Want to share your Dolphin tactics?

[rchanner]

Dolphin, Mahi Mahi, Dorado.....whatever you choose to call them, who doesn't love to catch them?

I have compiled many tips & tricks over the years, and I am planning to compile them into a single article but first I'd like to hear your tips. I have a host of tips for trolling, but in particular, what I'm short on is any tips on Chumming/chunking and running & gunning. I will post what I write after it's complete.

[schoolsout]

not to be an azz, but there isn't much of a trick to get dolphin to bite

they will eat anything

I've caught them on bare hooks, pieces of cut rag, squid, almost anything....when they are biting. Sometimes they don't, though.

[marlinchaser]

We were bottom fishing a couple of days ago and had two swim by. One guy had his rig ready to drop back down but threw it at the dolphin-one on; another guy flipped a bait we were letting sit behind the boat-#2 on. If they are hungry, and when aren't they, they hit about anything!!! They are so easy, almost feel bad about putting them in the boat; yeah, right!!!

[rchanner]

I'm not trying to learn how to catch them...I do pretty well in that department. What I'm looking for here are the kinds of things you might say to your neighbor if he just bought a boat and decided he wanted to start fishing for them.

I've seen alot of people ask this question, so I decided to make a project out of it.

[Trollnheel]

Any kind of debris in the water is also a good sign. Best time is when the water is hot and clear.

Good luck Rich, looking forward to the completed version!

[firemedic1560]

I like to troll a flying fish, rigged to swim, right up close at the back of the prop wash. I've caught many big dolphin this way, along with several wahoo. You can't troll this bait too fast, so it is good for working an area that looks productive.

[bill erhardt]

I'm not trying to learn how to catch them...I do pretty well in that department. What I'm looking for here are the kinds of things you might say to your neighbor if he just bought a boat and decided he wanted to start fishing for them.

I've seen alot of people ask this question, so I decided to make a project out of it.

Get a de-###### to release the little ones without ever touching them. Trying to get the hook out of a 20# dorado and get him back on his way can be dangerous for both of you.

(I just checked the preview on this post and apparently a built in censor blocked out h00ker in deh00ker. Is this for real?)

[PtJudeRI]

I would like to hijack for a moment if I could. One of my goals this summer is to get a few mahi on the fly, while fishing the lobster pots out here in the NE canyons. Anyone have any favorite flies that you turn to for this??

[rchanner]

Bill- What kind of de-h00ker is that in the pic?

Pt Jude- That's no hijack, it's right in line w/ the thread.

[Fubar512]

Depends on the region. Up here in the NE, we have lobster sets in 100 fathoms, or right on the edge of the continental shelf. They make wonderful FADs, as dolphin congregate around them from July thru October. When I seek such "dolphin-rich environments", though, it's usually because I'm looking for what eats them, namely blue marlin.