Maryland State Mako Shark Fishing Record

Check this monster Mako Shark out! It is not every day that you see one like this. This massive Mako was caught during the Ocean City Shark Fishing Tournament in June of 2009. It weighed in at a whopping 876 pounds and broke the Maryland State Mako Shark fishing record.

This is one of the Mako's that I think every angler who enters a shark fishing tournament dreams of catching. Check out how massive looking this shark is when they pull it off of the boat and into the water. Well the bar it looks like is set pretty high in Maryland for this years Ocean City Shark Fishing Tournament.

IGFA World Record Mako Shark Fishing

So you want to try and break the current IGFA Mako Shark World Record? Well that is one heck of a record to try and break. The current IGFA World Record Mako Shark is a massive 1,221 pounds.

This incredible Mako Shark was caught by angler Luke Sweeney while on Captain Chris Peters boat, and with the help of crewman Dave Gaffey and Doug Abdelnour. Angler Luke Sweeney battled this monster shark for over three hours before finally getting it in the boat. This record breaking shark was caught during the July 21, 2001 Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Fishing Tournament off of Chatham, Mass