Fished off Navarre beach this morning and started hooking up on fish before I could get past the pier. 1/2 mile out and I had several big hits and a couple lost kings. Then I finally got a good solid hook up. It was fighting and taking drag like a big smoker king. Just as I get him slowed down and close to the boat the freaking bums (dolphins) show up and ate him right off my line. I reeled in just a head... which was from a blackfin tuna. Would have been my first. After that they followed me everywhere I went. Not another single hit for the next 2 hours. So I went home with thoughts of dolphin murder in my head.
Yeah so were the cock roaches and tuna for that matter but nobody cares about them because they aren't "cute". Its funny how just because a creature is cute they get treated a lot different....
Dude Ive been saying that for years. Im into alot of exotic pets like fish and reptiles but many that I would like to have are illegal because they could harm native wildlife.
Of course cute cuddly kittens arent banned but feral cats devastate native wildlife far more then a snake or fish ever could. :whistling:
Well.... dolphin have pointed (grasping) teeth not serated (cutting) teeth.
Me thinks you might have been bit by a shark, they love tuna on a line as well.
I wasn't there so just a thought. I HATE 'pins around anyting I'm fishing off of. Resently got to Alabama and picked up some M80's - taped 10 to old cast net weights and in a water proof box both in the boat and yak - can't wait to see them skedattal when they "concussion" the water column.
It took the dolphin a good 5 min to eat it. Nothing I cold do but hold on and watch. He came to the surface several times with the fish in his mouth.... just to tease me I think.
Back in the day we would light M80s and throw em' in the water. The dolphin would make a wake leavin. LOL
Probably would get busted nowdays for doin' that. Peace.
Could care less if they're cute or not :huh: I have respect for ALL the creatures that live IN the Sea , just how I was brought up in Hawaii , different here I guess :blink:
Dude. I raised my kid the same way. Don't need FWC, Government to manage fisheries. FWC is souly responsible for teaching Dolphins how to get a free meal. Limits good. Slots bad. If every charter has to throw back most of what it catches because south Florida can't catch a Snapper the Dolphin are going to have a hay day. I dive I fish. I see plenty of Dolphin,Cudas, fat, playing with throw backs because they're too full. Peace Bro. Just tryin' to Teach.
Do you have a fish finder? If so, did you have it turned on all day? Many dolphins have learned to home in on the sonar waves and equate them to a possible easy meal. If dolphins show up, turn your fish finder off and they should move on in short order.
Try a 2' piece of metal pipe (I use a section from chain link fencing). Hang it in the water and bang it a couple of times with a wrench. No harm but they'll leave in a hurry and you stay out of trouble with the blue lights(probably!).