Day/Date: Sat 6/23/07 (Mako Mania day 1)

Target/Type of Fishing: Sharking

Tides: H 2:26a 3:10p L 8:44a 9:25

Moon Phase: 53% vis (1 day after 1Q)

Sun Rise/Set: 5:28a 8:29p

Water Temp/Water Color: 62 / Blue

Wind Direction/Speed: N / 15 to 25 knots

Weather/Seas: Gusty winds, seas 4-6

BP:

Departure Time: 5:30am

Lines In/Out: 8:30am, 3:15pm

Return: 6:15pm

Starting Location (Name and #): Southeast of Triple wrecks

Report: Capt Mike Montorio on the NYSE-ly Done fished the fingers on Friday and reported a lot of life, blue sharks and a thresher, but green water. So I decided to head east and try to find bluer, clearer water. We set up our drift south east of the Triple Wrecks over good bottom. The water was clear blue, with a lot of life, but still cold (62 degrees). It was blowing hard, but it gave us a fast drift and a good slick. We started catching blue sharks 45 min into the drift. By the end of the day we released 13 blue sharks. We caught a 154lb Mako at 11:45am (near rod, no weight, no float). At 1pm we had to leave our chum slick to back down on what we thought was nice size Mako, only to have on the biggest blue shark I have ever seen. He certainly did not fight like a blue shark. Bob put a chum bucket attached to the ball (we always have one ready) over the side as soon as I started the engines. After we released the blue shark we went back to our unbroken chum line. We were using fresh bluefish and fresh bunker.