sometimes you get the bull...

[cletedius]

& sometimes you get the horns...

But Im happy to say that on this particular day, we got the bull, a big bull mahi, that is. Weighed 44.2 at the dock. Watched it regurgitate a few lbs of flying-fish during the 45 minute battle and it spent 5 or 6 hours in a partially-open fishbox, id bet it was closer to 50lbs when it came aboard.


Found this guy hanging under a tree that probably floated up the gulfstream from south america to about 28 miles offshore of Islamorada.

A fish too big to close the fish-box lid on IS a good problem!

[Fonzie]

Beautiful fish !
And one of my favorites to eat !

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[RonG]

Beautiful fish! Strange looking when compared to our boring midwest inland fish, yet very cool looking.

[BassCaster]

Outstanding. That's a nice one. Dinner is served.

I got one once not that big. She s a beautiful fish massive head.

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[JasonN]

That head! Good God what a fish!

[WaterGuy]

Geez, What a fish! Really cool to see some ocean fish here.

[catch&release]

pretty cool! is it the picture or do mahis change color dying?

[cletedius]

pretty cool! is it the picture or do mahis change color dying?

They start to change color as soon as they come in the boat. Anything from a yellow-ish/green to a white-ish/blue. Im guessing <5 minutes between top & bottom pics.They're actually quite chameleon-like in their ability to change/illuminate their colors.

[Handler]

Amazing fish! Nice when you are on a Charter and things actually work out like they could.

[catchafew]

Great fish Pat!

[SpecialEd]

Nice Dodo!

[cletedius]

Great fish Pat!

Thanks mike, heading that way in a few weeks.

[Zenfish]

Amazing catch. Must've been tasty.

[cyanatic]

Wow! Beautiful fish and great eating. So nice to see. Reminds me of my San Diego days when we'd go south of the Coronado Islands into Mexican waters. We used to call those expeditions "The Great Kelp Paddy Hunt"...always on the lookout for a likely kelp patch where the bait fish would congregate. Haven't been able to fish the Keys yet, but I'll bet it's beautiful down there.