Thresher sharks occur worldwide in warmer seas and in the Eastern Pacific can be found from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia to Central Baja California. Thresher sharks feed upon small fish such as anchovies, mackerel, and squid. They use their long tail, which is as long as their body, to flail and stun prey. They bear their young live and produce 4 pups annually. Threshers are a large shark that commonly reach 15' in length.
Thresher sharks are most plentiful off the California coast during the summer.
The best localities to fish have been off the coast near San Francisco. And Santa Monica Bay around Malibu and Paradise Cove. Mako Shark Mako sharks are found world wide in warm and temperate oceans except for the tropics. In the eastern Pacific they range as far north as the Columbia River south to Central America. Mako sharks are quite large and are fast swimmers.