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Porpoise Stealing Trout?
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:24 pm
Anyone ever had this problem? This past weekend in GI we probably lost nearly 10 fish to Porpoise. That is by far the most I have ever seen down there
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Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:25 pm to GeauxTime9
We saw a ton of porpoise right out of fourchon this weekend as well. Wayyy more than I'm used to seeing
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:25 pm to GeauxTime9
I have not seen that...damn sure seen the fish quit biting the minute they enter a pond, though.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:27 pm to Spankum
It was crazy, we ended up moving 3 times because of it. The boat next to us threw back a 11" trout and that porpoise blew up on it on top of the water.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:30 pm to GeauxTime9
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The boat next to us threw back a 11" trout and that porpoise blew up on it on top of the water.
that would actually be kind of cool to see!
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:34 pm to GeauxTime9
Had to stop throwing the trout that we tagged back.They were eating them soon as we put them back..so we tagged put them in the live we'll motored out a hundred yards or so and released
This post was edited on 6/1/16 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:36 pm to GeauxTime9
I had it happen to me at grand isle about 10 years ago. Had to reel your fish in as fast as possible. I reeled one in and held it at the top of the water and a porpoise came up real slow underneath it and my dad whacked it with his pole. They didn't take any more fish after that
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:36 pm to GeauxTime9
It's a good problem to have and makes for a good time. My only concern is one taking out my knees. They get so close going so fast.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:36 pm to GeauxTime9
Had it happen years ago in Grand Isle as well. We had to get the specks on the surface and skip them all the way to the boat to get them in. After we threw back a few small ones the porpoises starting waiting by the boat when we reeled in a fish. If they were too small when we threw them back in the water they would demolish the specks as soon as they hit the water.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:36 pm to GeauxTime9
No porpoise in the gulf, all dolphins.
I take my Hobie offshore in Pensacola. Dolphins can ruin your day, there is no way you can get away from them. They will eat every fish you hook. It's a PITA.
I take my Hobie offshore in Pensacola. Dolphins can ruin your day, there is no way you can get away from them. They will eat every fish you hook. It's a PITA.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:39 pm to GeauxTime9
About this time last year, I saw more dolphins at MRGO rocks than Ive seen in my life combined. It was several hundred dolphins. They were clearly targeting boats for scraps and it was a race to reel in trout.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:46 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Bunch of people in this thread are tripping on acid if they are seeing porpoises.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:46 pm to AutoYes_Clown
We had to skip trout across the top of the water to get them in the boat. It was fun playing keep away but they got a few from us. Major PITA having to re-tie a leader or cork when you're in the middle of a school of trout. A few years back I literally pulled a nice trout out of a Dolphins mouth. The fish had scrapes all over it from the Dolphins teeth.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:52 pm to Geaux2Hell
A good way to run off the porpoise without hurting them is to tie a heavy led weight on the end of a fishing pole and cast it directly at the mammals. Saw this in Punta Gorda. Our guide did it and they vacated the area with the quickness. You won't get arrested for it either.
Posted on 6/1/16 at 9:52 pm to GeauxTime9
Last year in the Caminada pass my son caught a trout and while reeling it in a dolphin smacked it and my boy hooked it, when he set the hook and that dolphin realized it was hooked he spooled that line in about 5 sec! Had to holler at my boy hold the pole, but don't touch the string!!
Posted on 6/1/16 at 10:00 pm to GeauxTime9
Trout bite typically stops as soon as the Dolphins come in, so F em. A few years ago I hooked one at Timbalier and it spoiled me in a quick few seconds. Wasn't sure what it was until I saw it going full on Flipper jumping out of the water. Pretty unusual thing for me.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 4:52 am to PapaPogey
Are the most common dolphins in the GOM, Atlantic Bottlenose?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 5:46 am to civiltiger07
We had this happen out at the rocks last year. We'd try to throw them on the opposite side of the boat. Cool to see the porpoises that close though.
ETA:
People are saying the trout quit biting when the porpoise moved it . This was not our experience.
ETA:
People are saying the trout quit biting when the porpoise moved it . This was not our experience.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 5:49 am
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:06 am to civiltiger07
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Porpoise Stealing Trout?
Had it happen years ago in Grand Isle as well. We had to get the specks on the surface and skip them all the way to the boat to get them in. After we threw back a few small ones the porpoises starting waiting by the boat when we reeled in a fish. If they were too small when we threw them back in the water they would demolish the specks as soon as they hit the water.
This exact thing happened to us in GI as well. We caught so many 11in trout to throw back that the porpoises would let us catch them, then ease up to the boat so we could feed them by hand. I swear one of the females even rolled over and "presented" to us.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:11 am to LSUCouyon
I have the opposite experience. Every time dolphins show up, all fish leave. Usually, we would be catching fish and then the bite would stop. Within a minute we would see a dolphin or two breach nearby.
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