Dead Whale = Dorado

[bill erhardt]

Last week about 30 miles out of my home port of Loreto, Mexico I came across this dead ###### whale calf. There was not another boat within about ten miles and it was holding hundreds of dorado. I called a couple of friends who were fishing that day, but they were too far away to respond. After an hour or so and a dozen dorado caught on a trolled marlin feather, I returned home with two nice fish in the box including this 44 pounder.

[crash1371]

That is a stinky mess of fish that I have ever seen oh but what fun Great PICS

[bill erhardt]

That is a stinky mess of fish that I have ever seen oh but what fun Great PICS

Tim..... Bloated as it was, it was standing high in the water and I could see it from about a mile....and smell it from about a quarter mile.

[jaydub]

How'd you stand the smell while you were catching fish? Upwind?

Nice catch!

[bill erhardt]

How'd you stand the smell while you were catching fish? Upwind?

Nice catch!

Jaydub........Actually, after I saw the size of some of the dorado using it for a home base I didn't even notice the smell.

[Fubar512]

Unfotunately, there were no Mahi around this carcass (off of NJ), but check out the size of those shark bites!

[Trollnheel]

I wouldn't notice the smell either!! NICE dolphin

[jamisjockey]

Nasty.

We found a bloated dead turtle last summer in the bay. Wasn't holding any cobes, though.

[twotems]

Tim..... Bloated as it was, it was standing high in the water and I could see it from about a mile....and smell it from about a quarter mile.

I ran into one of those carcasses a couple of years ago and will never forget the smell.

I posted the pics on the "other" forum then. Strangely enough there were no fish whatsoever around or underneath the carcass itself. They were all about 50-100 yards off the tail and a true mixed bag. We got schoolie yft, dorado, wahoo and rainbow runner by the bucketful. The most interesting thing was that every time we hooked a fish they were always being chased by small (3-4ft) sharks. There were no really large fish around the carcass at all even though there was a free buffet on hand for them.

[OReely]

I ran into one of those carcasses a couple of years ago and will never forget the smell.

...Strangely enough there were no fish whatsoever around or underneath the carcass itself. They were all about 50-100 yards off the tail and a true mixed bag. We got schoolie yft, dorado, wahoo and rainbow runner by the bucketful...

They couldn't stand the smell either.