Blue Heaven 5/7 (pics)

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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I was lucky enough to go out yesterday. School is pretty much over now. We pushed off at 315 due to the tide and headed south. We had lines in by 6 and the first dolphin in the box at 630. Had a few fire drills early on. We picked up and found the fleet scouring a weed line. It seemed like a lot of people ended up moving, but we stayed there the rest of the day and caught a few more nice dolphin. Had a nice, calm ride home. It was a great day overall.

12 dolphin total.

This was my first time seeing a blue mahi :wink:

He tried getting out of our wake once. Swung around to the other side and made it, barely.

Click on the pics for a better view.

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nice camera work!

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I love that 2nd picture!

SCG

“Quit being nasty!!!”

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Ditto on the 2nd pic.

OVER BUDGET

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great action shots, what kind of camera?

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Originally posted by sellsfish

great action shots, what kind of camera?

NMFS = No More Fishing Season

“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”

Thanks. I have a Canon Rebel XTi.

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Great pics, and real good color on those dolphin

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Those are some awesome pitures right there!!

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Incredible pictures. Thanks for posting Richard!

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Wow thats beautiful. How rare are all-blue dolphin? Cant say that Ive ever seen one in person… How far off were ya’ll?

~Greg
I have a soft spot for shallow water.

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I don’t know what you do in real life but you might want to give photography a go. Incredible shot.

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what setting did you have the xti on? I have one also and am going to the keyes at the end of may…

Wolfman

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Originally posted by richardp17

He tried getting out of our wake once. Swung around to the other side and made it, barely.

That there is a CONTENDER son! He could have punched it a bit and cleared the whole wake!:smiley:

AWSOME PICS! Thanks for the new desktop wallpaper! You should send some to the saltwater mags. Bet they would publish for you.

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sellsfish…Is that you G.O.??? If so are you running trips this year?

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Originally posted by crnawolfman

what setting did you have the xti on? I have one also and am going to the keyes at the end of may…

Wolfman

Wolfman, what kind of internet browser do you use?

In all of these pictures I was using Manual mode, but I’ve been told that for getting shots of fish, it’s best to use Av mode (aperture priorty) so that you can set your aperture in the 8-10 range. This way, you can get the whole fish in in focus.

The blue color of the fish, from what I’ve been told is because of the mood that it’s in, i.e. feeding, mating, i have a hook in my mouth, etc. One of the dolphin that we caught was completely white, except for a few spots when we gaffed it and 5 minutes later it was nothing but yellows and greens.

PS If anyone ever has any extra room on their boat, I’d love to go. I don’t have to fish. I can help mate a little bit and then take pictures…maybe even for free. I don’t have to touch a rod, seriously :smiley: PM me for a #

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Here’s one more of a passing boat.

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Ali-L?

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It wasn’t the Ali-L. I wasn’t able to clearly see the name. In one of my pics, I can make out either Dan or Don as the first word in the name and then something starting with an M or W follows.

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that is the Lunasea i am pretty sure. it looks like jeff at the helm and those are double spreader riggers too small to be the Ali-L. awesome pics richard

Southwest winds light and variable, my @$$…

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Originally posted by richardp17

One more question, is that a LEHI sqwitch in the fishes mouth? Looks like it but I am not positive. If so you should send it to those guys.

Again cool pics!!

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Because not everyone can be on welfare

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