Not the bottlenose variety, but the fish known as Mahi Mahi and Dorado.
Dolphin fishing is a favorite summer time fishing expedition. Many people find dolphin fishing the easiest fishing of all. Here is how.
Owning a boat, maybe for the first time, and deciding to head offshore, maybe for the first time, a number of readers ask about getting into dolphin fishing. That’s dolphin fish, mahi mahi, not dolphin porpoise! I have answered some specifics, but now it is time to lay out some basics on fishing for these prolific, blue water acrobats.
Nothing can be quite as exciting as watching a bull dolphin streaking through the air headed at a right angle for your trolling spread! And nothing can cause quite as much shear panic and confusion as when several of these big bulls all hit at the same time!
Next time you head out, be aware of what is going on in the water. Baitfish attract predator fish, and there is no reason I can think of for not fishing the area around a big baitfish school.
Johjn Beal and I did some dolphin fishing during the Cuban boat lift and came back with a big bull for John.
Leave it to me to create a controversy in areas I never meant to wander. Many of you wrote me concerning dolphin fishing, several of you very upset that we would fish for and eat this "wonderful mammal". So before I go into our dolphin excursion this past week, let me clear the air.
Let's clear up some misconceptions I seem to have fostered. Dolphin or Mahi Mahi?
Underwater photo of a nice cow dolphin from the University of Florida.
A really good article on huge dolphin by Mike Conners who guides out of Miami.
The art of trolling fast for dolphin and other species by Jeff Weakley of Florida Sportsman.
Article by Eden White on working the weed lines to look for fish, particularly dolphin.
