Species

The common dolphinfish is a vibrant, fast-swimming fish characterized by its iridescent blue-green body and distinctive, blunt forehead. It inhabits tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Growing up to 82 inches and weighing around 88 pounds, it feeds on smaller fish and squid. Known for its agility, it often travels in schools and exhibits dynamic surface behavior.

This summary is AI generated

A Personal Best for us here at FlatsMafia.  As we are "Flats"Mafia.

We finally got some good weather here in Key West (Marathon). We went past the humps today which are approximately 25 miles from where we are at.  As you can see in the background we found a great weedline. Rigs we were using were typical trolling rod and reel, with a ballyhoo and a couple different color skirts.  Pink skirt worked best for us all week.  As we reel one mahi in we leave it in the water and look for followers. In this particular instance we reeled in a smaller Mahi and there was a couple Monsters hanging with him. We pitched a couple different baits at them - cut bait, paddle tails, and this guy ate the DOA Bait Buster on a light spinning rod! 

WHAT A FIGHT! It took him under the weeds (which is a nightmare) jumped several times.

Great team effort to land this guy, complete Chaos from the second we saw him all the way to in the boat.  These fish go ballistic once on the deck and really beat themselves up.  The best picture is directly after getting them out of the water because they lose their color.  This Bull had to take a minute to keep him still enough for a pic!



Fishing for Common dolphinfish

Recently caught Common dolphinfish

Detailed Information

Top Baits

Top fishing spots near you to catch Common dolphinfish

Recently caught Common dolphinfish

Download the Fishbrain app to log your catch

Most popular fish species near you