jenny lee overnighter potential state record mako

[jenny lee sportfishing]

urday, July 22. 2017

the miccio charter state record qualifier mako 926 lbs (http://www.jennyleesportfishing.com/blog/index.php?/archives/268-the-miccio-charter-state-record-qualifier-mako-926-lbs.html)


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capts kevin gerrity and dave bender took the miccio family along with matt and nick for an overnighter on july 21.
we trolled all afternoon and landed a 35 lb yellowfin and three throwbacks. we sent up at night for mako's and swords and at about 11 the shark rod goes screaming. after about an hour and a half of backing down we had the fish gaffed boatside. that was the easy part, it took another hour and six guys to get the 12' 926 pound mako through the tuna door. fish of a lifetime to say the least





in closing, i want to say that my friend and co captain kevin gerrity deserves 100% of the credit for cathing this beast. he has waited 35 years for todays moment. every night offshore for the last ten years he puts out a shark rod, and every night i tell the customers, " we aint gonna catch no mako" kevins passion and persisitance has paid off today for a fish of a lifetime..i salute you cap you deserve this fish!!!!!

[BugEye Chris]

Wow what a beast congrats to all involved

[John D.]

Congrats to the Capts and crew on the fish of a lifetime.

[Tenacious Sportfishing]

Awesome, awesome catch baby bear!!!! That's one item off the bucket list.
Special well done to Kevin and congratulations to all.

[Mushin Sportfishing]

What an absolutely amazing catch! Congratulations to Capts. Dave and Kevin and the charter for what is undoubtedly a fish of a lifetime!

[AndyS]

Awesome catch, congrats !!

[dfish28]

Freaking awesome!! Congrats, heard the chatter this am and said" how the hell did you get it in the boat! Atta buoys

[Capt Sal]

That is the biggest Mako i ever saw1 KUDOS

[nmc02]

A simple congratulations! It is nice when a passion pays off....look forward to fishing with you. Great catch

[EddieG]

Wow ...just wow

[Gerry Zagorski]

WOW :eek::eek::eek::eek:

What and amazing Mako!!

Congrats Kevin and Dave !!

[Gfedor]

WOW! I think I would need a bigger boat.

[Capt. Lou]

Great catch , I guess persistence does pay off 👍

[nanseaj]

Congrats on the fish of the century!

[shrimpman steve]

Congrats to the whole crew!

[Hunter 2]

Congats, awesome catch, Nj Record Thresher was landed on my Topaz 2009 by Capt Jeff, previous owner. Must have been some fight

[Abrasion]

Can it be a record since the entire boat fought it?

[Joey Dah Fish]

Can it be a record since the entire boat fought it? Also, 950lb mako cant taste good.

No wonder why your name is abrasion

[hammerin hank]

Congratulations to the crew of the Jenny Lee, nobody works harder than Dave Bender, Period.... In sports and in life, if I have only one person to call, and the situation is bad, it's Dave,,,, great job Popeye, you deserve it

[jenny lee sportfishing]

Hank

I give this and more to spend one more night with the ol Man U and toto

[hammerin hank]

Amen Dave,, miss u ...

[Abrasion]

No wonder why your name is abrasion

Would "CaptainObvious" be a better name?. By definition, it's not a state record, or even a potential state record.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/recfishappsalt.pdf

[Joey Dah Fish]

Kevvvvvviiiiiinnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!! Damn brother you guys did it all the way!!!!!!! Congrats to you and Dave See you in Oct

[jenny lee sportfishing]

The gentleman is correct. It appears that
Because the rod passed hands to more
Than one angler it may not qualify

This shark did break the record however
We will have an answer todsy and accept
The results.

Thanks for the well wishes to all

[jenny lee sportfishing]

here is a lil better picture

[capt richie]

1 guy or 10 guys on the rod who really cares its still the biggest mako manasquan inlet has ever seen you guys should be proud as hell!!!

[bunker dunker]

yea man!!!! thats a beast!!!!congrats on the fish of a life time to all involved.its the biggest mako that i have ever seen out on the squan and thats good enough for me.congrats again capt!!!!

[Mushin Sportfishing]

I'm going to say it again...state record or not, it's an absolutely amazing fish and accomplishment! And I'll add that this is an accomplishment that 99.999% of the rest of the world has never done and will never do (whether it's a "record" or not)! Congratulations again!

[RBC67]

Again way to go Captain Dave here's 6 great pictures
Make sure to click on circle with the 6

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/07/did_a_fishing_crew_catch_the_biggest_shark_in_stat .html

[tunanut]

congrats on a monster catch! truly a fish of a lifetime. just curious, assuming it's impossible to ice something like that unless you had a whale-sized body bag on board. was the meat still good when you got back to the dock? those would be some enormous mako steaks.

[jenny lee sportfishing]

The meat was pristine
We came in immediately

[Flukemeister1]

Big Congrats. Awesome catch!

[dales529]

Congrats to both of you. Well deserved. Always glad to see hard work and good treatment of clients pay off. Best of luck the rest of the season. This one will be hard to top!

[Chrisper4694]

wish there was video of this fight! any chance? congrats!

[Capt. Debbie]

I won first, second and third prize in 1989 Bahrs Shark tournament with a mako that that monster would swallow whole. lol

GREAT JOB guys!!

[Jay]

Congratulations on a catch of a lifetime!