has anyone ever heard of a fisherman accidentally catching or hooking?

Question

a dolphin(mammal kind) or porpoise.seems like with all the saltwater fishing there is one would of been caught but ive never heard of it. maybe they are just too smart

Answer 1

Off southern California & Mexico, the dolphin and yellowfin tuna travel together quite often, and you target the yellowfin by trolling with the dolphins. I've caught plenty of tuna this way, and seen many more caught by others, but never seen a dolphin hooked. The general belief is that they're either smart enough to avoid things on lines, or they have better eyesight (or some other sense) and avoid hooked baits. Of course, we troll lures for tuna (which are much less likely to fool a mammal), but after a trolling hookup we stop and cast out live baits (sardines or anchovies) on lighter tackle.

By the way, in So. Cal. we call the dolphinfish "dorado" (the Mexican name), so clueless bystanders don't think we're talking about catching the mammals.

Answer 2

I haven't done it myself, but I have heard of it. Porpoises are very preditory. Although deemed as docile, they seem to enjoy the chase and the thrill of the kill. They go after schools and even work as teams. I watched two chasing a school of mullet into a sea wall. I was awe struck. Of course my batteries in my camera were dead, and the only other fellow there had a full memory card. I have also watched them chase their prey towards shallow waters. I know they'll hit a trolling lure or bait, and I can't say for Australia, but from my experience I would have to say a porpoise singling out a lone bait, and then actually biting it, is one in a million. It happens, But I still don't want to be that person to catch one.

Answer 3

when i went to florida offshore fishing the dolphins would come and hit the fish that we had hooked.

actually hooking one of theses dolphins is very minimal because the hook is in the fishes mouth.there is not enough hook showing from the fish mouth in order to hook the dolphin.if a dolphin were to grab ahold of the fish,more than likely it will just pull the fish off the hook,then the dolphin has no need to bite on a hook with no bait.

hope u understand what i am saying

Answer 4

I seem to recall it happening. It's rare though, porpoise are smart animals. I was fishing on a pier and some guy was fighting a king mackerel (I wish I could say it was me) and there where dolphin chasing it around. Apparently they will steal a fish if they can, the guy was panicking. He landed it.

Answer 5

i think of you have have been given it backwards. If the cows are up grazing, the fish are biting. . If the wind's from the east, the fish chew the least. If the winds from the west, the fish chew the main suitable. . I even have discovered that if the cows are up and grazing, there's a solid danger the fish are biting. If the wind is from the east, stay abode. If the winds from the west, they could be biting. . in case you have not got bait in the water, you're no longer likely to seize something!

Answer 6

Yes, it has happened all too frequently. Worse still, is that the creatures are often caught in nets by commercial fishermen and drown before they can be freed (these creatures don't have the ability to extract oxygen from water because they aren't fish).

Answer 7

My brother and I used to go offshore fishing every weekend off the central east coast of Florida.
We had dolphin swimming with us as we cruised out to our spots, but never did snag or hook one.
We only hooked the mahi dolphin. mmmmmmmmmm very tasty I may add.

Answer 8

You have not fished off the west coast of Australia, have You?

Answer 9

I catch them on little spoons all the time. I'll tell you how. It's easy...