, typical of many shark species, grow significantly larger than males.

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.

MONHEGAN, Maine — The crew and guests of the charter fishing boat Lady Anne caught and released two blue sharks one day late last month when they hooked another shark ... and realized it was a ...

MONHEGAN, Maine — The crew and guests of the charter fishing boat Lady Anne caught and released two blue sharks one day late last month when they hooked another shark ... and realized it was a mako.

In August, a group on a fishing trip with Captain Dave Sinclair of Sea Ventures Charters got the show of a lifetime from a cobalt blue mako shark that landed on their boat while it was roughly 15 ...

MONHEGAN, Maine — The crew and guests of the charter fishing boat Lady Anne caught and released two blue sharks one day late last month when they hooked another shark ... and realized it was a ...

Despite the flying shark slapping the face of the charter boat's grandson, no one was hurt and the mako was tagged and returned to the water By Dustin Wlodkowski • Published September 14, 2022 ...

Sea Ventures Charters were fishing off Monhegan Island in late August when a mako shark dropped in. It was a "once in a lifetime" event for the crew and guests of the Lady Anne.