. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. The brightly colored dolphin is highly regarded as a food fish. Its delicate white flesh is usually found in gourmet recipes under its Hawai- ian name, mahi-mahi. By either name, the dolphin is one of the top offshore game fish in North Carolina. Dolphin can usually be found near floating sargassum or other weeds, which provide them with food and a hiding place. Dolphin hunt in packs, and if you can lure just one, the entire school will most likely follow. Dolphins have bright turquoise, yellow, blue and g
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. The brightly colored dolphin is highly regarded as a food fish. Its delicate white flesh is usually found in gourmet recipes under its Hawai- ian name, mahi-mahi. By either name, the dolphin is one of the top offshore game fish in North Carolina. Dolphin can usually be found near floating sargassum or other weeds, which provide them with food and a hiding place. Dolphin hunt in packs, and if you can lure just one, the entire school will most likely follow. Dolphins have bright turquoise, yellow, blue and green patterns that fade to yellow or silver almost immediately upon death. Adult males are shaped like battering rams, with flat, blunt faces and high foreheads. wahoo appear to "light up" when they get excited, glowing beneath their steely-blue exterior. Sometimes called tiger fish, the wahoo is often mounted to display its blackish-blue bars that resemble a tiger's stripes. Yellowfin Tuna Size: short-lived; have explosive rates of growth; can measure up to 6 feet long and weigh as much as 300 pounds Season: found in deeper waters year-round ^Citation Size: 70 pounds As its popularity and populations have grown, the yellowfin tuna has become the. Wahoo Size: short-lived; grow rapidly; reach more than 100 pounds Season: found year-round in deeper waters ^Citation Size: 40 pounds Anglers like wahoo because they put up a good fight when hooked. After many blistering runs and serious battles, Bahen calls this fish a "souped-up king ; A member of the mackerel family, wahoo have long, slender bodies. Like other large pelagics, number-one game fish in North Carolina. In 1994, more than 3 million pounds were caught recreationally. Like the king mackerel, the yellowfin tuna is an exciting catch because it can be caught by trolling a bright lure. Metallic blue and torpedo-shaped, the yellowfin tuna has a yellow belly and fins. It is the most brilliantly colo
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