Mahi colors…+ pix.

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Aloha folks,

I was talking with different folks about the different colors Mahi Mahi, Dorado, Dolphin could have.
It seems in some ocean parts, they seem to be more one color than another.
Here in Hawaii, they tend ta be more Blue than green or Yellow.
They do be green at times but more often, Blueish.

WHY ?
Is it the water temp..?
Depth..?
Behavior at time of catch..?
What do ya’s think?

Do you have any good pix of Mahi that show good color..?

This one shows the good blue, it Also shows the darker bars they can sometimes have.

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Dan
Stand Up!!!

Stand Up Fish`N Charters Kauai Hawai
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Great looking blue colour Dan.

Here is another from “down under” and a totally different colour again. That greenish/gold colour more akin to the eastern Pacific or Indian ocean waters.

This is a Boat Capt. mate of mine (Kevin Hack) from our west coast who approached me and asked if I would re-design his surface skipping jig fly for Dorado.

Looks like they work hey?

http://www.outdoorcart.com/demon/hackjig.htm

He tells me he has been busting a whole bunch of other pelagics on them as well.

They are a spectacular looking fish be they cows or bulls and in any colour IMO.

Burnin Thumbs!

Steve B
Moderator Lures/Baits Forum
http://www.demonjigs.com

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In Hawaii, we often get Mahi with the Blue / Silver coloring… I think it’s the water temp / color they live in, deep Clear Purple / Blue, Warm kine wata…
Some will be the normal greenish, Most All here will be Blue’ish in the beginning of the fight.

It’ll fade to the green / yellow though afta dead, this pix is a fresh one, what they look like Right when brought in.
This one shows the darker bars they can have, tough ta get them in a photo as they fade fast, I was very happy to see this pix…. It’s a good one.

This one was Extra special…
I have been eating Wahoo 4 nights a week & MaN !!! what a nice surprise ta eat Fresh Mahi in July. Mahi are a winter fish in Hawaii for the most part, Wahoo in the summer, water temp.

We were trolling & a Bull Mahi took the long rigger, on a 50, as the gent from Utah was reeling it in, I saw this female following it in.
So, I braught in the 30 lb. outfit & slapped a slab of scad on it & dropped it back,
The female stayed with the Bull all the way to the boat & ignored the slab, I let it back farther & reeled it in quick so it would skip, then this female came to it & ate it.

I had the gent put the 50 in the rod holder & take over the 30 lb. outfit with the female, Great FUN !!!
I gaffed & boxed the Bull fast & it was Off to the Races after this mahi on 30 lb.
Once it slowed, I took the boat out a gear & watched as the gent from Utah Caught her…
This was a special fish, a perfect match up with tackle, a single guy from the high desert, that never fished the salt & relatively calm waters…

He also got a 35 lb. Wahoo & a 200 lb. Bronze Whaler that day, & the two Mahi, 24 & 30lb., the wahoo was on a Stand Up 50 & the whaler was on the Stand Up 30 lb. outfit, my much used 3/0… an hour of Hard pulling…. This female Mahi was the most fun, she jumped Plenty, went deep, screamed on the surface where we could watch… did it all… A Great fish..!

Luckily, the bait leader was 150 lb. mono with this Mahi, by the time she got boat side, she’d almost chewed thru…
We took the pix soon after bringing her on board.

Aloha from Kauai Folks… :wink:

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& here’s Drew Standing Up!!! now…

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& the Shak… `I tink it be same one, I catch & release it in same spot often,
it has Hook-in-Mout Syndrome…
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& the ONO…

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That really is my Favorite kina trip…
`jus 1 guy & me out on da Blue stuff…

Look at his SMILE..! :slight_smile:

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This is the color of the ones I catch here in Japan. Both of these were caught on 15 pound P-line CXX-X with 30 pound leader and a live sardine.
http://www.bosotsuri.f2s.com/fish/pics/Japan/mymahi.jpg

http://www.bosotsuri.f2s.com/fish/pics/Japan/50inchmahi.jpg

Not sure how you guys include the pics. Above are the links.

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Nice Mahi..Phil !!!

What part of Japan..? & what kind of boat, charter or private or comircial..?
My wife is from Nagano.

Our mahi go that same color after dead, the one in the pix above did… I think they do in most all locations.
Was it more Blue durring the fight..?

`BTW, ta put pix, use…
[i mage ] url [/i mage ]

I put in spaces so you can see, for them to come out, ya leave out any spaces… & preview before posting.

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Dan
Stand Up!!!

Stand Up Fish`N Charters Kauai Hawai
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Capt Dan, You should publish a color picture book of gamefish for the beginning angler and Taxidermists. Quality prints that show the intricate details would be super. Reference books are what separates good Taxidermists from great one’s. Just a thought…now are we grilling Mahi tonight?

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