While out bottom fishing friday we ran across some dolphin, but couldn’t get them to bite anything we threw at them. We saw several floating trees from 100’ to 140’ and all of them had several dolphin under them, along with other smaller fish. Anyway, we threw clark spoons of various different sizes at them, and while they would chase the spoons, they would never get really serious. We also tried live baiting some bait in their vicinity, but I guess they don’t like ringtails, because they wouldn’t even look at those. Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Toss a whole squid out behind the boat as far as you can get it and let it drift, if the remoras don’t grab it the dolphin will. Live shrimp will do the trick as well.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
Another trick the owner of Harrellsons Seafood showed me, is you can take a top water plug and rip it across the top over dolphin that won’t take baits. They won’t always eat the plug but it will get them fired up and more often than not one will take a chunked bait.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
I noticed this ^^ as well more often than not. If have any waxwing or some king of pencil bait/popper it will keep their attention and often keep them in area. Had a school of dozen or so peanuts sit at boat for 30mins earlier this year just by throwing a waxwing over them again and again haha. They would chase but not eat. They ate the squid and trout tricks we threw at them tho!
Like Sellsfish said a big popping plug like the yo-zuri. Make the popper look like it is going nuts on the surface and they just get triggered into eating it. Never had them turn it down!
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