It’s a big ocean out there, and hunting down a shark can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

But sharks are adept hunters themselves.

Anglers learned long ago that the best way to catch sharks was to drop chum in the waters to make the monsters sniff out the smell.

The folks at Mako Magnet recently learned that anglers could also attract sharks by sense of hearing.

The Mako Magnet hit the market several years ago, but shark fishing with one is still a new experience for many anglers.

The founders of
S2 Instruments,
the makers of the Mako Magnet, included aero-space engineers, who discovered commercial-fishing studies that proved that sound frequencies that imitated distressed baitfish attracted sharks and
other big game.

At first the electronics that could imitate the sounds were too big for recreational fishing.

Then the technology explosion in miniature electronic circuits changed all of that.

The engineers at S2 Instruments used the technology to build an acoustic device small enough to attract sharks on angling trips.

The Mako Magnet was born.

The device is simple to use. It gets connected to the boat’s 12-volt battery, and the transducer is dropped in the waters. That's all.

The transducer emits a sound that imitates a wounded meal that sharks can hear at least a mile away, the company says.

The sound is an acoustic dinner
bell that many anglers said
works very well,
the company says.

The Mako Magnet can also be installed in the bottom of the boat,
and the company also makes sound-emitting electronics to attract
tuna and billfish.

They're like a magnet to draw the needle out of a haystack.

For more info, visit Mako Magnet’s Web site.