I used to have one and
every trip out we either saw or hooked a mako. It also
attracted a monster great white, we were at the coimbra
wreck and the great white nosed right up to the boat then
turned and took off. It returned about 15min later and i
thought it was going to eat the boat. At that moment I
questioned why i go shark fishing just because of the
sheer size of the shark. I think that was 2 summers ago
and we were not the only boat to spot that shark I heard
other reports.
i used it this year for
the first time, and had makos around the boat every trip.
i also tried a new way of chumming to. i think its great.
it also called in threshers and a 20ft great white. give
it a try i cant hurt
Ja-hootie
From:
john [mailto:john@okumafishing.com] Sent:
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:02 PM To: 'makomagnet@aol.com' Subject:
Okuma tournament team and our Mako magnet
My name is
John B*****, Director of Product Development for Okuma
Fishing Tackle. I own one of your Mako Magnets and I have
had lots of success with it. Our last tournament of the
season in California “Team Okuma” took 1st place
in the release division with 19 Mako sharks in two days of
fishing. We also took 4th place in the big fish
category with fish number 20. I believe that the Mako
Magnet is a key component to our success. A few weeks later
I was fishing with writers from Sport Fishing magazine
Attached
is an image of our new tournament boat for this season.
I am sure with the new boat and once I get the Mako
Magnet running again we will have a great tournament
season.
Sincerely,
John B*****
Director
of Product Development
Okuma Fishing Tackle / DAM / Pakula Lures / Tiburon
Massive Shark
Caught of Martha's Vineyard
using the "MAKO MAGNET"
July 17, 2005
Fishermen who hauled in a massive
eleven-hundred pound tiger shark off Massachusetts
this past weekend failed to capture first place in
the monster shark derby on Martha's Vineyard.
The reason: The boat was six
minutes too late in returning to Oak Bluffs harbor
with its catch.
The toothy tiger shark may not
have won the competition, but it did win the
admiration of other fishermen. Steven James of the
Boston Big Game Fishing Club said this truly was a
monster shark, and one that "could eat you."
Hi , I just bought a mako magnet and within a hour we had our
first shark on! Wow! As my friends say it really works. The
only problem is that it was our first shark of the season in
Long Island and it happened to be a 350lb thresher. It hit so
hard that we ran over the magnet.
Thanks Frank
Thanks for overnighting the MM, we put it to good use . . .
Date: 6/27/2005 9:53:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: sphillips@oppenheimer.com
2005 Leonardo Shark Tournament won
w/ 264# Thresher. We ran to the NW corner of the Chicken Canyon
and gradually warming water. We fished in 66.8. We had our
first run off w/in 30 minutes of setting up. Thresher took the
far deep bait fished off a float. Shark hit a bluefish fillet.
We fought the fish for 55 minutes and it was whipped when
leadered at the boat. Mike Micciche made a perfect shot w/ the
flying gaff. Anglers Brian Neigut, Ted Jenkins and Ken
Worthington were flawless on the rod. Great day on the water
and an awesome fish. We weighed in at 11:30 a.m. We were
fishing from my 31' Contender, Bird Dog.
Thanks for a great product, the Mako
Magnet works!
- Captain
Scott Phillips
Scott Phillips
Oppenheimer Funds
Subject:
Marlin Magnet
Date:
5/16/2005 11:04:46 AM Eastern Daylight
Time
From:
Eduardo_Toriello@
Reply
To:
To:
Makomagnet@aol.com
Scott:
As promised, here goes my report.
I installed your Marlin Magnet in my Grady White Marlin 300 and
last
Saturday I entered a Sailfish Tournament at Iztapa, Guatemala.
There were
33 anglers in 11 boats at the tournament.
The day was very active and the fleet released 179 Sailfish and
2 black
Marlin.
At the end of the day, I realized that my boat had been the top
boat of the
tournament with 27 releases, beating all the larger diesel
engines boats!
I think this was the perfect test for your Marlin Magnet and the
numbers
speak by themselves!
Now I´m sure your Marlin Magnet also works for Sailfish.
Thank you again for your great product!
EDUARDO TORIELLO
Y&R BRANDS
Managing Director
SVP Central America
Phone: 011-502-2277
Topic: Mako Magnet
Posted by: Dan
Date/Time: 6/2/2004 5:03:18 AM
We gave the Magnet a workout at the Hot Dog on Sunday. We were
covered up with blue dogs. Boated 10. 10 ft'to 11'. Got tired,
pulled the lines and watched the show. I have never seen so many
large sharks in one place. Was it the Magnet or the double chum
buckets? We normally run two chum buckets.
1 bunker, 1 mackerel.
We had purchased a plastic coated tail rope from Hands Too. The
sharks had gotten so aggressive we were able to rope one as it
slid over the chum bucket. Interesting!
Posted by: Wabostyle
I have a Mako Magnet. They have been around for quite a few
years here. These "Magnets" work by imitating the sound of
wounded baitfish. It projects these sounds 2-3 miles in every
direction underwater. Does it work? Yes!!! It does such a good
job of imitation, that on several occasions, I have had sharks
bump, bite, or attack it, thinking it is a piece of food. Just
go to any one of the many shark tournaments around here and you
will find everyone using them. I have not had the chance to try
the Tuna or the Marlin Magnet, but if they work as good as the
Mako Magnet, you can go ahead and get rid of those flashers...
Dear Makomagnet,
as a customer of yours, I must thank you for the making of
your Tuna Teaser: in fact, since I bought it some years ago, I
increased the amount of my captures. At the moment I an
preparing another fishing boat and I need a new Tuna Teaser.
So I order it from you and I send You a photo of the last
fishing season, hoping that it will advertise your Instruments
factory.
I thank you.
Sincerely
Roberto Regnoli
Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : yayaginky@ol
Boat Name: seas the day
Date Fished: 6/25
Location: 22 fathom fingers
Fishing Method: chum/mako magnet
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 70lb.-released
Bait or Lure: macks
Water Depth: 110-140
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally released our first mako. It took all
three baits-whole bunker first, then mack fillet, then
bluefish filet before we set the hook. Gawked at it for a few
minutes boatside(had a camera but forgot to take a photo) and
then she spit the hook. Lots of green water there and very
little life. Fished the mud hole Friday and had great
water/life. Saw a school of bft break the surface but nothing
on the troll.
----Original
Message----- From: Makomagnet@aol.com [mailto:Makomagnet@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:29 PM To: tuna60@optonline.net Subject: Re: Help is on the way
Scott, I want to sincerely thank you for your help.
I also want you to know almost all my friends are hooked on
this device. We tested it many times, even without chum we
get results. Thanks again
Frank
Posted by
Chris Masland on March 04, at 05:18:02:
In Reply to: Re: Mako Magnet, any experience? posted by AlKi
on June 05,
Bought one last summer(2002) and used it for the last part
of a poor season. Found that the shark I caught were larger
than normal and acted differently. We did not see them before
they took the bait. These were all blue shark in the 10' +
range. On October 14th. last trip of the year we hooked a
large Mako, first one I had seen and, expecting it to be a big
blue, took too long with it. The unexpected jump of 15' some
200 yards off parted the 30lb test line. Must have been 700 to
800 lbs. Yes I swear by the magnet after that!!
We purchased Mako Magnet s/n 87 in June 1996.
We took third place that year in the Chris Larkin South
Nassau Hospital charity tournament with a 213 Lb. Blue Shark.
In June 1997 you upgraded our unit to S/87 R. We had a very
successful season with the Mako's.
In June 1999 we placed 11th in the Hudson Anglers tournament
against over 300 boats with a 256 Lb. Mako. ( Cash payments
only went up to 10th place).
In June 2001 (the week between two tournament) on a scouting
trip we tagged and released three 100 Lb class Mako's, then
boated a 396 Lb Thresher shark.
Now for our big story...
On June 28th 2003 we took first place in the Freeport
Woodcleft Fishing Station Annual tournament (Mako and Thresher
only) with a 416 Lb. Thresher shark against 95 other boats on
my refurbished 1962 25' Bertram moppie named 'Hustler'.
Since we started using your product we have definitely noticed
an increase in our success. Thank you for creating such a high
quality fishing product.
Thank you,
Bob Gottlieb
FV Hustler
Seaford, NY 11783
516-679-XXXX
Thanks Scott, for your help! Your product enabled me to win
the Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament, aboard the boat
"Totally Hooked." The Marlin weighed 444.4. I cannot wait to
use it again in the next tournament!!! The Marlin Magnet
really works. Thanks,
Will Tayloe
I won the tournament, well we took first place in this years O.C. Md.
Shark Tournament. We boated a 228lb Mako for First place,
ARE you sitting down, we also took first place for releases.
The first day we released 36 blue sharks and the second day
we released 19 blue sharks for 55 releases in two days. Not
bad.
The Coastal Fisherman (our local
paper) comes out the end of this week, I'll send a copy with
the magnet, you can use it for testimonials if you want.
Ron
By Peter Paukla
Gold Coast Report and Marlin Magnet
The mission was to get my cousin his first
gamefish. Three passes and nothing.
I then flicked the
Marlin Magnet switch on
the next pass and all 6 of the rods loaded
up with Sailfish with lots more sails in
the pattern to spare. The whole pod of 30
or 40 sails had left the bait to nail the
lures!!!
So at last, I can report that YES
the MARLIN MAGNET
DOES WORK!!!
Things went nuts with 6 sails on at once.
I raced down and dropped 3 into freespool,
hoping the hooks would fall out, which
they did. I then heard Ata being told to
keep his rod down, I then turned to see
his rod tip bucking as the line was
peeling off……. around the props !!!! Then
there was 2 left, Bretts fish did a
screaming run straight past the boat,
followed by a pack of wahoo that once I
got up in the bridge, realized many more
were trailing behind the boat along with
more sails. A wahoo nailed the bubble
trail off the line on Bret’s fish. Then
there was 1, we chased after and got
Darron’s fish which was quite a good one
of around 40kg. But in doing so went about
a mile from the original spot.
Once released I went back to trolling
speed, looked behind the boat to see that
there were still Sailfish behind the boat
even though there was bait still balled up
on the sounder and flicking on the
surface. First lure in was nailed and Ata
got his 2nd Sail and by now he was getting
to understand how the system worked, you
know, the raise the rod, drop the rod and
turn the handle on the reel bit!!
I then switched off the
Marlin Magnet
and
no more shots for two hours. On the troll
home we went over lots of bait schools,
raised two that didn’t eat. After 2 hours
I put the Magnet
back on and got 2 Mahi
Mahi on the next bait school. Having two
Mahi mahi in the cockpit with two new guys
was enough to end the day on a pretty good
note!!!
YOUR DEVICE WORKS GREAT!!!!! our first
time using it!!!
[See the attached
file][See the attached file]
Mark The Shark
President/CEO/Founder Monster
Fishing Inc.
Berthed/Office: Biscayne Bay Marriott Marina
1635 North Bayshore Drive Miami, FL 33132
USA
Telephone: 305-759-JAWS (5297) or 305-542-FISH
(3474)
Fax: 305-375-0597 or 305-579-JAWS (5297)
www.marktheshark.com
Scott
-
I should have written months ago to tell you that with my
first night trip on
"Man-Eater" this past June, using the Mako Magnet we caught
and
released 23
sharks and boated 1 mako of about 225 pounds. My guests
fought and
released sharks until the sun came up and were exhausted!
This year on my new boat "Findango" we are looking forward to
using the
magnet "off the edge" to see if we can raise a mega-mako.
I'll let you know
what happens.
Scott ,
This is
one of the Tunas that my eight year old caught while using
your product. The Tuna Magnets. Thought that you would
enjoy to see this.
Sincerely Robbin Dalton
I have been waiting to give you a report
on the Marlin Magnet. I had the best Oct. ever. We released
10 blue marlin during the month and took Top Angler in the
East Cape Classic and 3 rd place in the Chuy's tag and
release tournament. Both held here at the East Cape of Baja
Sur Calif. Mex. We will be leaving Baja and visiting So Cal
for the holidays.
1. "RE:
MAKO MAGNETS/Marlin Magnet?"
In response to
message #0
Hey Dave they
work.
Talk to Jon Petty( custom gold smith) one of the sponsors for all coast.
The first day he used his a marlin came to the boat and
started billing it.
Check out
www.makomagnet.com
Keith Poe
Sharks & Swords board
ASFA Pro Staff
Please contact me on or off shore any time I'm at your service.
Shark Tagger channel 16
For tags & detailed shark information please visit
www.sharktagger.com
hey guys wayne here, getting ready to
start the new shark season with the awesome mako magnet.. got to win that mako tournament
again this year in ocean city. let us know what you think. we also have a tuna
magnet and love it.. happy fishing wayne.
p.s. the new boat name is "two sons" we will send you another
winning picture when we get it..
HEY SCOTT
HOW ARE YOU? HAVEN'T TALK TO YOU IN A WHILE. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD DROP YOU A LINE ABOUT MY
EXPERIENCES WITH THE MAKO MAGNET. I HAD A GREAT SEASON OF SHARK FISHING. CHECK THIS OUT:
1- FREEPORT HUDSON ANGLERS TOURNEY............2 MAKOS 167 AND 150.
5 BLUE SHARKS
2- WOODCLEFT FISHING STATION TOURNEY............1 MAKO 297 6 BLUE SHARK
3- STAR ISLAND TOURNEY........................................1BLUE SHARK 498 1 SMALL
MAKO
4- MORICHES ANGLERS TOURNEY ...........................3 SMALL MAKOS AND 1
THRESHER 194
PLUS MANY MORE BLUE SHARKS THAT WEREN'T IN TOURNAMENTS.
JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD JOB.
Subj:
(no subject)
Date:
6/13/01 10:45:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Hillbillyjpj@aol.com
To: info@makomagnet.com
We fish off of Ocean City Md.,
and have had great success with the MAKO
Magnet. We have use the MM tuna fishing with limited success, and I am
interested in the Tuna Teaser and the MM.
Also the price and/or location I can buy a TT.
- Thanks John Jendrek hillbillyjpj@aol.com
P.S. Last week end we caught 4 sharks in 4 hours using the MM. Dusky, Brown
and 2 Makos! No doubt it was the MM that pulled them in!
Another win with
the Mako Magnet. Ocean City's Fifth Annual Mako Mania Tournament
Wayne Menzi, left, of Montour Falls, NY, caught this 268-pound mako shark to win
$12,600 in the Fifth Annual Mako Mania Tournament, held last weekend at Bahia Marina.
Menzi was fishing on the "Sea Crews II" with Capt. Paul Menzi, Mark Easley, Bill
Menzi and Kevin Sandleitner. The shark took a bluefish fillet in
the Fingers and took about 45 minutes to bring to the boat.
Subj:
Shark Photo
Date:
4/4/01 10:57:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:
EagleColor@aol.com
To: info@makomagnet.com
File:
Shark_001.jpg (35468 bytes) DL Time
(TCP/IP): < 1 minute
Thought you might like this print from a video of a blue
shark attacking the
mako magnet. It's good documentation for the need to put the
instrument in a cage. Don
PS- Last year we got four makos, a thresher and over 30 blue
sharks on four shark fishing trips south of Martha's
Vineyard. I have no doubt the mako magnet was a great help.
As in this photo the sharks would swim by the chum bucket
and attack the magnet.
DB
Subj: Mako
Magic
Date: 8/16/00 7:43:59 PM Eastern Daylight
Time
From: jsolo61654@home.com (Jeff Solomon)
To: info@makomagnet.com
CC: jsolo61654@aol.com
Scott:
Thought you would like this photo. We caught this 177 Lb.
Mako after
fishing for one hour with NO CHUM ... just a whole mackeral
bait at 90 feet
and a Mako Magnet hanging over the side. We caught the fish
about three
weeks ago off New Jersey.
The fish was caught aboard "Tranquility" - Capt. Jeff
Solomon and angler Dan Gigante...
Subj: Marlin Magnet
Date: 8/30/00 12:00:27 PM Eastern Daylight
Time
From: guimar@sal.gbm.net (Marco Guirola)
To: Makomagnet@aol.com
Hi, Scott. I just won a tournament in Nicaragua with my
marlin magnet on board. I caught and released 21 sails the
first day. Just wanted to thank you and your company.
Thanks, Marco Guirola.
Subj: Tuna Teser
Date: 8/5/00 6:32:57 PM Eastern Daylight
Time
From: carey.boat.designs@xtra.co.nz
Reply-to: carey.boat.designs@xtra.co.nz
To: makomagnet@aol.com
Hi Team,
Last year I bought a "Tuna Teaser" from you. It seemed to
work very well when we were by ourselves as we got 360 one
day. It is now time to think about the coming Tuna season so
I got out your machine and gave it a quick test,
We were going to make a transducer block and mount it behind
the rudder on the outside of our boat, is this acceptable ?
Regards
Phil Carey
Subj: IGFA
Date: 2/5/00 4:40:53 AM Eastern Standard
Time
From: sharktgr@gte.net (Keith Poe)
To: info@makomagnet.com
Hello Scott"
Me and Deana just won two more trophies this year for the
AFTCO tag flag IGFA hall of fame awards at the Bill fish
foundation meetings that will go in to the Pampano beach
Florida IGFA hall of fame with last years two trophies for
Captain & angler of the year awards Pacific division.
These records can never be beaten and are from a year long
tournament with every nation being eligible around the
pacific rim. The Pacific is the largest body of water in the
world and the Mako Magnet/Marlin Magnet lead us to the hall
of fame for the second year in a row for 4 trophies. Thank
you.
Sincerely
Keith Poe Redondo Beach, Ca.
PS this will be published in Big game fishing journal /
Sport fishing / Marlin/ South coast sport fishing/ and many
more.
I'm going to try for the Marling & Blue fin tuna awards this
season.
Please check out Animal Planet on the 27 of this month I
will be on the Aquanauts show again for the fourth time this
month. I'm also working on a shoot with In side sport
fishing / Ktla and National Geographic. Hope all is well.
--------------------
Subj:
Re: Hi Doug
Date: 1/23/00 9:09:51 AM Eastern Standard
Time
From: bluemako@netspace.net.au (Douglas
Mizzi)
To: Makomagnet@aol.com
Hi Scott, everyone I talk to I tell them about your magnet.
We took it
fishing on Friday night of the full moon, and caught 2
medium sized sharks about 6 and 7 feet. and missed 4 other
hookups. What we noticed about the sharks is their Brazen
attitude and aggression. This species of Sevengill shark
which grows up to 3 metres can often be spooked once it has
missed a hookup, yet with the m/m in the water they are as
bold as ever. I have taken some photos that I will email to
you . I will post them on my site as furter proof of the
magnets ability to work, and as ever will continue through
the net to promote your product. All U.S. interest I send
back to you. Thanks Scott and keep up the excellent work. Ps
any Aussie interest just give them my mobile phone number
0414 461 351
CYA from Douglas Mizzi...........
Subj: Giant
Date: 9/3/99 3:46:33 PM Eastern Daylight
Time
From: JamesonS@aol.com
To: info@makomagnet.com
Scott-
my name is Jamie Stull and live in New Jersey. You had sold
me a mako mag
this past June for the Montauk Marine Basin Shark tourney.
My friend out of
Fishers Island bought a tuna mag. This past weekend off of
Montauk myself,
and two friends were fishing behind a dragger looking for
giant tuna. We
didn't find much so headed east out a little further and set
up for sharking
w/ the mako mag and other sharking gear. We managed to get
40-50 pound yellow fin tuna in our slick, and soon after
fighting one we were smoked by a giant. He took off and
almost spooled or bent-butte 130, w/ 250 lb test line. We
managed to get the measurements of the bluefin. 7' 7" and 5'
around at the
fatest point. According to charts it is roughly 500-525 lbs.
We released the
fish as it would be illegal to keep, but thought we would
inform you of our
catch. We did not even have the tuna mag on board, but the
mako mag seemed to bring us fish once again.
jamie s.
"Power & Motor Yacht" Magazine October 1999
They hold a new concept in the leading technology of sport
fishing.
Remember, if your
looking for a competitive edge, get the MAGNET advantage.
"
mako magnet
