Rotund One

What is the best bait/lure to rig a pitch rod with to hook up a dolphin (mahi) that may show up on the scene? And what size mono/leader would yall suggest?

lobsterman

I throw the little yozuri crystal minnow and have fantastic luck, just upgrade the hooks and split rings to heavy duty. You can also throw fresh cut bait and squid.

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x2. i like to completely cover a 4/0 treble hook with a piece of squid.

biggamefishr

on a pitch rod? 3' of 50lb flouro, hook of your choice, and a chunk of ballyhoo

bonita dan

Toss out anything! Jig,spoon,cut bait,live bait,smaller dolphin if a bull shows up,anything. They are very opportunistic hunters and will eat about anything that gets them into a frenzy. We've even caught them on bare hook. Leader,well sometimes 20-30 floro works and sometimes hooks tied to the main line works depending on how quick ya can jack them up. Big point of advice,don't use circle hooks on small chickens.

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I love the 5" Storm shad swimbaits. We got into a bunch of mahi this spring and kept 10 between 6 and 10 pounds. They would fight over that storm bait like nothing I have ever seen. I had it on a spinner with about 50 lb leader.

Shady Grady

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I like to use Bucktail jigs in yellow and red orblue and chartreuse on 2-3 foot 20-25 lbs Seagar Fluoro for smaller dolphin. I always keep a limbered up naked ballyhoo on a pitch setup ready ( 40-50 fluoro) for the bigger fish. This has always been my best bait, and they cannot pass it up a an ole ballyhoo tossed at them..