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Mahi Mahi Fishing in Islamorada Florida - Bucket List EP. 3

3,397 views · Published 4 July 2017 · 7:57 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Joshua Taylor · 2017 · Sports

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In this video we do a little mahi mahi fishing in Islamorada Florida, this is episode three on the bucket list series. Believe it or not but I've never caught a mahi aka dolphin fish up until this trip. I've hooked several on many occasions but somehow they always eluded me by escaping in a bizarre fashion. This time I sealed the deal, we left the dock right at 6am and slowly idled through the channel, the sun was slowly peaking over the horizon and it was beautiful. We decided to run to the Islamorada hump and upon arrival there were many boats trolling, so we decided to go against the grain and do something a little different. We deployed chum bags with blocks of Tournament chum, IMO this is the very best chum on the market with a fine blend of baitfish and menhaden oil. It took about 30 minutes but sure enough a nice school of mahi showed up. We were using med heavy rods equipped with 4000 series reel, our rig of choice included a 30lb leader going directly to a ¼ Mission fishin jig head, we tipped the jig with small ballyhoo pieces and sure enough the dolphin were all over it. 

Clay managed to hook the first fish and quickly got him boat side, it’s always good to try and keep the fish in the water, so that the school stays around, we pulled one in and I quickly hooked up with a nice bull, he jumped several times and then Vince was hooked up. We hear a splash and Clay fumbling around in the boat and sure enough he left his jig dangling in the water, the mahi grabbed ahold of it and the rest was history. There is a nice G-loomis combo in about 600 foot of water. We hook a couple more and as quick as they came, the school disappeared. After that the bite was pretty tough, we trolled, we chummed and no luck, so we moved in to about 150’ to try and target mutton snapper and yellowtails. We caught dozens of snapper that were just shy of keepers but really struggled to find keeper muttons, we did catch about twenty keeper yellowtail. We decided to call it a day around 5pm and headed in to clean our catch. If you enjoyed this video, please like, share and comment. Thank you! 

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