Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformation being passed around online regarding these creatures due to their interesting look. Their name, Dolphin Fish, originates from their bottle-like snout, making them similar in appearance to the oceanic bottlenose dolphin. They live for about five years, are highly migratory and are found from Florida to Massachusetts.įor more information on the Georgia Saltwater Game Fish Records Program, or to view current records for other species, visit the website above. The Freshwater Dolphin Fish are rare species in the aquarium trade. They are common up to 30 pounds, but can grow as large at 80 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Brian Kemp acknowledging his accomplishment, and his record will be added to the list published annually in the Georgia Saltwater Regulations Guide and at /SaltwaterRecords.ĭolphin are prized for their food value and colorful markings. Roberts will receive a certificate signed by Gov. Roberts’ skill as an angler and the sportsmanship he displayed in landing a record-setting game fish,” said Doug Haymans, director of DNR’s Coastal Resources Division.ĭNR staff weighed Roberts’ fish on a state-certified scale at the Georgia DNR Richmond Hill Fish Hatchery the same day it was caught. “This achievement recognizes not only the size of the catch, but Mr. It took Roberts about 30 minutes to land the record-setting fish. Also, dolphins are different than dolphinfish, which are also known as. He used a 6-foot Star stand-up rod with a Penn Squall 16VS reel spooled with 60-pound line rigged with ballyhoo. Even though they live in the ocean all of the time, dolphins are mammals, not fish. Roberts, who has been fishing offshore for about 20 years, caught his mahi mahi aboard Capt. I haven’t hardly been able to sleep since.” … It was a blast, the best time of my life. “The last fish we caught that day was that mahi mahi,” Roberts told DNR by phone. In the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico, dolphin are almost always associated with weedlines that form on the surface of the ocean. They grow extremely fast and reach sexual maturity at just five months of age. The rules of the Georgia Saltwater Game Fish Records Program require fish over 20 pounds to weigh 8 ounces more than the current record to break it-a feat satisfied by Roberts’ landing. Dolphin are a pelagic, migratory fish that are constantly on the move. Owens landed a 67-pound, 9.6-ounce dolphin in 2019, and Sheppard landed his 67-pound, 6-ounce fish in 1997. Roberts’ catch replaces a tie record between anglers Will Owens of St.
This species is beautifully colored typically bright, blue, green, and gold. Catherines Island, according to DNR’s Coastal Resources Division, which administers the Georgia Saltwater Game Fish Records Program. The common dolphinfish is known by many aliases, including Dorado and Mahi Mahi. James Roberts of Midway landed the 68-pound, 1.6-ounce dolphin April 26 while fishing over Deli Ledge approximately 80 miles east of St. There is nothing more exhilarating than watching a big bull dolphin racing for your bait. Flying fish are a favorite prey, but these opportunistic feeders will happily consume squid, and a wide range of baitfish, and juvenile finfish and crustaceans.A 53-year-old Midway man is the new state record holder for dolphin fish ( Coryphaena hippurus), also known as mahi mahi, after the Georgia Department of Natural Resources certified his catch Friday. Though primarily a pelagic species, dolphin will dive hundreds of feet on occasion. Juveniles travel in large schools of similar-size fish, while large adults mostly travel in pairs or trios – usually a bull (male), which sports a tall, square forehead, and 1 or 2 cows (females), with a round, less prominent forehead. They reach a weight of 2 to 3 pounds in under 3 months, 30 pounds in about a year, and some grow to exceed 60 pounds.Īlso called mahi-mahi or dorado, dolphin gravitate towards large clumps of floating sargasso and other flotsam, in search of cover and forage hiding underneath. The neon-bright blues, yellows and greens splattered all over its body make dolphin easy to identify, and its fighting spirit, acrobatic nature and superb quality as table fair make it a favorite of game fish anglers worldwide.įound offshore, and sometimes nearshore, in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas, dolphin live only 4 to 5 years, but grow incredibly fast.
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