Seharusnya disebut Dolphin Fish, bukan Dolphin doang, karena bisa dikira
ikan Lumba-Lumba.
B.H.
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From: Adi Wisaksono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [mancing-l] Fishing The Lobster Pots
> Fishing The Lobster Pots
> "Dolphin are high-speed swimmers capable of attaining bursts of speed in
> excess of 50 miles per hour."
> By Gary Diamond
>
>
>
> Nearly every bluewater angler worth his salt is keenly aware that large
> numbers of dolphin will inevitably show up sometime during mid summer. The
> species is pelagic in nature, schooling in tropical and warm-water seas
> worldwide. They are fast swimming, highly migratory and mainly found
> inhabiting the surface of warm, deep ocean waters where they primarily
dine
> on schools of migrating, flying fish, squid and small baitfish.
> Dolphin are among the ocean's most colorful fish, particularly the males,
> which have an iridescent blue/green back, silver/gold flanks,
bright-yellow
> sides sprinkled with black and red dots, a bright silver belly and an
azure
> blue dorsal fin. Shortly after being removed from the water, the color
> fluctuates between blue, green and yellow until the fish dies and all
those
> beautiful colors fade to silver/gray.
> The males have high, vertical foreheads, appearing much as if they swam
> into a brick wall at high speed. In contrast, the female has a more
rounded
> head, the colors are somewhat less striking and they are generally smaller
> in size. A large female may reach 50 pounds at maturity, while the IGFA
> world record for males was an 87-pound behemoth that was caught in Costa
> Rica in 1976. While most of the dolphin caught during the past decade have
> weighed significantly less, there have been reports of bull dolphin
> weighing 40 to 50 pounds caught off the coast of northern Florida in
recent
> times.
> Dolphin are high-speed swimmers capable of attaining bursts of speed in
> excess of 50 miles per hour. They have an affinity for lurking in the
> shadows of offshore buoys, mats of seaweed, pieces of board, logs or just
> about any other object that floats. Last summer, one Ocean City, Maryland
> captain boated a dozen mid-size dolphin that had taken up residence
beneath
> a Styrofoam cooler chest lid. A North Carolina captain stapled a few
sheets
> of newspaper together and carefully placed them on the ocean's surface,
> marked their position with his GPS, then returned a few hours later and
> tossed bucktails at the flotsam. Swarms of small dolphin had apparently
> been attracted to the floating sheets of paper and they eagerly attacked
> anything that resembled a baitfish.
> Because the species is considered semi-tropical, it is mainly found in
> waters ranging from 69 to 80 degrees, however, the most active feeding
> takes place when temperatures range 73 to 77 degrees. They can be caught
> using a variety of methods, but the most effective technique is by
trolling
> surface baits such as rigged ballyhoo, flying fish, squid, mullet and
strip
> baits. Artificials are also quite effective, particularly when trolled in
> close proximity to a piece of floating debris, offshore buoy or lobster
pot
> marker.
> T
> I
> P If the fish are a little finicky, you'll need to feed them some meat.
> However, instead of tossing them chunks of butterfish or chumming with
> ground, frozen blocks of menhaden, I prefer using fresh, red meat pieces
of
> tuna belly. And, if you can get some, I really prefer using small pieces
of
> Atlantic bonito or false albacore especially if they're fresh.
>
>
> While the offshore buoys see lots of fishing pressure, the
widely-scattered
> lobster pot markers are not heavily fished. Consequently, they often hold
> large numbers of small to mid-size dolphin, fish that may have never
> encountered a skip bait or bucktail. Consequently, catching these two to
> five-pound speedsters usually involves nothing more that tossing a
bucktail
> or jigging spoon in the vicinity of the buoy and setting the hook.
> More often than not, there are larger dolphin lurking deep beneath them,
> fish that may tip the scales at 25 to 40 pounds. Enticing these fish to
> strike, however, is not an easy task, but it can be accomplished with a
> little change in traditional dolphin fishing tactics. Captain Eric Blanks,
> skipper of the Ravenous, has been chasing big dolphin in the offshore
> waters from Maryland to Mexico for nearly two decades. Eric, like many
> other captains, ascribes to the age-old approach of hooking that first
fish
> and keeping it in the water until you hook another.
> "I've seen times, particularly when you're into bailers (smaller dolphin),
> when someone gets a little excited and pulls that first fish out of the
> water only to watch a school of 50 to 100 fish suddenly disappear. If you
> hook up with a gaffer, one that weighs 20 to 30 pounds or more, and that
> fish makes a few jumps and throws the hook, the other dolphin will often
> follow the injured fish as it escapes. Therefore, when you're into bigger
> fish, gaffers, it's always a good idea to use heavier line and tackle to
> prevent them from breaking off. Sure, catching a big dolphin on spinning
> gear is a lot of fun, but you may only catch one, and that's if you're
> lucky." Eric said.
> "Big, bull dolphin frequently explode from the ocean's surface with a
> head-shaking leap."
> Eric added "If the fish are a little finicky, you'll need to feed them
some
> meat. However, instead of tossing them chunks of butterfish or chumming
> with ground, frozen blocks of menhaden, I prefer using fresh, red meat
> pieces of tuna belly. And, if you can get some, I really prefer using
small
> pieces of Atlantic bonito or false albacore especially if they're fresh.
> The trick is not to overfeed the fish, but just put enough in the water to
> get their attention. If you provide them with a free meal, they'll fill
> their bellies and leave."
> The boat's position in respect to the lobster-pot marker or buoy is
> crucial, particularly when the fish are somewhat finicky. Eric slowly
moves
> the boat uptide of the buoy, often jostling for position 50 or 60 feet
> away. The distance from the marker is determined by the tidal flow. If the
> currents are strong, the boat should be far enough away to allow the
chunks
> of tuna belly or butterfish sink to the same depth the fish are holding.
> This may take a few minutes to determine, but once the fish spot the bait,
> they'll become extremely active, zipping back and forth and grabbing each
> chunk as it reaches the proper depth. It only takes a few more minutes for
> them to determine where those chunks of fresh meat are coming from and
> before you know it, they'll be right beneath the boat's stern.
>
>
> Eric prefers using the same, fresh, red, tuna meat for bait. He usually
> rigs a relatively heavy spinning outfit with a single, 5/0 to 6/0 drum
hook
> attached to 30 to 50-pound monofilament. If the fish are somewhat spooky,
> he may resort to adding a length of fluorocarbon, thereby making the
leader
> invisible. The hook is totally imbedded in a small chunk of meat, the
> reel's bail is opened and the meat is free lined with the other chunks so
> it appears to be floating naturally with the tidal current. Under ideal
> conditions, the action will be nonstop and everyone onboard will catch
fish
> until they're too tired to catch another. Under less than optimal
> conditions, you'll encounter sufficient numbers of big dolphin so that
> everyone will catch one or two before the school disappears.
> Eric says the largest dolphin, those often referred to as gaffers, can be
> quite difficult to entice. There has been times when he has resorted to
> lowering a large bucktail 20 to 30 feet beneath the surface, then using a
> rapid jigging motion, retrieving the lure, hopefully attracting the larger
> bulls closer to the surface. It one slams the bucktail, there can be a
> slight problem. Big, bull dolphin frequently explode from the ocean's
> surface with a head-shaking leap that can easily dislodge the bucktail. A
> one-ounce bucktail ejected from the shaking head of a leaping fish can be
> come a high-speed missile armed with a 6/0 hook. Eric says when using
> bucktails, use moderate line pressure and always be ready to duck your
head.
> Dolphin are considered among the best tasting fish inhabiting the offshore
> waters. When fresh-caught dolphin are served in local restaurants, they're
> referred to as mahi-mahi, mainly to eliminate the possibility of someone
> mistakenly believing they're being served "Flipper" steaks. The meat is
> snow white, sweet, delicate and somewhat oily, which makes it great for
> char-broiling. It also lends itself to hickory smoking after three to five
> days of being marinated in a relatively sweet brine solution.
> Depending on where you fish, the lobster pots are situated 10 to 50 miles
> offshore, depending mainly on the whims of Mother Nature and where the
best
> lobster fishing historically takes place. When the pots are encountered by
> local charter captains, most record their exact location on their Loran-C
> or GPS so they may return to it after a day of fishing for other species.
> Some captains will share this information with individual anglers,
however,
> this is not always the case. Most of the marker locations are well-guarded
> secrets. Under these circumstances, it's just a matter of running offshore
> and hoping you see that telltale, red buoy bobbing on the distant horizon.
> If you're fortunate enough to find one or more markers or buoys, you're
> gonna' have a ball.
> T
> I
> P A North Carolina captain stapled a few sheets of newspaper together and
> carefully placed them on the ocean's surface, marked their position with
> his GPS, then returned a few hours later and tossed bucktails at the
> flotsam. Swarms of small dolphin had apparently been attracted to the
> floating sheets of paper and they eagerly attacked anything that resembled
> a baitfish.
>
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