V-20 mako

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It was definitely V-20 weather Sunday so I cruised out of Barnegat inlet at 6:00AM. Destination; Resor wreck 32.5 miles off. This is a trip I'll never forget. Just two of us, my most recent fishing partner Ross and I, were into sharks on the second spot I tried; We honestly caught about 12 blue sharks and one small mako. Then we made a move to another area not to far with some contour and depressions. When I got their I saw some weed line and a slight oil slick. Time was around 3:00 so this would be our final spot of the day. After an hour there was nothing, not even a blue shark. Then around 4:00 the blue sharks showed up. I said oh well don't worry we will be leaving soon so we dealt with these blue dogs; let me tell you, almost all of them were at least 175 lbs or more. It was time to head home so we tossed in the rest of the mackerel and two blue sharks off the stern appeared and were fighting over the bait. I started to reel in the rods and saw the far rod going off; I said well these blue dogs found the last bait. WOW! the explosion! A mako jumped about 15 feet in the air twice with the leader hanging out of its mouth!!!!!!! The rest is history. My first trip offshore with my V-20. My favorite picture is the mako laying inside a 20' boat. Well I was happy to find Viking Village still working so i could get him out of the boat, we had a struggle getting him in.