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September 26, 2023

Fire Up the Mahi-Mahi

Mahi-mahi are one of those species that’s almost always willing to bite. Almost. But on occasion they do get lockjaw, which is doubly frustrating because (unless you’re trolling) you can usually see them swim right up […]
April 26, 2022

Tips for Better Bailing

You’ve been on the ocean for hours without a single bite, when you spot it: a board, cargo net, or a refrigerator floating on the surface. Heck, it doesn’t mater what it is. If you see […]
December 14, 2021

Choosing Skirt Colors for Offshore Fishing

Skirted ballyhoo are unquestionably the number-one choice offering of offshore anglers. And there are countless options in all different colors and color combinations. Unfortunately, many anglers make their choices simply because one skirt or another looks […]
June 29, 2021

Five Tips for Catching More Peanut Dolphin

When it comes to finding pelagics relatively close to shore, peanut dolphin are the best game in town. You never know just where they’ll show up, but any time you’re in water over 60 or so […]
January 13, 2021

KISS Mahi-Mahi Fishing

We anglers definitely over-complexify things sometimes. Quite often, actually. Will it really make that big a difference if you tie a Bimini Twist, versus a modified Albright? If you choose 8/0 hooks instead of 10/0? If […]
May 26, 2020

Save the Day with Mahi-Mahi

The mahi you see pictured here was certainly no giant. Nor was it the intended target of the day, which was supposed to be all about tuna fishing. But sometimes things just don’t go your way, […]
October 1, 2019

Circle Hooks or J Hooks for Dolphinfish?

Which is better when fishing for dolphinfish: circle hooks, or J hooks? This is a question I’ve gone back and forth on for years, but have finally been able to draw some solid conclusions. When you’re […]
August 27, 2019

Inshore Mahi Tactics

Most of us think of mahi-mahi (dolphinfish) as a species usually encountered in offshore waters, and usually that’s the case. Some years, however, they come closer to shore than others. And every so often they can […]
October 28, 2014

THEY ATE THE FISH-CAM – Got Bait? III is Mahi-Mahi Mayhem

Mahi-mahi fishing can get quite chaotic, and when we were shooting the third episode of Got Bait? the chaos was just plain out of control. The dang fish tried to eat our underwater fish-cam. We had […]