Capt. Tom

Congratulations to Capt. Mike Evensen (Alexa Ann) of Scituate who took a 455 lb. porbeagle yesterday,east of Stellwagen.

The fish was weighed in last night in Scituate on an official scale with the weigh- in witnessed by many, including a State marine biologist.

This 455 lb porbeagle should be a new state record.
The present record is 414 lbs.- Tom K

CMP

Love them Fakos!!!

CMP

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Dantilu

Nice Catch...!!!!....

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ant1

You mean the Fako Mako? Nice catch.

mcleaves

OK, I am going to ask a stupid question, so go easy on the flaming.. How can something caught in federal waters be a state record? I mean you could haul it into the state with the lowest competitive record if you do that right?

I admit to not knowing the rules behind record setting so I really am just curious how this works.

M

welder

A picture would be really cool.

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BigShrimpin

Are Fakos good to eat? Those bastards ate so many of my 17oz cod jigs

CMP

Fakos are EXCELLENT eating...

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Daysatsea

How long was it? I stuck one once that was 96"

waggles02673

Here is a table that I use when judging sharks

http://www.newenglandsharks.com/Wt.-IGFA.htm

Capt. Tom

[quote]welder - 8/14/2007 1:11 AM

A picture would be really cool.

http://ledger.southofboston.com/arti...ews/news04.txt

gerg

Congrats on the shark, but it may be the record for a VERY long time.

The NMFS has added porbeagles to it's proposed list of prohibited species for next year. You can the details of the changes at their website. They very well may be no-take fish before long.

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starrfish

hey there mcleaves.. good question.....?

mcleaves

I feel like I'm asking the question that nobody wants to answer, or wants to know the answer to. I mean no disrespect to the feat.. That is one hell-uv-a fish. Just want to know how it becomes a STATE record.


M

mcleaves

Bump..

Anyone able to answer my question?

starrfish

i have they same question about fluke.. state waters are closed... what if i catch them in fed waters???....
nice going on the beagle though!!!!!

jumboliar

Hey Capt. Tom,

I was tuna fishing south of block island this weekend and caught what at the time was a mako. A closer look lead me to believe I was mistaken. Never one to spend much time shark fishing, I soon realized that my mako might be a fako. I made a call and found out there was one really good way to tell them apart. The porbeagle's teeth give it away. There are two small denticles on the base of each tooth. My shark had them, besides small white dots on the trailing edge of the dorsal fin.
Tail that was starting to crescent. It weighed 445lbs, back at Moriches inlet NY. There is no state record slot in NY or RI that I can find for the Porbeagle. Pix posted in sportfishermen.com big game forum. Caught on Flouro 200lb and live bait gama hook, bait was live bluefish. Truly a powerful fish. Pulled like a GBT. Had no idea the IGFA record is 507lbs.

Ceasar Rivera

mwgdc

Ceasar,
Just to bust your chops publicly. The NJ state record for a porbeagle is VACANT!!!!!
Glue the pieces back together.

jumboliar

It looks like u can't mention another website without being edited. The pix is on another sportfisherman website. I coudn't figure out how to upload on this one. Admin please don't censor me. Not cool. U guys are still the best site for somethings.

evensen

Pics of Mike Evensen's porbeagle shark catch.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31959967@N03/

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