READER CATCHES: Cabo Dorado
Posted on September 17th, 2009
Michael Heintz of Denver sent in this picture of a bull dolphin fought, caught, and released on a trip to Cabo.
Tagged: bluewater beasties, dolphin, mahi, reader pics
Posts tagged “dolphin”
NEW YORK: Mahi, Lumpy Gulfstream
Posted on September 4th, 2008
Capt. Dave Azar reports there are mahi to be had offshore. NOAA reports that attempting to go offshore is asking for a yard sale: FRI NIGHT S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT WITH S SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS. SAT S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE…EXCEPT SW PORTION 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 11 TO 17 FT…HIGHEST SW. SHOWERS AND TSTMS. VSBY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM IN SQUALLS AND BLOWING SPRAY SW PORTION. SAT NIGHT S TO SE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT…EXCEPT E PORTION TO 55 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 TO 23 FT. SUN WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 25…
Tagged: Allusions to Frank Zappa, dolphin, fishing, Hanna, mahi mahi, pelagic, Small Craft Advisory
FLORIDA: Mammalian Fishing Challenge
Posted on August 29th, 2008
Who do you think caught more? Our boat? (Two redfish.) Or these stone cold killers? Watching dolphin work in concert to trap mullet against the mangroves and then literally flip them into the air and eat them made it all worth getting our asses handed to us.
NYC METRO: The Pelagics Are Here
Posted on August 4th, 2008
From Capt. Dave Azar’s weekly email reports: …The water from about 10 miles off the south Jersey coast is a beautiful cobalt blue, with temps in the mid to high 70′s. Working our way along the 20 fathom line we did not have any tuna sightings but we did get to take advantage of the numerous mahi-mahi that have invaded the area. Found our first one, a 3 pounder, while trolling around some lobster pots in about 100 feet of water. After that we began chumming the lobster pots and found abundant small specimens…After catching a bunch of these “chicken” mahi we lucked upon a nicer (14-lb.) specimen hanging right under a lobster pot float…There have also been reports of bonito caught in our local area…It’s…
