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Hey guys went out with driftn today, and man let me tell ya. He is an all around great guy and a blast to fish with. We didnt catch any mahi since it was us two amatures attemping to catch them, It didnt work out very well untill we got to the ar's where we caught a few bottom fish. But we had a great time. If anyone has some time to teach him this man deserves it. Thanks for hav'n me out man!
-Herc-

Dolphin Fishing Tips

Behavior:
• Smaller dolphin, called schoolies, travel in schools.
• Large dolphin, called bulls and cows, travel alone or in male/female pairs, though they can often be found near schools of smaller dolphin.
• All sizes are attracted to floating debris and will hang under it.
• Dolphin are surface feeders, and tend to spend most of their time at or near the surface.

Where To Find Them:
• Dolphin can be found from points along the fathoms line east to well beyond the 100 fathom line. When water temperatures rise in midsummer schoolies can be found as further west.
• Dolphin can be found in water temperatures between 70F and 82F, but prefer 75F to 78F.
• Dolphin are often found hanging below floating debris such as boards and patches of grass.
• Watch for birds. Terns pecking at the surface, especially over floating debris, are often hanging over schoolies. One or two birds hovering and occasionally diving over an area are often hanging over larger fish.

When To Find Them:
• Larger dolphin begin moving up from the Florida Keys into North Carolina offshore waters from April and remain until mid June and July, being found in greatest numbers in May and June.
• Smaller dolphin (schoolies) can be found throughout most of the year.

How To Catch Them:
• Trolling: .
• Trolling pink or green/chartreuse Pirate Plugs with cigar minnows at 3.5 to 8 knots in a 1 oz or 4oz. (Pirate Plugs can be found here: http://southchathamtackle.com/Pirate_Plugs.htm )
• Trolling Barefoot Chin Weight with cigar minnows or ballyhoo at 3.5 to 8 (Barefoot Chin Weight can be found here: http://circlehookjig.com/ )
• Pull ballyhoo rigged Bluewater Candy Jags and Mini Jags. Troll at 5.5 to 8 knots (Bluewater Candy Lures can be found here: http://www.bluewatercandylures.com/ )
• Pull ballyhoo rigged behind skirts or rubber and/or mylar lures, trimmed short to expose the back half of the bait, or pull rubber and/or mylar lures alone. Troll at 6 to 8 knots
• Whole squid can also be an effective bait. Rig squid on a wire leader run through the body to keep it straight, with an egg sinker twisted into the leader at the tail and the hook at the head, tucked under the mantel to make it weed less.
• Lures and baits should run at or near the surface, and should splash and leave a good bubble trail. Use lures with flat or concave heads. Run one lure with a small bird splasher rigged in front of it.
• Best lure/shirt colors: pink, green/chartreuse, yellow/blue/green, pink/purple/blue/black, white/blue..
• Pitching for schoolies:
• After locating a school, throw pieces of cut squid or ballyhoo to them to get them near the boat, then pitch cut squid or ballyhoo to them on light tackle.
• Keeping one hooked fish in the water can help keep the school near the boat.
• Any larger dolphin in the area will come over to see what the schoolies are eating and will take a piece of cut bait just as readily as the schoolies.

thank you Herc55
i had a great time as well ,, it was very nice out there , and + its like i cought 100 mahi yesterday when u have a good man on board and so excited about the new lowrance i got i just love it

thank you much Capt_Keith
this is great info ,,