Isurus oxyrinchus
Grant Collins caught this huge 153kg mako shark off Banks Peninsula during an event run by the Canterbury Sport Fishing Club.
Attracted to the boat by a berley slick there are some very big mako sharks off the Canterbury coast.
Link to picture of jumping mako shark . By permission of Dr.Chris Harvey-Clark.
Canterbury Sport Fishing Club members target Southern Game Fish including big Mako Sharks. See this Hammerhead Shark taken off Tutukaka, Northland, New Zealand.
Sharks and Big Game Fishing in New Zealand |