04-25-2002, 03:17 AM
As we headed offshore today, our goal was to catch a few dolphin. Live baiting on the edge did not produce any strikes. The NE wind @ 15 had us fishing in 3-5 foot seas in the blue water. We put out a trolling spread of a ballyhoo & skirt, and two dolphin seniors. Our first strike produced a 15# skipjack tuna. More trolling and then we found it. A wood pallet in 730' that had several 4-8 pound dolphin on it. More trolling and in 800' we found a 10' long piece of bamboo tangled with rope. One dolphin of 10#'s. Back on the troll and a single. Our last fish of the day was another single in 350'. Every dolphin that we caught trolling hit a red/black dolphin senior and with the exception of the last one, all were caught in the 700 - 800 foot range.<br><br>Captain Dave Kostyo<br>Knot Nancy Fishing Charters<br>305 620-5896 Charter<br>305 732-2628 Beeper<br>www.rnfl.com/knotnancy<br>nkostyo@bellsouth.net<br><br>